| Strong#: | 1377 // diwkw dioko |
| Orig: | v // a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb dio (to flee cf the base of \\1169\\ and \\1249\\) |
| NASB: | ==>persecute(10), persecuted(13), persecuting(7), persecutor(1), practicing(1), press(2), pursue(7), pursuing(2), run after(1), seek after(1). |
| AV=44 | ==>persecute 28, follow after 6, follow 4, suffer persecution 3, misc 3 |
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| Definition: | 1) to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away
2) to run swiftly in order to catch a person or thing, to run after
2a) to press on: figuratively of one who in a race runs
swiftly to reach the goal
2b) to pursue (in a hostile manner)
3) in any way whatever to harass, trouble, molest one
3a) to persecute
3b) to be mistreated, suffer persecution on account of something
4) without the idea of hostility, to run after, follow after: someone
5) metaph., to pursue
5a) to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavour to acquire
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| NASB: | to put to flight, pursue, by impl. to persecute: |
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