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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1559 - ἐκδιώκω

Transliteration

ekdiṓkō

Phonetics

ek-dee-o'-ko

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1537) and (G1377)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to drive out, banish
to pursue
1. to persecute, oppress with calamities

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1272 ‑ בָּרַח (baw‑rakh'); 1920 ‑ הָדַף (haw‑daf'); 2957 ‑ טְרַד (ter‑ad'); 5358 ‑ נָקַם (naw‑kam'); 6789 ‑ צָמַת (tsaw‑math'); 7291 ‑ רָדַף (raw‑daf'); 7323 ‑ רוּץ (roots); 7368 ‑ רָחַק (raw‑khak');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Luke 1

1 Thessalonians 1

NAS (1)

1 Thessalonians 1

HCS (1)

1 Thessalonians 1

BSB (1)

1 Thessalonians 1

ESV (1)

1 Thessalonians 1

WEB (2)

Luke 1

1 Thessalonians 1

KJV (2)

persecute 1

persecuted 1

NAS (1)

drove 1

HCS (1)

persecuted 1

BSB (1)

drove us out {as well} 1

ESV (1)

drove 1

WEB (2)

drove 1

persecute 1

RAH

V-AAI3P 2

V-AAN 1

V-API3S 2

V-FAI1S 3

V-FAI3P 2

V-FPI3P 1

V-IAI1S 1

V-PAPGSM 1

V-PAPNPM 2

ANT

V-AAP-GPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

BEZ

V-AAP-GPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

BGB

V-APA-GMP 1

BMT

V-AAP-GPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

BYZ

V-AAP-GPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

ELZ

V-AAP-GPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

NA26

V-AAP-GPM 1

SBL

V-AAPGPM 1

SCV

V-AAP-GPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

STV

V-AAP-GPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

TIS

V-AAP-GPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-AAP-GPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-AAP-GPM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐκδῐ-ώκω,

chase away, banish, Th. 1.24; ἐκ τοῦ τόπου Arist. HA 618b12; τῆς οἰκίας Luc. Tim. 10; attack, persecute, PMasp. 2 iii4 (vi A.D.), etc.: — Pass., Hyp. Fr. 238.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐκδιώκω: 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).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐκ -διώκω ,

[in LXX for H1272 hi., H6789, H1920, etc.;]

to chase away, drive out: 1 Thessalonians 2:15 (cf. Deuteronomy 6:19, Joel 2:20).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

This NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (1 Thessalonians 2:15) is found in the late BGU III. 836.5 (time of Justinian) καταστασιασάντων κατὰ τῶν ἀπελθότων (l. —όντων) ἐκεῖσε στρατιωτῶν ἐξεδίωξ [αν αὐτ ]οὺς μὴ βουλόμενοι αὐτῶν ἀπόκρισιν ποιῆσαι. The simplex occurs in the sense of ";drive out,"; ";persecute,"; in Luke 11:49 אBC, where the compound is found as a v.l. in AD al.

List of Word Forms

εκδιώκοντές εκδιώκοντος εκδιώξαι εκδιωξαντων ἐκδιωξάντων εκδιώξουσιν εκδιώξω εκδιωχθήσονται εξεδίωκον εξεδίωξαν εξεδιώχθη ekdioxanton ekdioxánton ekdiōxantōn ekdiōxántōn