Greek Strong's Lexicon
G1377
Lemma: διώκω
Transliteration: dee-o'-ko
Definition: a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb dio (to flee; compare the base of δειλός and διάκονος); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
KJV Definition: ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute(-ion), press forward
Verse usage
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Mateo 5:10
NASB
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Mateo 5:11
NASB
"Blessed are you when [people] insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
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Mateo 5:12
NASB
"Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Mateo 5:44
NASB
"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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Mateo 10:23
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"But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish [going through] the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.
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Mateo 23:34
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"Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,
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Lukas 11:49
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"For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and [some] they will persecute,
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Lukas 17:23
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"They will say to you, 'Look there! Look here!' Do not go away, and do not run after [them].
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Lukas 21:12
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"But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name's sake.
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Huan 5:16
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For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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Huan 15:20
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"Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
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Echonan 7:52
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"Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;
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Echonan 22:4
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"I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,
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Echonan 26:11
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"And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.
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Romanonan 9:30
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What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith;
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Romanonan 9:31
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but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law.
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Romanonan 12:13
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contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.
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Romanonan 12:14
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Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
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Romanonan 14:19
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So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.
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1 Korintionan 4:12
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and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;