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ἐκδιώκω

MainId: 001570000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1559

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.'}, {'Caller': 2, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': ['05200201500024'], 'Content': 'In a parallel type of context, {S:04201104900000} reads ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενοῦσιν καὶ διώξουσιν ‘they will kill some and persecute others,’ for which some manuscripts read ἐκδιώξουσιν in place of διώξουσιν.'}]

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001570001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'διώκω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001570001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 15.159

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Linear Movement

      LEXSubDomains: Pursue, Follow

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-04 20:35:34

         DefinitionShort: to pursue to the point of driving out

         Glosses: to pursue and drive out

         Comments: ἐκδιώκω in {S:05200201500024} may also be understood in the sense of ‘to persecute’ (see {D:39.45}).

      LEXReferences: 1 TH 2:15

   2. LEXID: 001570001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 39.45

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hostility, Strife

      LEXSubDomains: Persecution

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-04 20:35:34

         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.’|For another interpretation of ἐκδιώκω in {S:05200201500024}, see {D:15.159}.

      LEXReferences: 1 TH 2:15