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καταδιώκω

katadiṓkō · G2614 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to seek for, to search, to go looking for diligently

    To try to learn the location of an object by diligently following after or tracking down

    Examples

    Mark 1:36 Simon and his companions eagerly searched for Him;

How it’s used In 2 roles

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Who or what does itSubject

1 occurrences in 2 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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In the other Testament 1 word
רָדַף râdaph · H7291 · to follow, to pursue, to chase after
רָדַף (râdaph, H7291) is the standard Hebrew verb for 'pursue/chase,' rendered by καταδιώκω (katadiṓkō, G2614) in the LXX where the Greek compound intensifies the base διώκω with κατα- to emphasize the hunting-down or thorough-pursuit aspect of the Hebrew root.
Semantic domains 1 entry
To seek for, to search, to go looking for diligently27.43
In Mark 1:36, it is written of Simon and his companions that they “eagerly searched for Him,” using this word for the act of pursuing someone diligently in search.
Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

διώκω diṓkō · G1377 · to run after, to chase after, to pursue · 45×διωγμός diōgmós · G1375 · to persecute, to harass, persecution · 10×διώκτης diṓktēs · G1376 · persecutor · 1×ἐκδιώκω ekdiṓkō · G1559 · to pursue and drive out, to persecute, to harass · 1×καταδιώκωkatadiṓkō · G2614
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist κατεδιωξα; the Sept. often for רָדַף; to follow after, follow up (especially…
: 1 aorist κατεδιωξα; the Sept. often for רָדַף; to follow after, follow up (especially of enemies (Thucydides, et al.)); in a good sense, of those in search of anyone: τινα, Mk 1:36. (τό ἔλεος σου καταδιώξεται με, Ps 22:6; οὐ κατεδίωξαν μεθ' ἡμῶν, 1 Sam 30:22; ὀπίσω τίνος, to follow after one in order to gain his favor, Sir. 27:17.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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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