Strong's Lexicon
G1377 — διώκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1377 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διώκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb dio "to flee" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 45 |
| Transliteration: | dioko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-o'-ko |
| Meaning: | 1. to pursue 2. (by implication) to persecute {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute(-ion), press forward |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διώκω; imperfect ἐδίωκον; future διώξω (Mat 23:34; Luk 21:12; Joh 15:20; 2Sa 22:38; Wis 19:2; a rarer form for the more common Attic διώξομαι, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) 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 δεδιωγμενος; 1 future διωχθήσομαι; (from δίω, to flee); the Sept. commonly for øÈãÇó;
1. to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away: (τινα) ἀπό πόλεως εἰς πόλιν, Mat 23:34; cf. Mat 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, Php 3:12 (where distinguished from καταλαμβάνειν (cf. Herodotus 9, 58; Lucian, Hermot. 77)), Php 3:14. to pursue (in a hostile manner): τινα, Act 26:11; Rev 12:13.
3. Hence, in any way whatever to harass, trouble, molest one; to persecute, (cf. Latinpersequor, German verfolgen): Mat 5:10-12; Mat 5:44; Mat 10:23; Luk 21:12; ( WH Tr marginal reading); Joh 5:16; Joh 15:20; Act 7:52; Act 9:4; Act 22:4; Act 22:7; Act 26:14; Rom 12:14; 1Co 4:12; 1Co 15:9; 2Co 4:9; Gal 1:13; Gal 1:23; Gal 4:29; Gal 5:11; Php 3:6; 2Ti 3:12; passive with a dative denoting the cause, to be maltreated, suffer persecution on account of something, Gal 6:12 (here L marginal reading T read διωκονται (others, διώκωνται), 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, Luk 17:23.
5. metaphorically, with the accusative of thing, to pursue i. e. to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavor to acquire: Rom 9:30 (distinguished here from καταλαμβάνειν); 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:22 (in both passages opposed to φεύγειν); νόμον δικαιοσύνης, Rom 9:31 (Pro 15:9; τό δίκαιον, Deu 16:20; Sir 27:8, where distinguished from καταλαμβάνειν); τήν φιλοξενίαν, Rom 12:13; τά τῆς εἰρήνης, Rom 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); τήν ἀγάπην, 1Co 14:1; τό ἀγαθόν, 1Th 5:15; εἰρήνην, Heb 12:14; 1Pe 3:11 (here joined with ζητεῖν τί); times without number in Greek writings (from Homer, Iliad 17, 75 διώκειν ἀκιχητα on; as τιμάς, ἀρετήν, τά καλά (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 30.)). (Compare: ἐκδιώκω, καταδιώκω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διώκω (ensue)
Matthew 5:10
- KJV: Blessed they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
- GK: μακάριοι οι δεδιωγμένοι ένεκεν δικαιοσύνης ότι αυτών εστίν η βασιλεία των ουρανών
Matthew 5:11
- KJV: Blessed are ye when shall revile you and persecute and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake
- GK: μακάριοί εστέ όταν ονειδίσωσιν υμάς και διώξωσι και είπωσι παν πονηρόν ρήμα καθ΄ υμών ψευδόμενοι ένεκεν εμού
Matthew 5:12
- KJV: Rejoice and be exceeding glad for great your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you
- GK: χαίρετε και αγαλλιάσθε ότι ο μισθός υμών πολύς εν τοις ουρανοίς ούτω γαρ εδίωξαν τους προφήτας τους προ υμών
Matthew 5:44
- KJV: But I say unto you Love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you
- GK: εγώ δε λέγω υμίν αγαπάτε τους εχθρούς υμών ευλογείτε τους καταρωμένους υμάς καλώς ποιέιτε τους μισούντας υμάς και προσεύχεσθε υπέρ των επηρεαζόντων υμάς και διωκόντων υμάς
Matthew 10:23
- KJV: But when they persecute you in this city flee ye into another for verily I say unto you Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the Son of man be come
- GK: όταν δε διώκωσιν υμάς εν τη πόλει ταύτη φεύγετε εις την άλλην αμήν γαρ λέγω υμίν ου τελέσητε τας πόλεις του Ισραήλ έως αν έλθη ο υιός του ανθρώπου
Matthew 23:34
- KJV: Wherefore behold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes and of them ye shall kill and crucify and of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city
- GK: διά τούτο ιδού εγώ αποστέλλω προς υμάς προφήτας και σοφούς και γραμματείς και εξ αυτών αποκτενείτε και σταυρώσετε και εξ αυτών μαστιγώσετε εν ταις συναγωγαίς υμών και διώξετε από πόλεως εις πόλιν
Luke 17:23
- KJV: And they shall say to you See here or see there go not after nor follow
- GK: και ερούσιν υμίν ιδού ώδε η ιδού εκεί μη απέλθητε μηδέ διώξητε
Luke 21:12
- KJV: But before all these they shall lay their hands on you and persecute delivering up to the synagogues and into prisons being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake
- GK: προ δε τούτων άπαντων επιβαλούσιν εφ΄ υμάς τας χείρας αυτών και διώξουσι παραδιδόντες εις συναγωγάς και φυλακάς αγομένους επί βασιλείς και ηγεμόνας ένεκεν του ονόματός μου
John 5:16
