τρέχω
tréchō · G5143 · Greek · 20 occurrences
Meanings
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to run, to rush
To run, with emphasis upon relative speed in contrast with walking
ExamplesMatthew 27:48 And immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.
Matthew 28:8 And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples.
Mark 5:6 Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;
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to try, to attempt to do
To try to do something (employed in the absolute construction)
ExamplesRomans 9:16 So then, it does not depend on the person who wants it nor the one who runs, but on God who has mercy.
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to behave, to progress
To make progress in one’s behavior or conduct
ExamplesGalatians 5:7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
How it’s used In 5 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
20 occurrences in 11 groups
- Not stated: I 3
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Not stated in the clause 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀγώνstruggle, fight, race 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- εἰςto+ κενόςempty, vain 3
- διάthrough+ ὑπομονήendurance, perseverance 1
- εἰςto+ πόλεμοςwar, battle 1
- ἐνin+ στάδιονarena 1
- ἐπίon+ μνημεῖονgrave 1
- ἐπίon+ τράχηλοςneck 1
With adverbsAdverbs
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- οὕτωso, thus, in this way 2
- καλῶςwell, rightly 1
- ὁμοῦtogether 1
- οὐnot 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- προσεύχομαιto pray 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- רוּץ rûwts · H7323 · to run, to hurry, to race
- Hebrew רוּץ and Greek τρέχω both belong to the semantic field of rapid motion or running, functioning as translation equivalents across Hebrew and Greek in describing swift movement.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To run, to rush15.230
- Matthew 27:48 — “And immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.”
- To behave, to progress41.14
- Romans 9:16 — “So then, it does not depend on the person who wants it nor the one who runs, but on God who has mercy.”
- To try, to attempt to do68.61
- Galatians 2:2 — “It was because of a revelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, for fear that somehow I might be running, or had run, in vain.”
Word family 16 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon to run, see τρέχω. G5143 — τρέχω ; imperfect ἔτρεχον; 2 aorist ἔδραμον; from Homer down;…
G5143 — τρέχω
; imperfect ἔτρεχον; 2 aorist ἔδραμον; from Homer down; the Sept. for רוּץ; to run;
a. properly: of persons in haste, Mk 5:6; Jn 20:2, Jn 20:4; with a telic infinitive Mt 28:8; δραμών with a finite verb, Mt 27:48; Mk 15:36; Lk 15:20; τρέχω ἐπί with an accusative of place, Lk 24:12 (T omits; L Tr brackets WH reject the verse); εἰς πόλεμον, Rev 9:9; of those who run in a race-course (ἐν σταδίῳ), 1 Cor 9:24, 1 Cor 9:26.
b. metaphorically: of doctrine rapidly propagated, 2 Thess 3:1 (R. V. run); by a metaphor taken from the runners in a race, to exert oneself, strive hard; to spend one's strength in performing or attaining something: Rom 9:16; Gal 5:7; εἰς κενόν, Gal 2:2 (Winers Grammar, 504 (470); Buttmann, § 148, 10); Phm 2:16; τόν ἀγῶνα, Heb 12:1 (see ἀγών, 2); the same expression occurs in Greek writings, denoting to incur extreme peril, which it requires the exertion of all one's efforts to overcome, Herodotus 8, 102; Euripides, Or. 878; Alc. 489; Electr. 883; Iph. Aul. 1456; Dionysius Halicarnassus 7, 48, etc.; miserabile currunt certamen, Stat. Theb. 3,116. (Compare: εἰστρέχω, κατατρέχω, περιτρέχω, προτρέχω, προστρέχω, συντρέχω, ἐπιτρέχω συντρέχω, ὑποτρέχω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 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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