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Koine Greek wordlink #87409

SR GNT Acts 7:52 ἐδίωξαν (ediōxan) ‘of the prophets not persecuted the fathers of you_all’ Strongs=13770 Lemma=diōkō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=33 AD Event=Stephen_addresses_the_council TimeSeries=Stephen_addresses_the_council

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ἐδίωξαν (V-IAA3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐδίωξαν’ (V-IAA3··P) has 2 different glosses: ‘they persecuted’, ‘persecuted’.

Yhn (Jhn) 15:20 ‘of him if me they persecuted also you_all they will_be persecuting’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 15:20 word 25

OET-LV: 20 Be _remembering about _the message which I said to _you _all: a_slave is Not greater than the master of _him. If they _persecuted me, they_˓will˒_ also _be _persecuting you _all, if they _kept the message of _me, they_˓will˒_ also _be _keeping the your message. (JHN_15:20)

OET-RV: 20 Remember that I told you that slaves are not greater than their master. So if they persecuted me, they’ll also be persecuting you all. (If they’d obeyed my teaching, they would also obey your teaching.) (JHN 15:20)

Mat 5:12 ‘heavens thus for they persecuted the prophets before’ SR GNT Mat 5:12 word 16

OET-LV: 12 Be _rejoicing and be _exulting, because the reward of _you _all is great in the heavens, because/for thus they _persecuted the prophets which before you _all. (MAT_5:12)

OET-RV: 12 Be happy and praising God because you’ll all have a wonderful reward in the heavens, because in the past they also persecuted the prophets like that. (MAT 5:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘diōkō’ have 26 different glosses: ‘are persecuting’, ‘be pursuing’, ‘being persecuted’, ‘having_been persecuted’, ‘may pursue’, ‘was persecuting’, ‘were persecuting’, ‘will_be_being persecuted’, ‘I am pursuing’, ‘I am_being persecuted’, ‘I was persecuting’, ‘I was persecuting them’, ‘I persecuted’, ‘he persecuted’, ‘him let pursue’, ‘they may_be persecuting’, ‘they may_be_being persecuted’, ‘they will_be persecuting’, ‘they persecuted’, ‘we may_be pursuing’, ‘you are persecuting’, ‘you_all may pursue’, ‘you_all will_be persecuting’, ‘persecuted’, ‘persecuting’, ‘pursuing’.

Greek words (10) other than ἐδίωξαν (V-IAA3··P) with a gloss related to ‘persecuted’

MAT 5:10 δεδιωγμένοι (dediōgmenoi) V-PEP·NMP ‘blessed are the ones having_been persecuted on_account righteousness because’ SR GNT Mat 5:10 word 3

OET-LV: 10 Blessed are the ones having _been _persecuted on _account righteousness, because to _them is the kingdom of _the heavens. (MAT_5:10)

OET-RV: 10 “Those who are persecuted for being godly are blessed, because the heavenly kingdom belongs to them. (MAT 5:10)

ACTs 9:21 πορθήσας (porthaʸsas) V-PAA·NMS Lemma=portheō ‘this is the one having persecuted in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) the ones’ SR GNT Acts 9:21 word 14

OET-LV: 21 And all were _marvelling which hearing, and they _were _saying: Is not this the one having _persecuted the ones calling the this name in, Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and here for this he _had _come, in _order _that having _been _bound, he _may _bring them to the chief _priests? (ACT_9:21)

OET-RV: 21 The hearers were all amazed, saying, “Isn’t this the guy that persecuted the ones following that Yeshua in Yerushalem, and even came to Damascus to arrest them here and take them back to the chief priests?” (ACT 9:21)

ACTs 22:4 ἐδίωξα (ediōxa) V-IAA1··S ‘who this way I persecuted until death binding’ SR GNT Acts 22:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4 who I _persecuted this the way until death, binding and giving _over to prisons, both men and women, (ACT_22:4)

OET-RV: 4 I used to persecute the followers of ‘The Path’ even to death—tying up both men and women and handing them over to the prisons (ACT 22:4)

1 COR 4:12 διωκόμενοι (diōkomenoi) V-PPP·NMP ‘hands being insulted we are blessing being persecuted we are tolerating’ SR GNT 1 Cor 4:12 word 9

OET-LV: 12 and we _are _labouring, working with _our own hands. Being _insulted, we _are _blessing, being _persecuted, we _are _tolerating, (CO1_4:12)

OET-RV: 12 and working hard—working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless them, and when they persecute us, we put up with it. (CO1 4:12)

1 COR 15:9 ἐδίωξα (ediōxa) V-IAA1··S ‘to_be_being called an ambassador because I persecuted the assembly of god’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:9 word 15

OET-LV: 9 For/Because I am the least of _the ambassadors, who not am worthy to _be _being _called an_ambassador, because I _persecuted the assembly of_ the _god. (CO1_15:9)

OET-RV: 9 because I’m the least of the ambassadors—quite unworthy of that title because I persecuted God’s assembly. (CO1 15:9)

2 COR 4:9 διωκόμενοι (diōkomenoi) V-PPP·NMP ‘being persecuted but not being abandoned’ SR GNT 2 Cor 4:9 word 1

OET-LV: 9 being _persecuted, but not being _abandoned, being _struck _down, but not perishing, (CO2_4:9)

OET-RV: 9 persecuted but we won’t be abandoned, and struck down but we won’t perish. (CO2 4:9)

GAL 5:11 διώκομαι (diōkomai) V-IPP1··S ‘I am proclaiming why still I am_being persecuted consequently has_been nullified the’ SR GNT Gal 5:11 word 11

OET-LV: 11 But I, brothers, if I _am _proclaiming circumcision still, why still am _I _being _persecuted? Consequently the offense of _the stake has _been _nullified. (GAL_5:11)

OET-RV: 11 But, brothers and sisters, if I was still preaching the Jewish rules, why would I still be being persecuted? If I was still preaching that, then talking about dying on a post wouldn’t even be offensive. (GAL 5:11)

GAL 6:12 διώκωνται (diōkōntai) V-SPP3··P ‘chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) not they may_be_being persecuted’ SR GNT Gal 6:12 word 19

OET-LV: 12 As _many _as are _wanting to _appear _good in the_flesh, these are _compelling you _all to _be _being _circumcised, only in _order _that they _may_ not _be _being _persecuted for _the stake of _the chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa). (GAL_6:12)

OET-RV: 12 There’s so many people that want to look good in earthly terms, and they’re the ones trying to persuade you that you have to fulfil all of Mosheh’s rules—they don’t want to be persecuted concerning the messiah dying on a post. (GAL 6:12)

2 TIM 3:12 διωχθήσονται (diōⱪthaʸsontai) V-IFP3··P ‘in chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) will_be_being persecuted’ SR GNT 2 Tim 3:12 word 12

OET-LV: 12 And also all the ones wanting to _be _living devoutly in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) will _be _being _persecuted. (TI2_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 Anyway, everyone who wants to seriously follow Yeshua the messiah should expect to be persecuted. (TI2 3:12)

REV 12:13 ἐδίωξεν (ediōxen) V-IAA3··S ‘on the earth he persecuted the woman who’ SR GNT Rev 12:13 word 12

OET-LV: 13 And when saw the dragon that he _was _thrown on the earth, he _persecuted the woman, who bore the male child. (REV_12:13)

OET-RV: 13 When the dinosaur realised that God had thrown him down to the earth, he tried to attack the woman who had given birth to the son. (REV 12:13)

Key: V=verb