nus denotes fleeing or withdrawing from danger, enemies, or an approaching threat, sometimes toward a place of safety.

The prevailing use describes people or groups withdrawing before an enemy, danger, or pursuit. The same movement can be directed toward a refuge or sought as help, while two Hiphil forms describe causing others to move away; one poetic clause has sorrow and sighing depart.

1. Retreating before enemies or danger · dominant

   The Qal forms regularly describe a person or force withdrawing under immediate pressure: in 1 Samuel 17:24 the APB renders the men of Israel fleeing when they see the man, and in 1 Chronicles 19:14 it renders Aram fleeing as Joab's troops advance. The same pattern appears after defeat or during pursuit in 1 Kings 20:20, Exodus 14:25, and 2 Samuel 24:13.

   1 Samuel 17:241 Chronicles 19:141 Kings 20:20Exodus 14:252 Samuel 24:13Amos 5:19
2. Going to a place of safety or help · common

   Several Qal clauses specify flight toward a destination or protection. In Deuteronomy 19:3 the APB renders a killer fleeing to the prepared place, while 1 Kings 2:28 places Joab at the tent of the LORD after he fled; Isaiah 20:6 describes people who had fled there for help.

   Deuteronomy 19:3Deuteronomy 19:111 Kings 2:282 Kings 14:19Isaiah 10:3Isaiah 20:6
3. Causing others to withdraw · rare

   The Hiphil forms mark an action directed toward others rather than the subject's own departure. In Deuteronomy 32:30 the APB renders two people putting a myriad to flight; in Exodus 9:20 the clause describes Pharaoh's servants moving their servants and livestock into the houses.

   Deuteronomy 32:30Exodus 9:20
4. Sorrow and sighing departing · rare

   In Isaiah 35:10, a Qal sequential perfect plural has sorrow and sighing as the departing subjects after the ransomed return to Zion. The APB renders that clause, “sorrow and sighing will flee.”

   Isaiah 35:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses “fled” or “flee” for withdrawal before opponents, danger, or pursuit, and sometimes adds a destination such as a city, land, or help. Because the APB the verse is read as a whole, its wording is treated as confirmation of each clause's overall movement rather than as a fixed English equivalent.