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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 having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled it with vinegar, and having put it on a reed, was giving him to drink,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:8 - And having gone forth quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, they ran to tell to his disciples;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:6 - And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - and one having run, and having filled a spunge with vinegar, having put it also on a reed, was giving him to drink, saying, 'Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come to take him down.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:20 - 'And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:12 - And Peter having risen, did run to the tomb, and having stooped down he seeth the linen clothes lying alone, and he went away to his own home, wondering at that which was come to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - she runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus was loving, and saith to them, 'They took away the Lord out of the tomb, and we have not known where they laid him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:4 - and the two were running together, and the other disciple did run forward more quickly 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 -- not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:24 - have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:26 - I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:2 - and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:7 - Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:1 - As to the rest, pray ye, brethren, concerning us, that the word of the Lord may run and may be glorified, as also with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:1 - Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set 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 noise of their wings is as the noise of chariots of many horses running to battle;
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