διωγμός diōgmos

Greek word for “persecution” · Strong’s G1375 · used 10 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

διωγμός, -oῦ, ὁ; (διώκω); persecution:, 10:30 13:50.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for diōgmos in context, with how often each is used:

• persecution 5
• persecutions 4
• persecutions — 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (1), Mark 4 (1), Mark 10 (1), Acts 8 (1), Acts 13 (1), Romans 8 (1), 2 Corinthians 12 (1), 2 Thessalonians 1 (1), 2 Timothy 3 (1)

Forms

• διωγμοῖς 3
• διωγμοῦ 2
• διωγμὸς 2
• διωγμῶν 1
• διωγμὸν 1
• διωγμοὺς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with diōgmos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• θλῖψις thlipsis “pressure” 4
• πρόσκαιρος proskairos “temporary” 2
• στενοχωρία stenochōria “hardship” 2
• ῥίζα rhiza “root” 2
• σκανδαλίζω skandalizō “to cause to stumble” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 3
• εὐθέως eutheōs “immediately” 2
• ἐκκλησία ekklēsia “assembly” 2
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 2

Key verses

The verses using diōgmos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 13:21 — Yet 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 4:17 — And 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…
• Mark 10:30 — But 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…
• Acts 8:1 — And 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…
• Acts 13:50 — But 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…
• Romans 8:35 — Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
• 2 Corinthians 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4 — 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:
• 2 Timothy 3:11 — Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.