| Strong's Concordance diógmos: persecutionOriginal Word: διωγμός, οῦ, ὁ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: diógmos Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ogue-mos') Short Definition: persecution Definition: chase, pursuit; persecution. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 1375 diōgmós (from 1377 /diṓkō, "follow, pursue") – properly, pursuit (chase); persecution – literally, "the hunt to bring someone down like an animal," trying to suppress (punish) their convictions. See 1377 (diōkō). 1375 /diōgmós ("religious persecution") literally refers to those seeking to punish God's messengers with a vengeance – like a hunter trying to conquer (obliterate) someone as their "catch." [1375 (diōgmós) is used in ancient and biblical Greek for persecution (hostility) shown by confused, spiritual "leaders."  For example, it applies to the Roman Emperor, Decius ( Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 1375: διωγμός διωγμός, διωγμοῦ, ὁ (διώκω), persecution: Matthew 13:21; Mark 4:17; Mark 10:30; Acts 8:1; Acts 13:50; Romans 8:35; plural, 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Timothy 3:11 (from Aeschylus down). Strong's Exhaustive Concordancepersecution. From dioko; persecution -- persecution. see GREEK dioko Forms and Transliterationsδιωγμοις διωγμοίς διωγμοῖς διωγμον διωγμόν διωγμὸν διωγμος διωγμός διωγμὸς διωγμου διωγμού διωγμοῦ διωγμους διωγμούς διωγμοὺς διωγμων διωγμών διωγμῶν διωθείσθε diogmois diogmoîs diōgmois diōgmoîs diogmon diogmòn diogmôn diōgmon diōgmòn diōgmōn diōgmō̂n diogmos diogmòs diōgmos diōgmòs diogmou diogmoû diōgmou diōgmoû diogmous diogmoùs diōgmous diōgmoùs LinksInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's ConcordanceStrong's Greek 1375 10 Occurrences διωγμῶν — 1 Occ. διωγμοῖς — 3 Occ. διωγμὸν — 1 Occ. διωγμὸς — 2 Occ. διωγμοῦ — 2 Occ. διωγμοὺς — 1 Occ. Matthew 13:21 N-GMS GRK: θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ διὰ τὸν NAS: or persecution arises KJV: or persecution ariseth INT: tribulation or persecution on account of the Mark 4:17 N-GMS Mark 10:30 N-GMP Acts 8:1 N-NMS Acts 13:50 N-AMS Romans 8:35 N-NMS 2 Corinthians 12:10 N-DMP 2 Thessalonians 1:4 N-DMP 2 Timothy 3:11 N-DMP 2 Timothy 3:11 N-AMP | 



