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Lexicon :: Strong's G1377 - diōkō

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διώκω
Transliteration
diōkō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-o'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb dio (to flee; cf the base of δειλός (G1169) and διάκονος (G1249))
mGNT
45x in 26 unique form(s) TR
44x in 27 unique form(s) LXX
70x in 26 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 2:229,177

Strong’s Definitions

διώκω diṓkō, dee-o'-ko; a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb δίω díō (to flee; compare the base of G1169 and G1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute:—ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute(-ion), press forward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's G1377 in the following manner: persecute (28x), follow after (6x), follow (4x), suffer persecution (3x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's G1377 in the following manner: persecute (28x), follow after (6x), follow (4x), suffer persecution (3x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away

  2. to run swiftly in order to catch a person or thing, to run after

    1. to press on: figuratively of one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal

    2. to pursue (in a hostile manner)

  3. in any way whatever to harass, trouble, molest one

    1. to persecute

    2. to be mistreated, suffer persecution on account of something

  4. without the idea of hostility, to run after, follow after: someone

  5. metaph., to pursue

    1. to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavour to acquire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διώκω diṓkō, dee-o'-ko; a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb δίω díō (to flee; compare the base of G1169 and G1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute:—ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute(-ion), press forward.
STRONGS G1377:
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
16:20
2 Samuel
22:38
Proverbs
15:9
Matthew
5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 5:44; 10:23; 10:23; 23:34; 23:34
Luke
11:49; 17:23; 21:12; 21:12
John
5:16; 15:20; 15:20
Acts
7:52; 9:4; 22:4; 22:7; 26:11; 26:14
Romans
9:30; 9:31; 12:13; 12:14; 14:19
1 Corinthians
4:12; 14:1; 15:9
2 Corinthians
4:9
Galatians
1:13; 1:23; 4:29; 5:11; 6:12
Philippians
3:6; 3:12; 3:14
1 Thessalonians
5:15
1 Timothy
6:11
2 Timothy
2:22; 3:12
Hebrews
12:14
1 Peter
3:11
Revelation
12:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1377 matches the Greek διώκω (diōkō),
which occurs 70 times in 65 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 14:15–Jer 20:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:7 - You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:8 - Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:36 - "'As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:20 - You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, and kill him, though this is not a capital case since he did not hate him at the time of the accident.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7 - Then the LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you and persecute you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the LORD had handed them over?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - Meanwhile the king's men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:10 - One of you makes a thousand run away, for the LORD your God fights for you as he promised you he would.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera's whole army died by the edge of the sword; not even one survived!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him, "Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for." He went with her into the tent, and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead with the tent peg in his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - He said to the men of Succoth, "Give some loaves of bread to the men who are following me, because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised their entire army.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 - Then Joab blew the trumpet and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Joab's men, accompanied by the Kerethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors, left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab's other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa's intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:13 - Once he had removed Amasa from the path, everyone followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5 - They replied to the king, "As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel -

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:38 - I chase my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - Gad went to David and told him, "Shall seven years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide what I should tell the one who sent me."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, "Is everything all right?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered, "Shoot him too." They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:22 - Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 - O LORD my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:14 - Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:12 - If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:9 - The LORD abhors the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:1 - The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:19 - The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:14 - Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - Please let the Moabite fugitives live among you. Hide them from the destroyer!" Certainly the one who applies pressure will cease, the destroyer will come to an end, those who trample will disappear from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2 - The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:16 - You say, 'No, we will flee on horses,' so you will indeed flee. You say, 'We will ride on fast horses,' so your pursuers will be fast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one's neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:3 - He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - "Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 - May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:11 - But the LORD is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.

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