G1559
ἐκδιώκω
to persecute
ἐκ-διώκω [in LXX for בָּרַח hi., צָמַת, הָדַף, etc. ;] to chase away, drive out: 1Th.2:15 (cf. Deu.6:19, Jol.2:20).† (AS)
The KJV translates G1559 in the following manner:
persecute (2x), persecuted (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἐκδιώκω — ekdiṓkō
ἐκδιώκω: future ἐκδιώξω; 1 aorist ἐξεδιωξα;
1. to drive out, banish: τινα, Luk 11:49 (here WH Tr marginal reading διώξουσιν; some refer this to 2); (Thucydides 1, 24; Lucian, Tim. 10; the Sept. 1Ch 8:13; Joe 2:20, etc.).
2. to pursue equivalent to to persecute, oppress with calamities: τινα, 1Th 2:15 (some refer this to 1); (Psalm 118:157; Sir 30:19; Demosthenes, 883, 27).
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