Persecute, Persecution - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Persecute, Persecution
[ A-1,Verb,G1377, dioko ]has the meanings
(a) to put to flight, drive away,"
(b) "to pursue," whence the meaning "to persecute," Matthew 5:10-Matthew 5:12, Matthew 5:44; Matthew 10:23; Matthew 23:34; Luke 11:49 (No. 2 in some mss.); Luke 21:12; John 5:16; John 15:20 (twice); Acts 7:52; Acts 9:4-Acts 9:5, and similar passages; Romans 12:14; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 4:9, AV (RV, "pursued"); Galatians 1:13, Galatians 1:23; Galatians 4:29; Galatians 5:11, RV, "am ... persecuted" (AV, "suffer persecution"); so Galatians 6:12; Philippians 3:6; 2 Timothy 3:12, "shall suffer persecution;" Revelation 12:13. See FOLLOW, PURSUE.
[ A-2,Verb,G1559, ekdioko ]
ek, "out" and No. 1, is used in 1 Thessalonians 2:15, AV, "persecuted" (RV, "drove out"). See also No. 1. See DRIVE, No. 2.
[ B-1,Noun,G1375, diogmos ]
akin to A, No. 1, occurs in Matthew 13:21; Mark 4:17; Mark 10:30; Acts 8:1; Acts 13:50; Romans 8:35; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Timothy 3:11, twice (for 2 Timothy 3:12, See A, No. 1). In the Sept., Proverbs 11:19; Lamentations 3:19.
Note: In Acts 11:19, AV, thlipsis, "tribulation" (RV), is translated "persecution."