Acts 9:4
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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Acts 26:15
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
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διώκω
diṓkō · dee-o'-ko
6 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.
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Strong's first: Acts 9:4Strong's last: Acts 26:15
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G1377
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
G1377
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
G1377
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
G1377
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
G1377
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
G1377
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
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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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