UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

διώκω

MainId: 001395000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: δ

StrongCodes: G1377

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'Some persons have contended that ἐκδιώκω[b] is an intensive of διώκω[c] with the resulting meaning of to persecute harshly. However, general Greek usage and particularly NT contexts do not seem to bear out any such consistent distinctions in meaning.'}

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 001395001000000
PartsOfSpeech: verb
RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'διωγμός', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'διώκτης', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἐκδιώκω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'καταδιώκω', 'Meanings': []}]
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 001395001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 15.158
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Linear Movement
  LEXSubDomains: Pursue, Follow
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-08 22:11:19
    DefinitionShort: to follow with haste, and presumably with intensity of effort, in order to catch up with, for friendly or hostile purpose
    Glosses: ['to run after', 'to chase after', 'to pursue']
  LEXReferences: MAT 23:34, LUKE 17:23, HEB 12:14, 1PET 3:11, REV 12:13
2. LEXID: 001395001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 15.223
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Linear Movement
  LEXSubDomains: Goal-Oriented Movement
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-08 22:11:19
    DefinitionShort: to move quickly and energetically toward some objective
    Glosses: ['to hasten', 'to run', 'to press forward', 'to press on']
    Comments: In {S:05000301400006} διώκω is to be understood in a literal sense, though the entire context is figurative. For interpreting the expression {L:κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω} as an idiom, see {D:89.56}.
  LEXReferences: PHP 3:12, PHP 3:14
3. LEXID: 001395001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 39.45
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Hostility, Strife
  LEXSubDomains: Persecution
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-08 22:11:19
    DefinitionShort: to systematically organize a program to oppress and harass people{N:001}
    Glosses: ['to persecute', 'to harass', 'persecution']
    Comments: In a number of languages the equivalent of ‘to persecute’ is simply ‘to cause to suffer,’ but persecution is also expressed in terms of ‘to be mean to’ or ‘to threaten’ or ‘to chase from place to place.’
  LEXReferences: MAT 5:10, MAT 5:11, MAT 5:12, MAT 5:44, MAT 10:23, LUKE 11:49, LUKE 21:12, YHN 5:16, YHN 15:20, YHN 15:20, ACTs 7:52, ACTs 9:4, ACTs 9:5, ACTs 22:4, ACTs 22:7, ACTs 22:8, ACTs 26:11, ACTs 26:14, ACTs 26:15, ROM 12:14, 1COR 4:12, 1COR 15:9, 2COR 4:9, GAL 1:13, GAL 1:23, GAL 4:29, GAL 5:11, GAL 6:12, PHP 3:6, 2TIM 3:12
4. LEXID: 001395001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 68.66
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Aspect
  LEXSubDomains: Do Intensely or Extensively
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-08 22:11:19
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:διώκω}[a] ‘to pursue,’ {D:15.158}) to do something with intense effort and with definite purpose or goal
    Glosses: ['to do with effort', 'to strive toward']
  LEXReferences: ROM 9:30, ROM 9:31, ROM 12:13, ROM 14:19, 1COR 14:1, PHP 3:14, 1TH 5:15, 1TIM 6:11, 2TIM 2:22, HEB 12:14
5. LEXID: 001395001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 89.56
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Relations
  LEXSubDomains: Purpose
  LEXCollocations: κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-09-15 11:43:00
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to pursue to a goal, to press toward a goal) to strive energetically for some purpose
    Glosses: ['to strive toward a goal', 'to press on with the purpose of']
  LEXReferences: PHP 3:14