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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