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G1377διώκωdiōkō

to pursuePart of speech: Greek Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 6
  2. Mark: 0
  3. 3
  4. 3
  5. 9
  6. 5
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. 5
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. 3
  12. Colossians: 0
  13. 1
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. Titus: 0
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. 1
  20. James: 0
  21. 1
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. 1

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45 occurrences in 44 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Matthew 5:10

    Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

    δεδιωγμένοι dediōgmenoi “persecuted”

  2. Matthew 5:11

    Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

    διώξωσιν diōxōsin “they may persecute [you]”

  3. Matthew 5:12

    Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

    ἐδίωξαν ediōxan “they persecuted”

  4. Matthew 5:44

    But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

    διωκόντων diōkontōn “persecuting”

  5. Matthew 10:23

    But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

    διώκωσιν diōkōsin “they may persecute”

  6. Matthew 23:34

    For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

    διώξετε diōxete “will persecute”

  7. Luke 11:49

    For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

    διώξουσιν diōxousin “will pursue”

  8. Luke 17:23

    And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

    διώξητε. diōxēte “may follow.”

  9. Luke 21:12

    But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

    διώξουσιν diōxousin “will persecute [you]”

  10. John 5:16

    And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

    ἐδίωκον ediōkon “were persecuting”

  11. John 15:20

    Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

    ἐδίωξαν ediōxan “they persecuted”διώξουσιν· diōxousin “they will persecute;”

  12. Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

    ἐδίωξαν ediōxan “did persecute”

  13. Acts 9:4

    And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

    διώκεις; diōkeis “do you persecute?”

  14. Acts 9:5

    And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:

    διώκεις diōkeis “are persecuting”

  15. Acts 22:4

    And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.

    ἐδίωξα ediōxa “persecuted”

  16. Acts 22:7

    And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

    διώκεις; diōkeis “persecute you?”

  17. Acts 22:8

    And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.

    διώκεις. diōkeis “are persecuting.”

  18. Acts 26:11

    And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

    ἐδίωκον ediōkon “I was persecuting [them]”

  19. Acts 26:14

    And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

    διώκεις; diōkeis “persecute you?”

  20. Acts 26:15

    And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.

    διώκεις. diōkeis “are persecuting.”

  21. Romans 9:30

    What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

    διώκοντα diōkonta “pursuing”

  22. Romans 9:31

    But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

    διώκων diōkōn “pursuing”

  23. Romans 12:13

    Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

    διώκοντες· diōkontes “pursuing;”

  24. Romans 12:14

    Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.

    διώκοντας diōkontas “persecuting”

  25. Romans 14:19

    So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

    διώκωμεν diōkōmen “we may pursue”