διώκω; imperfect
ἐδίωκον; future
διώξω (
Matthew 23:34;
Luke 21:12;
John 15:20;
2 Samuel 22:38; Wis. 19:2; a rarer form for the more common Attic
διώξομαι, cf.
Bttm. Ausf. Spr: 2:154; Winers Grammar, 84 (80); [Buttmann, 53 (46); especially Veitch, under the word;
Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 377]); 1 aorist
ἐδίωξα; passive [present
διώκομαι]; perfect participle
δεδιωγμένος; 1 future
διωχθήσομαι; (from
δίω, to flee);
Sept. commonly for
רָדַף;
1. to make to run or
flee, put to flight, drive away: (
τινὰ)
ἀπό πόλεως εἰς πόλιν,
Matthew 23:34, cf.
10:23 Griesbach.
2. to run swiftly in order to catch some person or
thing, to run after; absolutely (Homer, Iliad 23, 344; Sophocles El. 738, etc.;
διώκειν δρόμῳ, Xenophon, an. 6, 5, 25; cf. 7, 2, 20),
to press on: figuratively, of one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal,
Philippians 3:12 (where distinguished from
καταλαμβάνειν [cf. Herodotus 9, 58; Lucian, Hermot. 77]),
Philippians 3:14.
to pursue (in a hostile manner):
τινά,
Acts 26:11;
Revelation 12:13. Hence,
3. in any way whatever
to harass, trouble, molest one;
to persecute, (cf. Latin
persequor, German
verfolgen):
Matthew 5:10-12,
44;
Matthew 10:23;
Luke 21:12; [
Luke 11:49 WH Tr marginal reading];
John 5:16;
John 15:20;
Acts 7:52;
Acts 9:4;
Acts 22:4,
7;
Acts 26:14;
Romans 12:14;
1 Corinthians 4:12;
1 Corinthians 15:9;
2 Corinthians 4:9;
Galatians 1:13,
23;
Galatians 4:29;
Galatians 5:11;
Philippians 3:6;
2 Timothy 3:12; passive with a dative denoting the cause,
to be maltreated, suffer persecution on account of something, Galatians 6:12 [here L marginal reading T read
διώκονται (others,
-κωνται), see
WHs Appendix, p. 169; on the dative see Winers Grammar, § 31, 6 c.; Buttmann, 186 (161)].
4. without the idea of hostility,
to run after, follow after: someone,
Luke 17:23.
5. metaphorically, with the accusative of thing, to pursue
i. e. to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavor to acquire:
Romans 9:30 (distinguished here from
καταλαμβάνειν);
1 Timothy 6:11;
2 Timothy 2:22, (in both passages opposed to
φεύγειν);
νόμον δικαιοσύνης,
Romans 9:31, (
Proverbs 15:9;
τὸ δίκαιον,
Deuteronomy 16:20; Sir. 27:8, where distinguished from
καταλαμβάνειν);
τ.
φιλοξενίαν,
Romans 12:13;
τὰ τῆς εἰρήνης,
Romans 14:19 [here L marginal reading Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading T read
διώκομεν (for the
διώκωμεν of others), see
WH's Appendix, p. 169];
τ.
ἀγάπην,
1 Corinthians 14:1;
τὸ ἀγαθόν,
1 Thessalonians 5:15;
εἰρήνην,
Hebrews 12:14;
1 Peter 3:11 (here joined with
ζητεῖν τι); times without number in Greek writings (from Homer, Iliad 17, 75
διώκειν ἀκιχητα on; as
τιμάς,
ἀρετήν,
τὰ καλά, [cf. Winer's Grammar, 30]). [
Compare: ἐκ-,
καταδιώκω.]
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