International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
RUNAGATErun'-a-gat: A runaway: "The runagates continue in scarceness" (Psalm 68:6, Prayer Book Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "The rebellious dwell in a parched land").
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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n.) A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See
Renegade.