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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19 - by driving out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13 -

and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who made the inhabitants of Gath flee;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks and they made all those in the valleys flee, both to the east and to the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28 -

Ayin

For Yahweh loves [fn]justice

And will not forsake His holy ones;

They are kept forever,

But the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 -

Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,

Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:4

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Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;

Those who would [fn]destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;

What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 -

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will [fn]destroy;

Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 -

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,

Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - “Behold, one will come up like a lion from the [fn]thickets of the Jordan against an enduring pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will [fn]summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”

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“Behold, one will come up like a lion from the [fn]thicket of the Jordan to an enduring pasture; for in an instant I will make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will [fn]summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand before Me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - that you be driven away from mankind and your place of habitation be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and seven [fn]periods of time will pass over you, until you know that the Most High is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whomever He wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - and you will be driven away from mankind, and your place of habitation will be with the beasts of the field. You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and seven [fn]periods of time will pass over you until you know that the Most High is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whomever He wishes.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - “Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was accomplished; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - “He was also driven away from the sons of [fn]men, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his place of habitation was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of the sky until he knew that the Most High God is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind and that He sets up over it whomever He wishes.

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“But I will remove the northern military force far from you,

And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land,

And its vanguard into the eastern sea,

And its rear guard into the western sea.

And its stench will rise up, and its foul smell will rise up,

For it has done great things.”

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