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Koine Greek wordlink #66681

SR GNT Yhn 5:16 ἐδίωκον (ediōkon) ‘and because_of this were persecuting the Youdaiōns Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ Strongs=13770 Lemma=diōkō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ἐδίωκον (V-IIA3..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐδίωκον’ (V-IIA3..P) is always and only glossed as ‘were persecuting’.

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 (20) other than ἐδίωκον (V-IIA3..P) with a gloss related to ‘persecuting’

Have 20 other words (διώκεις, διωκόντων, ἐπόρθουν, διώξουσιν, διώκεις, διώκων, ἐδίωκον, ἐδίωκον, ἐπόρθει, διώκεις, διώκωσιν, διώκοντας, ἐδίωκε, διώξουσιν, διώκεις, διώξετε, διώκεις, διώκων, διώκεις, διώξουσιν) with 2 lemmas altogether (diōkō, portheō)

YHN 15:20 διώξουσιν (diōxousin) V-IFA3..P ‘they persecuted also you_all they will_be persecuting if the message’ SR GNT Yhn 15:20 word 28

MAT 5:44 διωκόντων (diōkontōn) V-PPA.GMP ‘be praying for the ones persecuting you_all’ SR GNT Mat 5:44 word 29

MAT 10:23 διώκωσιν (diōkōsin) V-SPA3..P ‘whenever but they may_be persecuting you_all in city’ SR GNT Mat 10:23 word 3

MAT 23:34 διώξετε (diōxete) V-IFA2..P ‘synagogues of you_all and you_all will_be persecuting from city to’ SR GNT Mat 23:34 word 30

LUKE 11:49 διώξουσιν (diōxousin) V-IFA3..P ‘them they will_be killing_off and they will_be persecuting’ SR GNT Luke 11:49 word 22

LUKE 21:12 διώξουσιν (diōxousin) V-IFA3..P ‘hands of them and they will_be persecuting giving_over to the’ SR GNT Luke 21:12 word 14

ACTs 9:4 διώκεις (diōkeis) V-IPA2..S ‘Saulos/(Shāʼūl) why me you are persecuting’ SR GNT Acts 9:4 word 14

ACTs 9:5 διώκεις (diōkeis) V-IPA2..S ‘Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) whom you are persecuting’ SR GNT Acts 9:5 word 18

ACTs 22:7 διώκεις (diōkeis) V-IPA2..S ‘Saulos/(Shāʼūl) why me you are persecuting’ SR GNT Acts 22:7 word 19

ACTs 22:8 διώκεις (diōkeis) V-IPA2..S ‘from_Nazaret whom you are persecuting’ SR GNT Acts 22:8 word 23

ACTs 26:11 ἐδίωκον (ediōkon) V-IIA1..S ‘and raging_against against them I was persecuting them as_far_as even to’ SR GNT Acts 26:11 word 15

ACTs 26:14 διώκεις (diōkeis) V-IPA2..S ‘Saulos/(Shāʼūl) why me you are persecuting hard it_is for you against’ SR GNT Acts 26:14 word 24

ACTs 26:15 διώκεις (diōkeis) V-IPA2..S ‘Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) whom you are persecuting’ SR GNT Acts 26:15 word 17

ROM 12:14 διώκοντας (diōkontas) V-PPA.AMP ‘be blessing the ones persecuting you_all be blessing and’ SR GNT Rom 12:14 word 3

GAL 1:13 ἐδίωκον (ediōkon) V-IIA1..S ‘that as excess I was persecuting the assembly of god’ SR GNT Gal 1:13 word 13

GAL 1:13 ἐπόρθουν (eporthoun) V-IIA1..S Lemma=portheō ‘assembly of god and was persecuting it’ SR GNT Gal 1:13 word 19

GAL 1:23 διώκων (diōkōn) V-PPA.NMS ‘hearing they were the one persecuting us once now’ SR GNT Gal 1:23 word 7

GAL 1:23 ἐπόρθει (eporthei) V-IIA3..S Lemma=portheō ‘faith which once he was persecuting’ SR GNT Gal 1:23 word 16

GAL 4:29 ἐδίωκε (ediōke) V-IIA3..S ‘according_to flesh having_been born was persecuting the one according_to spirit’ SR GNT Gal 4:29 word 8

PHP 3:6 διώκων (diōkōn) V-PPA.NMS ‘according_to zeal persecuting the assembly according_to’ SR GNT Php 3:6 word 4

Key: V=verb IFA2..P=indicative,future,active,2nd person plural IFA3..P=indicative,future,active,3rd person plural IIA1..S=indicative,imperfect,active,1st person singular IIA3..P=indicative,imperfect,active,3rd person plural IIA3..S=indicative,imperfect,active,3rd person singular IPA2..S=indicative,present,active,2nd person singular PPA.AMP=participle,present,active,accusative,masculine,plural PPA.GMP=participle,present,active,genitive,masculine,plural PPA.NMS=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,singular SPA3..P=subjunctive,present,active,3rd person plural