Persecution Persecute

Persecution Persecute

'''A — 1: διώκω (Strong'S #1377 — verb — dioko — dee-o'-ko )

has the meanings (a) "to put to flight, drive away," (b) "to pursue," whence the meaning "to persecute,"  Matthew 5:10-12,44;  10:23;  23:34;  Luke 11:49 (No. 2 in some mss.); 21:12;   John 5:16;  15:20 (twice);   Acts 7:52;  9:4,5 , and similar passages;  Romans 12:14;  1 Corinthians 4:12;  15:9;  2 Corinthians 4:9 , Av (Rv, "pursued");  Galatians 1:13,23;  4:29;  Galatians 5:11 , Rv, "am ... persecuted" (Av, "suffer persecution"); so  Galatians 6:12;  Philippians 3:6;  2 Timothy 3:12 , "shall suffer persecution;"  Revelation 12:13 . See Follow , Pursue.

'''A — 2: ἐκδιώκω (Strong'S #1559 — Verb — ekdioko — ek-dee-o'-ko )

ek, "out" and No. 1, is used in  1 Thessalonians 2:15 , Av, "persecuted" (Rv, "drove out"). See also No. 1. See Drive , No. 2.

'''B — 1: διωγμός (Strong'S #1375 — Noun Masculine — diogmos — dee-ogue-mos' )

akin to A, No. 1, occurs in  Matthew 13:21;  Mark 4:17;  10:30;  Acts 8:1;  13:50;  Romans 8:35;  2 Corinthians 12:10;  2 Thessalonians 1:4;  2 Timothy 3:11 , twice (for ver. 12, see A, No. 1). In the Sept.,  Proverbs 11:19;  Lamentations 3:19 .

 Acts 11:19