- KJV: And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus and sought to slay him because he had done these things on the sabbath day
- GK: και διά τούτο εδίωκον τον Ιησούν οι Ιουδαίοι και εζήτουν αυτόν αποκτείναι ότι ταύτα εποίει εν σαββάτω
John 15:20
- KJV: Remember the word that I said unto you The servant is not greater than his lord If they have persecuted me they will also persecute you if they have kept my saying they will keep yours also
- GK: μνημονεύετε του λόγου ου εγώ είπον υμίν ουκ έστι δούλος μείζων του κυρίου αυτού ει εμέ εδίωξαν και υμάς διώξουσιν ει τον λόγον μου ετήρησαν και τον υμέτερον τηρήσουσιν
Acts 7:52
- KJV: Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers
- GK: τίνα των προφητών ουκ εδίωξαν οι πατέρες υμών και απέκτειναν τους προκαταγγείλαντας περί της ελεύσεως του δικαίου ου νυν υμείς προδόται και φονείς γεγένησθε
Acts 9:4
- KJV: And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me
- GK: και πεσών επί την γην ήκουσε φωνήν λέγουσαν αυτώ Σαούλ Σαούλ τι με διώκεις
Acts 9:5
- KJV: And he said Who art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Jesus whom thou persecutest hard for thee to kick against the pricks
- GK: είπε δε τις ει κύριε ο δε κύριος είπεν εγώ ειμι Ιησούς ον συ διώκεις σκληρόν σοι προς κέντρα λακτίζειν
Acts 22:4
- KJV: And I persecuted this way unto the death binding and delivering into prisons both men and women
- GK: ος ταύτην την οδόν εδίωξα άχρι θανάτου δεσμεύων και παραδιδούς εις φυλακάς άνδρας τε και γυναίκας
Acts 22:7
- KJV: And I fell unto the ground and heard a voice saying unto me Saul Saul why persecutest thou me
- GK: έπεσόν τε εις το έδαφος και ήκουσα φωνής λεγούσης μοι Σαούλ Σαούλ τι με διώκεις
Acts 22:8
- KJV: And I answered Who art thou Lord And he said unto me I am Jesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest
- GK: εγώ δε απεκρίθην τις ει κύριε είπέ τε προς με εγώ ειμι Ιησούς ο Ναζωραίος ον συ διώκεις
Acts 26:11
- KJV: And I punished them oft in every synagogue and compelled to blaspheme and being exceedingly mad against them I persecuted even unto strange cities
- GK: και κατά πάσας τας συναγωγάς πολλάκις τιμωρών αυτούς ηνάγκαζον βλασφημείν περισσώς τε εμμαινόμενος αυτοίς εδίωκον έως και εις τας έξω πόλεις
Acts 26:14
- KJV: And when we were all fallen to the earth I heard a voice speaking unto me and saying in the Hebrew tongue Saul Saul why persecutest thou me hard for thee to kick against the pricks
- GK: πάντων δε καταπεσόντων ημών εις την γην ήκουσα φωνήν λαλούσαν προς με και λέγουσαν τη Εβραϊδι διαλέκτω Σαούλ Σαούλ τι με διώκεις σκληρόν σοι προς κέντρα λακτίζειν
Acts 26:15
- KJV: And I said Who art thou Lord And he said I am Jesus whom thou persecutest
- GK: εγώ δε είπον τις ει κύριε ο δε είπεν εγώ ειμι Ιησούς ον συ διώκεις
Romans 9:30
- KJV: What shall we say then That the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness have attained to righteousness even the righteousness which is of faith
- GK: τι ούν ερούμεν ότι έθνη τα μη διώκοντα δικαιοσύνην κατέλαβε δικαιοσύνην δικαιοσύνην δε την εκ πίστεως
Romans 9:31
- KJV: But Israel which followed after the law of righteousness hath not attained to the law of righteousness
- GK: Ισραήλ δε διώκων νόμον δικαιοσύνης εις νόμον δικαιοσύνης ουκ έφθασε
Romans 12:13
- KJV: Distributing to the necessity of saints given to hospitality
- GK: ταις χρείαις των αγίων κοινωνούντες την φιλοξενίαν διώκοντες
Romans 12:14
- KJV: Bless them which persecute you bless and curse not
- GK: ευλογείτε τους διώκοντας υμάς ευλογείτε και μη καταράσθε
Romans 14:19
- KJV: Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace and things wherewith one may edify another
- GK: άρα ούν τα της ειρήνης διώκωμεν και τα της οικοδομής της εις αλλήλους
1 Corinthians 4:12
- KJV: And labour working with our own hands being reviled we bless being persecuted we suffer it
- GK: και κοπιώμεν εργαζόμενοι ταις ιδίαις χερσί λοιδορούμενοι ευλογούμεν διωκόμενοι ανεχόμεθα
1 Corinthians 14:1
- KJV: Follow after charity and desire spiritual but rather that ye may prophesy
- GK: διώκετε την αγάπην ζηλούτε δε τα πνευματικά μάλλον δε ίνα προφητεύητε
1 Corinthians 15:9
- KJV: For I am the least of the apostles that am not meet to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God
- GK: εγώ γαρ ειμι ο ελάχιστος των αποστόλων ος ουκ ειμί ικανός καλείσθαι απόστολος διότι εδίωξα την εκκλησίαν του θεού
2 Corinthians 4:9
- KJV: Persecuted but not forsaken cast down but not destroyed
- GK: διωκόμενοι αλλ΄ ουκ εγκαταλειπόμενοι καταβαλλόμενοι αλλ΄ ουκ απολλύμενοι
Galatians 1:13
- KJV: For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God and wasted it
- GK: ηκούσατε γαρ την εμήν αναστροφήν ποτε εν τω Ιουδαϊσμώ ότι καθ΄ υπερβολήν εδίωκον την εκκλησίαν του θεού και επόρθουν αυτήν
Galatians 1:23
- KJV: But they had heard only That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed
- GK: μόνον δε ακούοντες ήσαν ότι ο διώκων ημάς ποτέ νυν ευαγγελίζεται την πίστιν ην ποτε επόρθει