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Lexicon :: Strong's G5143 - trechō

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τρέχω
Transliteration
trechō (Key)
Pronunciation
trekh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary verb (properly, threcho, cf θρίξ (G2359)), which uses dremo {drem'-o} (the base of δρόμος (G1408)) as alternate in certain tenses
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:226,1189

Strong’s Definitions

τρέχω tréchō, trekh'-o; apparently a primary verb (properly, θρέχω thréchō; compare G2359); which uses δρέμω drémō drem'-o (the base of G1408) as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily (literally or figuratively):—have course, run.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G5143 in the following manner: run (19x), have course (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G5143 in the following manner: run (19x), have course (1x).

  1. to run

    1. of persons in haste

    2. of those who run in a race course

  2. metaph.

    1. of doctrine rapidly propagated

    2. by a metaphor taken from runners in a race, to exert one's self, strive hard

    3. to spend one's strength in performing or attaining something

    4. word occurs in Greek writings denoting to incur extreme peril, which it requires the exertion of all one's effort to overcome

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τρέχω tréchō, trekh'-o; apparently a primary verb (properly, θρέχω thréchō; compare G2359); which uses δρέμω drémō drem'-o (the base of G1408) as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily (literally or figuratively):—have course, run.
STRONGS G5143:
τρέχω; imperfect ἔτρεχον; 2 aorist ἔδραμον; from Homer down; the Sept. for רוּץ; to run;
a. properly: of persons in haste, Mark 5:6; John 20:2, 4; with a telic infinitive Matthew 28:8; δραμών with a finite verb, Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; Luke 15:20; τρέχω ἐπί with an accusative of place, Luke 24:12 (T omits; L Tr brackets WH reject the verse); εἰς πόλεμον, Revelation 9:9; of those who run in a race-course (ἐν σταδίῳ), 1 Corinthians 9:24, 26.
b. metaphorically: of doctrine rapidly propagated, 2 Thessalonians 3:1 (R. V. run); by a metaphor taken from the runners in a race, to exert oneself, strive hard; to spend one's strength in performing or attaining something: Romans 9:16; Galatians 5:7; εἰς κενόν, Galatians 2:2 (Winers Grammar, 504 (470); Buttmann, § 148, 10); Philippians 2:16; τόν ἀγῶνα, Hebrews 12:1 (see ἀγών, 2); the same expression occurs in Greek writings, denoting to incur extreme peril, which it requires the exertion of all one's efforts to overcome, Herodotus 8, 102; Euripides, Or. 878; Alc. 489; Electr. 883; Iph. Aul. 1456; Dionysius Halicarnassus 7, 48, etc.; miserabile currunt certamen, Stat. Theb. 3,116. (Compare: εἰστρέχω, κατατρέχω, περιτρέχω, προτρέχω, προστρέχω, συντρέχω, ἐπιτρέχω συντρέχω, ὑποτρέχω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
27:48; 28:8
Mark
5:6; 15:36
Luke
15:20; 24:12
John
20:2; 20:4
Romans
9:16
1 Corinthians
9:24; 9:26
Galatians
2:2; 5:7
Philippians
2:16
2 Thessalonians
3:1
Hebrews
12:1
Revelation
9:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5143 matches the Greek τρέχω (trechō),
which occurs 20 times in 17 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:48 - And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled it with vinegar and fixed it on a reed, gave him to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:8 - And going out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to bring his disciples word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:6 - But seeing Jesus from afar off, he ran and did him homage,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - And one, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, fixed it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone, let us see if Elias comes to take him down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:20 - And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:12 - But Peter, rising up, ran to the sepulchre, and stooping down he sees the linen clothes lying there alone, and went away home, wondering at what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - She runs therefore and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, to whom Jesus was attached, and says to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:4 - And the two ran together, and the other disciple ran forward faster than Peter, and came first to the tomb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:16 - So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:24 - Know ye not that they who run in the race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:26 - *I* therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:2 - and I went up according to revelation, and I laid before them the glad tidings which I preach among the nations, but privately to those conspicuous among them, lest in any way I run or had run in vain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:7 - Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - holding forth the word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:1 - For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:1 - Let *us* also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9 - and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to war;
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