Strong's 1377 (διώκω)

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ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute(-ion), press forward

compare the base of G1169 (δειλός) and G1249 (διάκονος)); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute

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a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb (to flee;