ἐκδιώκω
ekdiṓkō · G1559 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to pursue and drive out
To pursue to the point of driving out
Examples1 Thessalonians 2:15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all people,
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to persecute, to harass, persecution
To systematically organize a program to oppress and harass people
Examples1 Thessalonians 2:15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all people,
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἐκβάλλω ekbállō · G1544 · to throw out, to jettison (from a boat), to send away
- Greek verb meaning to cast out or expel forcibly. Shares the expulsion sense of ἐκδιώκω but focuses on the act of removal itself, whereas ἐκδιώκω emphasizes ongoing pursuit and implacable persecution. Frequently used for casting out demons or expelling people.
In the other Testament 2 words
- גָּרַשׁ gârash · H1644 · to toss about, to toss up, to cast up
- Hebrew verb meaning to drive out or expel, the standard translation equivalent for the expulsion aspect of ἐκδιώκω. Used frequently in OT for driving out inhabitants (e.g., Exodus 23:28-31, driving out Canaanites).
- רָדַף râdaph · H7291 · to follow, to pursue, to chase after
- Hebrew verb meaning to pursue or persecute, the standard translation equivalent for the pursuit/persecution aspect of ἐκδιώκω. Common in contexts of hostile pursuit (e.g., Psalm 7:1, pursued by enemies).
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To pursue and drive out15.159
- Reflects the compound force of the verb, combining pursuit with expulsion, as distinct from ordinary persecution without a driving-out sense.
- To persecute, to harass, persecution39.45
- Used in 1 Thessalonians 2:15, of the Jews who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and drove out Paul and his companions, displeasing God and opposing all men.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : future ἐκδιώξω; 1 aorist ἐξεδιωξα; 1. to drive out, banish: τινα, Lk 11:49 (here WH Tr…
1. to drive out, banish: τινα, Lk 11:49 (here WH Tr marginal reading διώξουσιν; some refer this to 2); (Thucydides 1, 24; Lucian, Tim. 10; the Sept. 1 Chr 8:13; Joel 2:20, etc.).
2. to pursue equivalent to to persecute, oppress with calamities: τινα, 1 Thess 2:15 (some refer this to 1); (Psalm 118:157; Sir. 30:19; Demosthenes, 883, 27).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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