Lexicon ekdiókó: To drive out, to expel, to persecute Original Word: ἐκδιώκω Strong's Exhaustive Concordance persecute. From ek and dioko; to pursue out, i.e. Expel or persecute implacably -- persecute. see GREEK ek see GREEK dioko 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 diókó Definition to pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute NASB Translation drove (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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 Forms and Transliterations εκδιώκοντές εκδιώκοντος εκδιώξαι εκδιωξαντων ἐκδιωξάντων εκδιώξουσιν εκδιώξω εκδιωχθήσονται εξεδίωκον εξεδίωξαν εξεδιώχθη ekdioxanton ekdioxánton ekdiōxantōn ekdiōxántōnLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |