διώκω
[in LXX chiefly for רדף;]
1. to put to flight, drive away: Mt 23:34.
2. to pursue;
(a) of persons; c. acc, without hostility, to follow after: Lk 17:23; with hostile purpose: Ac 26:11, Re 12:13. Hence, to persecute: Mt 5:10-12, 4410:23, Lk 11:4921:12, Jo 5:1615:20, Ac 7:529:4, 522:4, 7, 826:14, 15, Ro 12:14, I Co 4:1215:9, II Co 4:9, Ga 1:13, 234:295:116:12, Phl 3:6, II Ti 3:12;
(b) metaph., c. acc rei, of seeking eagerly after: Ro 9:30, I Ti 6:11, II Ti 2:22; νόμον δικαιοσύνης, Ro 9:31; τ. φιλοξενίαν, Ro 12:13; εἰρήνην, He 12:14, I Pe 3:11; τὰ τῆς εἰ., Ro 14:19; τ. ἀγάπην, I Co 14:1; τὸ ἀγαθόν, I Th 5:15; absol., to follow on, drive, or speed on (Æsch.), Phl 3:12, 14.†