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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 58 times in 53 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 18:7–Dan 8:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man, who prepared it quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out toward the man, to the spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:12 - And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s kinsman, and that he was Rebekah’s son, and she ran and told her father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:47 - So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:22 - So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21 - Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. Then the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 - and ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:12 - A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51 - Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:36 - And he said to his boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:19 - Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run and carry news to the king that the LORD has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, “Come what may, let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:23 - “Come what may,” he said, “I will run.” So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran the Cushite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 - Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26 - The watchman saw another man running. And the watchman called to the gate and said, “See, another man running alone!” The king said, “He also brings news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:30 - For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:26 - Run at once to meet her and say to her, ‘Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?’” And she answered, “All is well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Is all well?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:13 - When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she went into the house of the LORD to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:12 - When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she went into the house of the LORD to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, “O people of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10 - So the couriers went from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13 - And they roasted the Passover lamb with fire according to the rule; and they boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26 - running stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - He breaks me with breach upon breach;
he runs upon me like a warrior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:22 - In his neck abides strength,
and terror dances before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 - which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:4 - for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
Awake, come to meet me, and see!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - They only plan to thrust him down from his high position.
They take pleasure in falsehood.
They bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 - I will run in the way of your commandments
when you enlarge my heart![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:15 - He sends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:16 - for their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:12 - When you walk, your step will not be hampered,
and if you run, you will not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:23 - till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me after you; let us run.
The king has brought me into his chambers.

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We will exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - Their feet run to evil,
and they are swift to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6 - I have paid attention and listened,
but they have not spoken rightly;
no man relents of his evil,
saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turns to his own course,
like a horse plunging headlong into battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,
how will you compete with horses?
And if in a safe land you are so trusting,
what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:21 - “I did not send the prophets,
yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - He came to the ram with the two horns, which I had seen standing on the bank of the canal, and he ran at him in his powerful wrath.

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