διώκω

διώκω

[in LXX chiefly for רָדַף ;]

1. to put to flight, drive away: Matt 23,34,

2. to pursue;

(a) of persons; with accusative, without hostility, to follow after: Luk 17,23 with hostile purpose: ApG 26,11, Åb 12,13. Hence, to persecute: Matt 5,10-12, 44; 10,23, Luk 11,49; 21,12, Joh 5,16; 15,20, ApG 7,52; 9,4-5; 22,4, 7-8; 26,14-15 Rom 12,14, 1 Kor 4,12; 15,9, 2 Kor 4,9, Gal 1,13, 23; 4,29; 5,11; 6,12, Fil 3,6, 2 Tim 3,12;

(b) metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), of seeking eagerly after: Rom 9,30, 1 Tim 6,11, 2 Tim 2,22; νόμον δικαιοσύνης, Rom 9,31 τ. φιλοξενίαν, Rom 12,13 εἰρήνην, Hebr 12,14, 1 Pet 3,11; τὰ τῆς εἰ., Rom 14,19 τ. ἀγάπην, 1 Kor 14,1 τὸ ἀγαθόν, 1 Thess 5,15 absol., to follow on, drive, or speed on (Æsch.), Fil 3,12, 14.†