Definition

compare the base of G1169 (δειλός) and G1249 (διάκονος)); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute

Etymology

a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb (to flee;

Where the KJV renders it

• ensue
• follow (after)
• given to
• (suffer) persecute(-ion)
• press forward

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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