Lexicon ekdiókó: to pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute Original Word: ἐκδιώκωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekdiókó Phonetic Spelling: (ek-dee-o'-ko) Short Definition: I persecute, expel by persecuting Definition: I persecute, expel by persecuting, drive out, vex, harass. HELPS word-Studies 1559 ekdiṓkō (from 1537 /ek, "completely out of" and 1377 /diṓkō, "chase") – properly, pursue, chase ("hunt down") with passion and personal vengeance (used only in 1 Thes 2:15). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ek and diókóDefinitionto pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute NASB Translationdrove (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1559: ἐκδιώκωἐκδιώκω: future ἐκδιώξω; 1 aorist ἐξεδιωξα; 1. to drive out, banish: τινα, Luke 11:49 (here WH Tr marginal reading διώξουσιν; some refer this to 2); (Thucydides 1, 24; Lucian, Tim. 10; the Sept. 1 Chronicles 8:13; Joel 2:20, etc.). 2. to pursue equivalent to to persecute, oppress with calamities: τινα, 1 Thessalonians 2:15 (some refer this to 1); (Psalm 118:157 (); Sir. 30:19; Demosthenes, 883, 27).
Strong's persecute. From ek and dioko; to pursue out, i.e. Expel or persecute implacably -- persecute. see GREEK ek see GREEK dioko |
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