διώκω [in LXX chiefly for רָדַף ;] 1. to put to flight, drive away: Mat.23:34. 2. to pursue; (a) of persons; with accusative, without hostility, to follow after: Luk.17:23; with hostile purpose: Act.26:11, Rev.12:13. Hence, to persecute: Mat.5:10-12, 44 10:23, Luk.11:49 21:12, Jhn.5:16 15:20, Act.7:52 9:4-5 22:4, 7-8 26:14-15 Rom.12:14, 1Co.4:12 15:9, 2Co.4:9, Gal.1:13, 23 4:29 5:11 6:12, Php.3:6, 2Ti.3:12; (b) metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), of seeking eagerly after: Rom.9:30, 1Ti.6:11, 2Ti.2:22; νόμον δικαιοσύνης, Rom.9:31; τ. φιλοξενίαν, Rom.12:13; εἰρήνην, Heb.12:14, 1Pe.3:11; τὰ τῆς εἰ., Rom.14:19; τ. ἀγάπην, 1Co.14:1; τὸ ἀγαθόν, 1Th.5:15; absol., to follow on, drive, or speed on (Æsch.), Php.3:12, 14.† (AS)
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
G1377 — διώκω
diōkō · to pursue · Greek
44 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 5:10 · δεδιωγμένοι‘Happy those persecuted for righteousness’ sake—because theirs is the reign of the heavens.Matthew 5:11 · διώξωσιν‘Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake—Matthew 5:12 · ἐδίωξανrejoice ye and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.Matthew 5:44 · διωκόντωνbut I—I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,Matthew 10:23 · διώκωσιν‘And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.Matthew 23:34 · διώξετε‘Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;Luke 11:49 · διώξουσινbecause of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,Luke 17:23 · διώξητε.and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;Luke 21:12 · διώξουσινand before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake;John 5:16 · ἐδίωκονand because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.John 15:20 · ἐδίωξαν · διώξουσιν·‘Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;Acts 7:52 · ἐδίωξανwhich of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,Acts 9:4 · διώκεις;and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?’Acts 9:5 · διώκειςAnd he said, ‘Who art thou, Lord?’ and the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;’Acts 22:4 · ἐδίωξα‘And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,Acts 22:7 · διώκεις;I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?Acts 22:8 · διώκεις.‘And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute—Acts 26:11 · ἐδίωκονand in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.Acts 26:14 · διώκεις;and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!Acts 26:15 · διώκεις.‘And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;Romans 9:30 · διώκονταWhat, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that is of faith,Romans 9:31 · διώκωνand Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;Romans 12:13 · διώκοντες·to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.Romans 12:14 · διώκονταςBless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;Romans 14:19 · διώκωμενSo, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;1 Corinthians 4:12 · διωκόμενοιand labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;1 Corinthians 14:1 · ΔιώκετεPursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,1 Corinthians 15:9 · ἐδίωξαfor I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,2 Corinthians 4:9 · διωκόμενοιpersecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;Galatians 1:13 · ἐδίωκονfor ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,Galatians 1:23 · διώκωνand only they were hearing, that ‘he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news—the faith that then he was wasting;’Galatians 4:29 · ἐδίωκενbut as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now;Galatians 5:11 · διώκομαι;And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;Galatians 6:12 · διώκωνται·as many as are willing to make a good appearance in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised—only that for the cross of the Christ they may not be persecuted,Philippians 3:6 · διώκωνaccording to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!Philippians 3:12 · διώκωNot that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;Philippians 3:14 · διώκωto the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.1 Thessalonians 5:15 · διώκετεsee no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;1 Timothy 6:11 · δίωκεand thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;2 Timothy 2:22 · δίωκεand the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;2 Timothy 3:12 · διωχθήσονται.and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,Hebrews 12:14 · διώκετεpeace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,1 Peter 3:11 · διωξάτωlet him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;Revelation 12:13 · ἐδίωξενAnd when the dragon saw that he was cast forth to the earth, he pursued the woman who did bring forth the male,