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Lexicon :: Strong's G1377 - diōkō

Aa
διώκω
Transliteration
diōkō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-o'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb dio (to flee; cf the base of δειλός (G1169) and διάκονος (G1249))
mGNT
45x in 26 unique form(s) TR
44x in 27 unique form(s) LXX
69x in 26 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:229,177

Strong’s Definitions

διώκω diṓkō, dee-o'-ko; a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb δίω díō (to flee; compare the base of G1169 and G1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute:—ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute(-ion), press forward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's G1377 in the following manner: persecute (28x), follow after (6x), follow (4x), suffer persecution (3x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's G1377 in the following manner: persecute (28x), follow after (6x), follow (4x), suffer persecution (3x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away

  2. to run swiftly in order to catch a person or thing, to run after

    1. to press on: figuratively of one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal

    2. to pursue (in a hostile manner)

  3. in any way whatever to harass, trouble, molest one

    1. to persecute

    2. to be mistreated, suffer persecution on account of something

  4. without the idea of hostility, to run after, follow after: someone

  5. metaph., to pursue

    1. to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavour to acquire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διώκω diṓkō, dee-o'-ko; a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb δίω díō (to flee; compare the base of G1169 and G1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute:—ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute(-ion), press forward.
STRONGS G1377:
διώκω; imperfect ἐδίωκον; future διώξω (Matthew 23:34; Luke 21:12; John 15:20; 2 Samuel 22:38; Wis. 19:2; a rarer form for the more common Attic διώξομαι, cf. Bttm. Ausf. Spr: 2:154; Winers Grammar, 84 (80); [Buttmann, 53 (46); especially Veitch, under the word; Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 377]); 1 aorist ἐδίωξα; passive [present διώκομαι]; perfect participle δεδιωγμένος; 1 future διωχθήσομαι; (from δίω, to flee); Sept. commonly for רָדַף;
1. to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away: (τινὰ) ἀπό πόλεως εἰς πόλιν, Matthew 23:34, cf. 10:23 Griesbach.
2. to run swiftly in order to catch some person or thing, to run after; absolutely (Homer, Iliad 23, 344; Sophocles El. 738, etc.; διώκειν δρόμῳ, Xenophon, an. 6, 5, 25; cf. 7, 2, 20), to press on: figuratively, of one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal, Philippians 3:12 (where distinguished from καταλαμβάνειν [cf. Herodotus 9, 58; Lucian, Hermot. 77]), Philippians 3:14. to pursue (in a hostile manner): τινά, Acts 26:11; Revelation 12:13. Hence,
3. in any way whatever to harass, trouble, molest one; to persecute, (cf. Latin persequor, German verfolgen): Matthew 5:10-12, 44; Matthew 10:23; Luke 21:12; [Luke 11:49 WH Tr marginal reading]; John 5:16; John 15:20; Acts 7:52; Acts 9:4; Acts 22:4, 7; Acts 26:14; Romans 12:14; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 4:9; Galatians 1:13, 23; Galatians 4:29; Galatians 5:11; Philippians 3:6; 2 Timothy 3:12; passive with a dative denoting the cause, to be maltreated, suffer persecution on account of something, Galatians 6:12 [here L marginal reading T read διώκονται (others, -κωνται), see WHs Appendix, p. 169; on the dative see Winers Grammar, § 31, 6 c.; Buttmann, 186 (161)].
4. without the idea of hostility, to run after, follow after: someone, Luke 17:23.
5. metaphorically, with the accusative of thing, to pursue i. e. to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavor to acquire: Romans 9:30 (distinguished here from καταλαμβάνειν); 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:22, (in both passages opposed to φεύγειν); νόμον δικαιοσύνης, Romans 9:31, (Proverbs 15:9; τὸ δίκαιον, Deuteronomy 16:20; Sir. 27:8, where distinguished from καταλαμβάνειν); τ. φιλοξενίαν, Romans 12:13; τὰ τῆς εἰρήνης, Romans 14:19 [here L marginal reading Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading T read διώκομεν (for the διώκωμεν of others), see WH's Appendix, p. 169]; τ. ἀγάπην, 1 Corinthians 14:1; τὸ ἀγαθόν, 1 Thessalonians 5:15; εἰρήνην, Hebrews 12:14; 1 Peter 3:11 (here joined with ζητεῖν τι); times without number in Greek writings (from Homer, Iliad 17, 75 διώκειν ἀκιχητα on; as τιμάς, ἀρετήν, τὰ καλά, [cf. Winer's Grammar, 30]). [Compare: ἐκ-, καταδιώκω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
16:20
2 Samuel
22:38
Proverbs
15:9
Matthew
5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 5:44; 10:23; 10:23; 23:34; 23:34
Luke
11:49; 17:23; 21:12; 21:12
John
5:16; 15:20; 15:20
Acts
7:52; 9:4; 22:4; 22:7; 26:11; 26:14
Romans
9:30; 9:31; 12:13; 12:14; 14:19
1 Corinthians
4:12; 14:1; 15:9
2 Corinthians
4:9
Galatians
1:13; 1:23; 4:29; 5:11; 6:12
Philippians
3:6; 3:12; 3:14
1 Thessalonians
5:15
1 Timothy
6:11
2 Timothy
2:22; 3:12
Hebrews
12:14
1 Peter
3:11
Revelation
12:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1377 matches the Greek διώκω (diōkō),
which occurs 45 times in 44 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:10 - “Blessed G3107 are those G3588 who have been persecuted G1377 for the sake G6025 of righteousness, G1343 for theirs G846 is the kingdom G932 of heaven. G3772

