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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 BoxDeu 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19 - thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the LORD said.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13 - and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of families of those living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28 - For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[fn]; the offspring of the wicked will perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 - at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - “Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets to a rich pastureland, I will chase Edom from its land in an instant. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? Who is like me and who can challenge me? And what shepherd can stand against me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets to a rich pastureland, I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? Who is like me and who can challenge me? And what shepherd can stand against me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:20 - “I will drive the northern horde far from you, pushing it into a parched and barren land; its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea. And its stench will go up; its smell will rise.” Surely he has done great things!
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