Strong's Lexicon
G5143 — τρέχω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5143 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τρέχω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary verb (properly, threcho) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 20 |
| Transliteration: | trecho |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | trekh'-o (or dremo drem'-o (base G1408) in certain tenses) v. |
| Meaning: | 1. to run {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | have course, run |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δράμω, to run, see τρέχω.
STRONGS NT 5143: τρέχωτρέχω; imperfect ἔτρεχον; 2 aorist ἔδραμον; from Homer down; the Sept. for øåÌõ; to run;
a. properly: of persons in haste, Mar 5:6; Joh 20:2; Joh 20:4; with a telic infinitive Mat 28:8; δραμών with a finite verb, Mat 27:48; Mar 15:36; Luk 15:20; τρέχω ἐπί with an accusative of place, Luk 24:12 (T omits; L Tr brackets WH reject the verse); εἰς πόλεμον, Rev 9:9; of those who run in a race-course (ἐν σταδίῳ), 1Co 9:24; 1Co 9:26.
b. metaphorically: of doctrine rapidly propagated, 2Th 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: Rom 9:16; Gal 5:7; εἰς κενόν, Gal 2:2 (Winers Grammar, 504 (470); Buttmann, § 148, 10); Php 2:16; τόν ἀγῶνα, Heb 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.)
STRONGS NT 5143a: τρῆματρῆμα, τρήματος, τό (τιτράω, τιτρημι, ΤΡΑΩ, to bore through, pierce), a perforation, hole: βελόνης, Luk 18:25 L T Tr WH; (ῤαφίδος, Mat 19:24 WH text). (Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, others.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
τρέχω (have course)
Matthew 27:48
- KJV: And straightway one of them ran and took a spunge and filled with vinegar and put on a reed and gave him to drink
- GK: και ευθέως δραμών εις εξ αυτών και λαβών σπόγγον πλήσας τε όξους και περιθείς καλάμω επότιζεν αυτόν
Matthew 28:8
- KJV: And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy and did run to bring his disciples word
- GK: και εξελθούσαι ταχύ από του μνημείου μετά φόβου και χαράς μεγάλης έδραμον απαγγείλαι τοις μαθηταίς αυτού
Mark 5:6
- KJV: But when he saw Jesus afar off he ran and worshipped him
- GK: ιδών δε τον Ιησούν από μακρόθεν έδραμε και προσεκύνησεν αυτώ
Mark 15:36
- KJV: And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar and put on a reed and gave him to drink saying Let alone let us see whether Elias will come to take him down
- GK: δραμών δε εις και γεμίσας σπόγγον όξους και περιθείς τε καλάμω επότιζεν αυτόν λέγων άφετε ίδωμεν ει έρχεται Ηλίας καθελείν αυτόν
Luke 15:20
- KJV: And he arose and came to his father But when he was yet a great way off his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him
- GK: και αναστάς ήλθε προς τον πατέρα αυτού έτι δε αυτού μακράν απέχοντος είδεν αυτόν ο πατήρ αυτού και εσπλαγχνίσθη και δραμών επέπεσεν επί τον τράχηλον αυτού και κατεφίλησεν αυτόν
Luke 24:12
- KJV: Then arose Peter and ran unto the sepulchre and stooping down he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves and departed wondering in himself at that which was come to pass
- GK: ο δε Πέτρος αναστάς έδραμεν επί το μνημείον και παρακύψας βλέπει τα οθόνια κείμενα μόνα και απήλθε προς εαυτόν θαυμάζων το γεγονός
John 20:2
- KJV: Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved and saith unto them They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre and we know not where they have laid him
- GK: τρέχει ούν και έρχεται προς Σίμωνα Πέτρον και προς τον άλλον μαθητήν ον εφίλει ο Ιησούς και λέγει αυτοίς ήραν τον κύριον εκ του μνημείου και ουκ οίδαμεν που έθηκαν αυτόν
John 20:4
- KJV: So they ran both together and the other disciple did outrun Peter and came first to the sepulchre
- GK: έτρεχον δε οι δύο ομού και ο άλλος μαθητής προέδραμε τάχιον του Πέτρου και ήλθε πρώτος εις το μνημείον
Romans 9:16
- KJV: So then not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that sheweth mercy
- GK: άρα ούν ου του θέλοντος ουδέ του τρέχοντος αλλά του ελεούντος θεού