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:11 - “Blessed G3107 are you when G3752 people insult G3679 you and persecute G1377 you, and falsely G5574 say G3004 all G3956 kinds G3956 of evil G4190 against G2596 you because G6025 of Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - “Rejoice G5463 and be glad, G21 for your reward G3408 in heaven G3772 is great; G4183 for in the same G3779 way G3779 they persecuted G1377 the prophets G4396 who were before G4253 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:44 - “But I say G3004 to you, love G25 your enemies G2190 and pray G4336 for those G3588 who persecute G1377 you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:23 - “But whenever G3752 they persecute G1377 you in [fn]one G3778 city, G4172 flee G5343 to [fn]the next; G2087 for truly G281 I say G3004 to you, you will not finish G5055 going through the cities G4172 of Israel G2474 until G2193 the Son G5207 of Man G444 comes. G2064

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - “Therefore, G1223 G3778 behold, G2400 I am sending G649 you prophets G4396 and wise G4680 men G4680 and scribes; G1122 some G1537 of them you will kill G615 and crucify, G4717 and some G1537 of them you will scourge G3146 in your synagogues, G4864 and persecute G1377 from city G4172 to city, G4172

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - “For this G3778 reason G1223 also G2532 the wisdom G4678 of God G2316 said, G3004 ‘I will send G649 to them prophets G4396 and apostles, G652 and some of them they will kill G615 and some they will [fn]persecute, G1377

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:23 - “They will say G3004 to you, ‘Look G2400 there! G1563 Look G2400 here!’ G5602 Do not go G565 away, G565 and do not run G1377 after G1377 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - “But before G4253 all G3956 these G3778 things, G3778 they will lay G1911 their hands G5495 on you and will persecute G1377 you, delivering G3860 you to the synagogues G4864 and prisons, G5438 [fn]bringing G520 you before G1909 kings G935 and governors G2232 for My name’s G3686 sake. G6025

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:16 - For this G3778 reason G1223 the Jews G2453 were persecuting G1377 Jesus, G2424 because G3754 He was doing G4160 these G3778 things G3778 on the Sabbath. G4521

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20 - “Remember G3421 the word G3056 that I said G3004 to you, ‘A slave G1401 is not greater G3173 than his master.’ G2962 If G1487 they persecuted G1377 Me, they will also G2532 persecute G1377 you; if G1487 they kept G5083 My word, G3056 they will keep G5083 yours G5212 also. G2532

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:52 - “Which G5101 one G5101 of the prophets G4396 did your fathers G3962 not persecute? G1377 They killed G615 those G3588 who had previously G4293 announced G4293 the coming G1660 of the Righteous G1342 One, G1342 whose G3739 betrayers G4273 and murderers G5406 you have now G3568 become; G1096

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:4 - and he fell G4098 to the ground G1093 and heard G191 a voice G5456 saying G3004 to him, “Saul, G4549 Saul, G4549 why G5101 are you persecuting G1377 Me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:5 - And he said, G3004 “Who G5101 are You, Lord?” G2962 And He said, “I am G1510 Jesus G2424 whom G3739 you are persecuting, G1377

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4 - “I persecuted G1377 this G3778 Way G3598 to the death, G2288 binding G1195 and putting G3860 both G5037 men G435 and women G1135 into prisons, G5438

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:7 - and I fell G4098 to the ground G1475 and heard G191 a voice G5456 saying G3004 to me, ‘Saul, G4549 Saul, G4549 why G5101 are you persecuting G1377 Me?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:8 - “And I answered, G611 ‘Who G5101 are You, Lord?’ G2962 And He said G3004 to me, ‘I am G1510 Jesus G2424 the Nazarene, G3480 whom G3739 you are persecuting.’ G1377

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - “And as I punished G5097 them often G4178 in all G3956 the synagogues, G4864 I tried to force G315 them to blaspheme; G987 and being furiously G4057 enraged G1693 at them, I kept pursuing G1377 them even G2193 to [fn]foreign G1854 cities. G4172

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - “And when we had all G3956 fallen G2667 to the ground, G1093 I heard G191 a voice G5456 saying G3004 to me in the [fn]Hebrew G1446 dialect, G1258 ‘Saul, G4549 Saul, G4549 why G5101 are you persecuting G1377 Me? [fn]It is hard G4642 for you to kick G2979 against G4314 the goads.’ G2759

