Job 19:22
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Read in context →DEEP KJV WORD STUDY
Persecute
Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.
Romans 12:14
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Read in context →Psalms
11 occurrences in 11 verses.
Browse those occurrences →Where persecute appears.
This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
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).
Other KJV renderings
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
Open full G1377 profile →ἐκδιώκω
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 11:49Strong's last: Luke 11:49
Open full G1559 profile →דָּלַק
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
Open full H1814 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
Read the word in context.
2 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
G1559
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
G1377
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
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.
Know what each layer is—and what it is not.
Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.