Strong G1375διωγμός

persecution

Transliteration
diōgmos
Pronunciation
dee-ogue-mos'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G1377; persecution: - persecution.

Detailed definition

διωγμός, -oῦ, ὁ
(διώκω), [in LXX: Pro.11:19 (רָדַף pi.), La 3:19 (מָרוּד), 2Ma.12:23 *;]
persecution: Mat.13:21, Mrk.4:17 10:30 Act.8:1 13:50, Rom.8:35, 2Co.12:10, 2Th.1:4, 2Ti.3:11.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1375 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • persecution8
  • persecutions2

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:21
    Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
  2. Mark 4:17
    And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
  3. Mark 10:30
    But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
  4. Acts 8:1
    And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
  5. Acts 13:50
    But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
  6. Romans 8:35
    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
  7. 2 Corinthians 12:10
    Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
  8. 2 Thessalonians 1:4
    So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
  9. 2 Timothy 3:11
    Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διωγ-μός, ὁ,
the chase, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.21, etc.)]
2 pursuit, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.13, +others, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 34.4, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 31.191.)]
II persecution, harassing, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 148, 1046, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 412)]; also in later Prose, [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.483a: _sing._, NT.Matt.13.21, NT.Act.8.1.)]