Lexical Summary ekdiōkō: to pursue out, expel or persecute Original Word: ἐκδιώκωTransliteration: ekdiōkō Phonetic Spelling: (ek-dee-o'-ko) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to pursue out, expel or persecute Meaning: to pursue out, expel or persecute Strong's Concordance persecute. From ek and dioko; to pursue out, i.e. Expel or persecute implacably -- persecute. see GREEK ek see GREEK dioko Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1559: ἐκδιώκωἐκδιώκω: future ἐκδιώξω; 1 aorist ἐξεδιωξα; 1. to drive out, banish: τινα, Luke 11:49 (here WH Tr marginal reading διώξουσιν; some refer this to 2); (Thucydides 1, 24; Lucian, Tim. 10; the Sept. 1 Chronicles 8:13; Joel 2:20, etc.). 2. to pursue equivalent to to persecute, oppress with calamities: τινα, 1 Thessalonians 2:15 (some refer this to 1); (Psalm 118:157 |
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