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Lexicon :: Strong's G1559 - ekdiōkō

Aa
ἐκδιώκω
Transliteration
ekdiōkō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-dee-o'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐκδιώκω ekdiṓkō, ek-dee-o'-ko; from G1537 and G1377; to pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute implacably:—persecute.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1559 in the following manner: persecute (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1559 in the following manner: persecute (2x).

  1. to drive out, banish

  2. to pursue

    1. to persecute, oppress with calamities

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκδιώκω ekdiṓkō, ek-dee-o'-ko; from G1537 and G1377; to pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute implacably:—persecute.
STRONGS G1559:
ἐκδιώκω: future ἐκδιώξω; 1 aorist ἐξεδιωξα;
1. to drive out, banish: τινά, Luke 11:49 [here WH Tr marginal reading διώξουσιν; some refer this to 2]; (Thucydides 1, 24; Lucian, Tim. 10; Sept. 1 Chronicles 8:13; Joel 2:20, etc.).
2. to pursue equivalent to to persecute, oppress with calamities: τινά, 1 Thessalonians 2:15 [some refer this to 1]; (Psalm 118:157 (Psalms 119:157); Sir. 30:19; Demosthenes, 883, 27).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
8:13
Psalms
119:157
Joel
2:20
Luke
11:49
1 Thessalonians
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1559 matches the Greek ἐκδιώκω (ekdiōkō),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19 - to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13 - and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east and toward the west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28 -
For Jehovah loveth justice,
And forsaketh not his saints;
They are preserved for ever:
But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 -
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth,
By reason of the enemy and the avenger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 -
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head:
They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:
That which I took not away I have to restore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 -
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy:
Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 -
Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;
Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - Behold, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - that thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and shalt be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee; till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - and thou shalt be driven from men; and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen; and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts’, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:20 - but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its forepart into the eastern sea, and its hinder part into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath done great things.
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