UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: 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.; Passage: RV TH1 2:15 · LV TH1 2:15 · Read together TH1 2:15
In a parallel type of context, RV LUK 11:49 · LV LUK 11:49 · Read together LUK 11:49 reads ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενοῦσιν καὶ διώξουσιν ‘they will kill some and persecute others,’ for which some manuscripts read ἐκδιώξουσιν in place of διώξουσιν.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: διώκω

Sense 1: to pursue and drive out

Semantic entry: 15.159

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Pursue, Follow

Definition: to pursue to the point of driving out

Notes: ἐκδιώκω in RV TH1 2:15 · LV TH1 2:15 · Read together TH1 2:15 may also be understood in the sense of ‘to persecute’ (see 39.45: διωγμός / 39.45: διώκω / 39.45: ἐκδιώκω).

TH1 2:15: RV TH1 2:15 · LV TH1 2:15 · Read together TH1 2:15

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OET-RV TH1 2:15

15 They executed their own prophets as well as the master Yeshua. They drove us out, displeasing God and contrary to all people—

OET-LV TH1 2:15

15 who both the master having _killed _off Yaʸsous, and their prophets, and us having _driven _out, and to_god not bringing _pleasure, but to _all people of _contrary,

Sense 2: to persecute, to harass, persecution

Semantic entry: 39.45

Semantic domains: Hostility, Strife

Subdomains: Persecution

Definition: to systematically organize a program to oppress and harass people{N:001}

Notes: 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 RV TH1 2:15 · LV TH1 2:15 · Read together TH1 2:15, see 15.159: ἐκδιώκω.