Definition

to pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute implacably

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G1377 (διώκω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• διώκω diṓkō

How the KJV renders it

• persecute

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.