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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 ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:6 - But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:20 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:12 - Then Peter arose, and ran to the sepulcher, and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which had come to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:4 - So they ran both together: and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the sepulcher.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:16 - So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:24 - Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:26 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth the air:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:2 - And I went by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:7 - Ye did run well, who hindered 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; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:1 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:1 - Wherefore, seeing we also are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9 - And they had breast-plates, as it were breast-plates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
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