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Koine Greek wordlink #1952

SR GNT Mat 5:11 διώξωσιν (diōxōsin) ‘they may deride you_all and may pursue and they may say all’ Strongs=13770 Lemma=diōkō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount

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Only use of identical word form διώξωσιν (V-SAA3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘διώξωσιν’ (V-SAA3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘may pursue’.

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 (2) other than διώξωσιν (V-SAA3··P) with a gloss related to ‘pursue’

LUKE 17:23 διώξητε (diōxaʸte) V-SAA2··P ‘not you_all may go_away nor you_all may pursue’ SR GNT Luke 17:23 word 16

OET-LV: 23 And they _will _be _saying to _you _all: Behold, there he _is, or: Behold, here he _is, you _all _may_ not _go _away nor you _all _may _pursue. (LUK_17:23)

OET-RV: 23 Some people will tell you all, ‘Look, there he is!’ or ‘Hey, here he is!’ but don’t go looking or following them, (LUK 17:23)

1 PET 3:11 διωξάτω (diōxatō) V-MAA3··S ‘him let seek peace and him let pursue it’ SR GNT 1 Pet 3:11 word 11

OET-LV: 11 And let _him _turn _away from evil, and let _him _do good, let _him _seek peace and let _him _pursue it. (PE1_3:11)

OET-RV: 11 Let them turn away from evil and do good,
⇔ let them look for peace and chase after it, (PE1 3:11)

Key: V=verb