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Lexicon :: Strong's G1559 - ekdiōkō

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ἐκδιώκω
Transliteration
ekdiōkō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-dee-o'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐκδιώκω ekdiṓkō, ek-dee-o'-ko; from G1537 and G1377; to pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute implacably:—persecute.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1559 in the following manner: persecute (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1559 in the following manner: persecute (2x).
  1. to drive out, banish

  2. to pursue

    1. to persecute, oppress with calamities

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκδιώκω ekdiṓkō, ek-dee-o'-ko; from G1537 and G1377; to pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute implacably:—persecute.
STRONGS G1559:
ἐκδιώκω: future ἐκδιώξω; 1 aorist ἐξεδιωξα;
1. to drive out, banish: τινά, Luke 11:49 [here WH Tr marginal reading διώξουσιν; some refer this to 2]; (Thucydides 1, 24; Lucian, Tim. 10; Sept. 1 Chronicles 8:13; Joel 2:20, etc.).
2. to pursue equivalent to to persecute, oppress with calamities: τινά, 1 Thessalonians 2:15 [some refer this to 1]; (Psalm 118:157 (Psalms 119:157); Sir. 30:19; Demosthenes, 883, 27).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
8:13
Psalms
119:157
Joel
2:20
Luke
11:49
1 Thessalonians
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1559 matches the Greek ἐκδιώκω (ekdiōkō),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19 -

“by driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13 -

Beriah and Shema, who were the family heads of Aijalon’s residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 -

These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month[fn] when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys to the east and to the west.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28 -

For the LORD loves justice

and will not abandon his faithful ones.

They are kept safe forever,

but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 -

because of the taunts[fn] of the scorner and reviler,

because of the enemy and avenger.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 -

Those who hate me without cause

are more numerous than the hairs of my head;

my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,

are powerful.

Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 -

I will destroy anyone

who secretly slanders his neighbor;

I cannot tolerate anyone

with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 -

My persecutors and foes are many.

I have not turned from your decrees.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 -

“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets[fn] of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 -

“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets[fn] of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Babylon[fn] away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 -

“You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 -

“You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals, and you will feed on grass like cattle for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 -

At that moment the message against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky, until his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 -

“He was driven away from people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over human kingdoms and sets anyone he wants over them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:20 -

I will drive the northerner far from you

and banish him to a dry and desolate land,

his front ranks into the Dead Sea,

and his rear guard into the Mediterranean Sea.

His stench will rise;

yes, his rotten smell will rise,

for he has done astonishing things.

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