Persecution
διωγμόςStrong’s G1375diōgmos
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Diōgmos is the Greek word usually translated “persecutions” and “persecution”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:”
Meaning
Usually translated “persecutions” and “persecution”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- persecutions 5
- persecution 3
- a persecution 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Acts 2
- Matthew 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 2 Thessalonians 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 13:21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
- Mark 4:17And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
- Mark 10:30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
- Acts 8:1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
- Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
- Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Greek dictionary
διωγμός diōgmos · persecution
διωγμός, -oῦ, ὁ (διώκω), [in LXX: Pro.11:19 (רָדַף pi.), La 3:19 (מָרוּד), 2Ma.12:23 * ;] persecution: Mat.13:21, Mrk.4:17 10:30 Act.8:1 13:50, Rom.8:35, 2Co.12:10, 2Th.1:4, 2Ti.3:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “persecution” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PERSECU'TION, noun
The act or practice of persecuting; the infliction of pain, punishment or death upon others unjustly, particularly for adhering to a religious creed or mode of worship, either by way of penalty or for compelling them to renounce their principles. Historians enumerate ten persecutions suffered by the Christians, beginning with that of Nero, adjective D. 31, and ending with that of Diocletian, adjective D. 303 to 313.
- The state of being persecuted.“Our necks are under persecution; we labor and have no rest” Lamentations 5:5
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.