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.)
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