Persecute, Persecution

has the meanings (a) "to put to flight, drive away," (b) "to pursue," whence the meaning "to persecute," Mat 1:5-12, Mat 5:44, Mat 10:23, Mat 23:34, Luk 11:49 (No. 2 in some mss.); Luk 21:12, Joh 5:16, Joh 15:20 (twice); Act 7:52, Act 1:9-5, and similar passages; Rom 12:14, 1Co 4:12, 1Co 15:9, 2Co 4:9, AV (RV, "pursued"); Gal 1:13, Gal 1:23, Gal 4:29, Gal 5:11, RV, "am ... persecuted" (AV, "suffer persecution"); so Gal 6:12, Phi 3:6, 2Ti 3:12, "shall suffer persecution;" Rev 12:13. See FOLLOW, PURSUE.

ek, "out" and No. 1, is used in 1Th 2:15, AV, "persecuted" (RV, "drove out"). See also No. 1. See DRIVE, No. 2.

akin to A, No. 1, occurs in Mat 13:21, Mar 4:17, Mar 10:30, Act 8:1, Act 13:50, Rom 8:35, 2Co 12:10, 2Th 1:4, 2Ti 3:11, twice (for 2Ti 3:12, see A, No. 1). In the Sept., Pro 11:19, Lam 3:19.

Note: In Act 11:19, AV, thlipsis, "tribulation" (RV), is translated "persecution."