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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 44 times in 43 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:10 - 'Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:11 - 'Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:44 - but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:23 - 'And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - 'Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:23 - and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:16 - and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20 - 'Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:52

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:4 - and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:5 - And he said, 'Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4 - 'And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:7 - I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:8 - 'And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:15 - 'And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:30 - What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that is of faith,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:31 - and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:13 - to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:14 - Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:19 - So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:1 - Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:9 - for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:9 - persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:13 - for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:23 - and only they were hearing, that 'he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news -- the faith that then he was wasting;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:29 - but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11 - And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:12 - as many as are willing to make a good appearance in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised -- only that for the cross of the Christ they may not be persecuted,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:6 - according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:12 - Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:14 - to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:15 - see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:11 - and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:22 - and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:12 - and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:14 - peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:11 - let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:13 - And when the dragon saw that he was cast forth to the earth, he pursued the woman who did bring forth the male,
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