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:15 - “And I said, G3004 ‘Who G5101 are You, Lord?’ G2962 And the Lord G2962 said, G3004 ‘I am G1510 Jesus G2424 whom G3739 you are persecuting. G1377

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:30 - What G5101 shall we say G3004 then? G3767 That Gentiles, G1484 who did not pursue G1377 righteousness, G1343 attained G2638 righteousness, G1343 even G1161 the righteousness G1343 which is [fn]by faith; G4102

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:31 - but Israel, G2474 pursuing G1377 a law G3551 of righteousness, G1343 did not arrive G5348 at that law. G3551

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:13 - contributing G2841 to the needs G5532 of the [fn]saints, G40 [fn]practicing G1377 hospitality. G5381

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:14 - Bless G2127 those G3588 who persecute G1377 [fn]you; bless G2127 and do not curse. G2672

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:19 - So G686 then G686 [fn]we pursue G1377 the things which make for peace G1515 and the building G3619 up of one G240 another. G240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - and we toil, G2872 working G2038 with our own G2398 hands; G5495 when we are reviled, G3058 we bless; G2127 when we are persecuted, G1377 we endure; G430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:1 - Pursue G1377 love, G26 yet G1161 desire G2206 earnestly G2206 spiritual G4152 gifts, but especially G3123 that you may prophesy. G4395

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:9 - For I am G1510 the least G1646 of the apostles, G652 [fn]and not fit G2425 to be called G2564 an apostle, G652 because G1360 I persecuted G1377 the church G1577 of God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:9 - persecuted, G1377 but not forsaken; G1459 struck G2598 down, G2598 but not destroyed; G622

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:13 - For you have heard G191 of my former G4218 manner G391 of life G391 in Judaism, G2454 how G3754 I used to persecute G1377 the church G1577 of God G2316 beyond G2596 G5236 measure G5236 and tried to destroy G4199 it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:23 - but only, G3440 they kept hearing, G191 “He who once G4218 persecuted G1377 us is now G3568 preaching G2097 the faith G4102 which G3739 he once G4218 tried to destroy.” G4199

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:29 - But as at that time G5119 he who was born G1080 according G2596 to the flesh G4561 persecuted G1377 him who was born according G2596 to the Spirit, G4151 so G3779 it is now G3568 also. G2532

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11 - But I, brethren, G80 if G1487 I still G2089 preach G2784 circumcision, G4061 why G5101 am I still G2089 persecuted? G1377 Then G686 the stumbling G4625 block G4625 of the cross G4716 has been abolished. G2673

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:12 - Those G3745 who G3745 desire G2309 to make G2146 a good G2146 showing G2146 in the flesh G4561 try to compel G315 you to be circumcised, G4059 simply G3440 so G2443 that they will not be persecuted G1377 [fn]for the cross G4716 of Christ. G5547

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:6 - as to zeal, G2205 a persecutor G1377 of the church; G1577 as to the righteousness G1343 which is in the Law, G3551 found G1096 blameless. G273

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:12 - Not that I have already G2235 obtained G2983 it or G2228 have already G2235 become perfect, G5048 but I press G1377 on [fn]so G2532 that I may lay G2638 hold G2638 of that [fn]for which G3739 also G2532 I was laid G2638 hold G2638 of by Christ G5547 Jesus. G2424

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:14 - I press G1377 on toward G1519 the goal G4649 for the prize G1017 of the upward G507 call G2821 of God G2316 in Christ G5547 Jesus. G2424

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:15 - See G3708 that no G3361 one G5100 repays G591 another G5100 with evil G2556 for evil, G2556 but always G3842 seek G1377 after G1377 that which G18 is good G18 for one G240 another G240 and for all G3956 people. G3956

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:11 - But flee G5343 from these G3778 things, G3778 you man G444 of God, G2316 and pursue G1377 righteousness, G1343 godliness, G2150 faith, G4102 love, G26 [fn]perseverance G5281 and gentleness. G6073

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:22 - Now G1161 flee G5343 from youthful G3512 lusts G1939 and pursue G1377 righteousness, G1343 faith, G4102 love G26 and peace, G1515 with those G3588 who call G1941 on the Lord G2962 from a pure G2513 heart. G2588

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:12 - Indeed, G2532 all G3956 who desire G2309 to live G2198 godly G2153 in Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 will be persecuted. G1377

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:14 - Pursue G1377 peace G1515 with all G3956 men, G3956 and the sanctification G38 without G5565 which G3739 no G3762 one G3762 will see G3708 the Lord. G2962

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:11 - “HE MUST TURN G1578 AWAY G1578 FROM EVIL G2556 AND DO G4160 GOOD G18;
HE MUST SEEK G2212 PEACE G1515 AND PURSUE G1377 IT.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:13 - And when G3753 the dragon G1404 saw G3708 that he was thrown G906 down to the earth, G1093 he persecuted G1377 the woman G1135 who G3748 gave G5088 birth G5088 to the male G730 child.
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