Job 19:22
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
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Persecute
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Romans 12:14
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
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11 occurrences in 11 verses.
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רָדַף
râdaph · raw-daf'
15 times translated as this KJV form143 total Strong's occurrences
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
Strong's KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
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Strong's first: Job 19:22Strong's last: Lamentations 3:66
Open full H7291 profile →διώκω
diṓkō · dee-o'-ko
8 times translated as this KJV form50 total Strong's occurrences
compare the base of G1169 and G1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
Strong's KJV usage: :--ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute(-ion), press forward.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:11Strong's last: Romans 12:14
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ekdiṓkō · ek-dee-o'-ko
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute implacably
Strong's KJV usage: :--persecute.
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Strong's first: Luke 11:49Strong's last: Luke 11:49
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dâlaq · daw-lak'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to flame (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.
Strong's first: Psalms 10:2Strong's last: Psalms 10:2
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persecute
PER'SECUTE, verb transitive [Latin persequor; per and sequor, to pursue. See Seek and Essay.]
1. In a general sense, to pursue in a manner to injure, vex or afflict; to harass with unjust punishment or penalties for supposed offenses; to inflict pain from hatred or malignity.
2. Appropriately, to afflict, harass, or destroy for adherence to a particular creed or system of religious principles, or to a mode of worship. Thus Nero persecuted the Christians by crucifying some, burning others, and condemning others to be worried by dogs. See Acts 22:4.
3. To harass with solicitations or importunity.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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