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Lexicon :: Strong's G5143 - trechō

Aa
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
Dictionary Aids

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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:48 - And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:8 - And they went away quickly, with fear and great joy, to give his disciples the news.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:6 - And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:20 - And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:12 - But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:4 - They went running together, and the other disciple got in front of Peter and came first to the hole in the rock;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:16 - So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:24 - Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:26 - So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:2 - And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:7 - You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:1 - For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:1 - For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9 - And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.
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