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In the New Testament, it is often used to describe the persecution faced by early Christians due to their faith in Jesus Christ.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the first-century Greco-Roman world, Christians were often viewed with suspicion and hostility. The early church faced persecution from both Jewish authorities and Roman officials. This persecution ranged from social ostracism and economic hardship to physical violence and martyrdom. The term διωγμός captures the intensity of these trials and the steadfastness required of believers to endure them.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 1375</b> <i>diōgmós</i> (from <a href="/greek/1377.htm">1377</a> <i>/diṓkō</i>, "follow, pursue") – properly, pursuit (chase); <i>persecution</i> – literally, "the <i>hunt</i> to bring someone down like an animal," trying to suppress (punish) their convictions. <a href="/greek/1377.htm">See 1377</a> (<i>diōkō</i>).</p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/1375.htm">1375</a> <i>/diōgmós</i> ("<i>religious</i> persecution") literally refers to those seeking to <i>punish God's messengers with a vengeance</i> – like a <i>hunter</i> trying to conquer (obliterate) someone as their "catch."</p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/1375.htm">1375</a> (<i>diōgmós</i>) is used in ancient and biblical Greek for <i>persecution</i> (hostility) shown by confused, spiritual "leaders." For example, it applies to the Roman Emperor, Decius (<smallcaps>ad</smallcaps> 250-251). He killed thousands of Christians who refused to offer sacrifices in his name.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1377.htm">diókó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>persecution<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>persecution (5), persecutions (5).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1375: διωγμός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">διωγμός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">διωγμοῦ</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (<span class="greek2">διώκω</span>), <span class="accented">persecution</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-21.htm">Matthew 13:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-17.htm">Mark 4:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-30.htm">Mark 10:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/8-1.htm">Acts 8:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-50.htm">Acts 13:50</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35</a>; plural, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">2 Corinthians 12:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/3-11.htm">2 Timothy 3:11</a> (from <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> down).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>persecution. <p>From <a href="/greek/1377.htm">dioko</a>; persecution -- persecution. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1377.htm">dioko</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>διωγμοις 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<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θλίψεως ἢ <b>διωγμοῦ</b> διὰ τὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> or <span class="itali">persecution</span> arises<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or <span class="itali">persecution</span> ariseth<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> tribulation or <span class="itali">persecution</span> on account of the<p><b><a href="/text/mark/4-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 4:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θλίψεως ἢ <b>διωγμοῦ</b> διὰ τὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> or <span class="itali">persecution</span> arises<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or <span class="itali">persecution</span> ariseth<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> tribulation or <span class="itali">persecution</span> on account of the<p><b><a href="/text/mark/10-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 10:30</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀγροὺς μετὰ <b>διωγμῶν</b> καὶ ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and farms, <span class="itali">along with persecutions;</span> and in the age<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> lands, with <span class="itali">persecutions;</span> and in<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> lands with <span class="itali">persecutions</span> and in<p><b><a href="/text/acts/8-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 8:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῇ ἡμέρᾳ <b>διωγμὸς</b> μέγας ἐπὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a great <span class="itali">persecution</span> began<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a great <span class="itali">persecution</span> against<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/8-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the day <span class="itali">a persecution</span> great against<p><b><a href="/text/acts/13-50.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 13:50</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἐπήγειραν <b>διωγμὸν</b> ἐπὶ τὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and instigated <span class="itali">a persecution</span> against<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and raised <span class="itali">persecution</span> against Paul<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13-50.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and stirred up <span class="itali">a persecution</span> against<p><b><a href="/text/romans/8-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 8:35</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">στενοχωρία ἢ <b>διωγμὸς</b> ἢ λιμὸς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> distress, or <span class="itali">persecution,</span> or famine,<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> distress, or <span class="itali">persecution,</span> or famine,<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> distress or <span class="itali">persecution</span> or famine<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/12-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 12:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀνάγκαις ἐν <b>διωγμοῖς</b> καὶ στενοχωρίαις</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with distresses, <span class="itali">with persecutions,</span> with difficulties,<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in <span class="itali">persecutions,</span> in<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hardships in <span class="itali">persecutions</span> and difficulties<p><b><a href="/text/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Thessalonians 1:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πᾶσιν τοῖς <b>διωγμοῖς</b> ὑμῶν καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_thessalonians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the midst of all <span class="itali">your persecutions</span> and afflictions<br><a href="/kjvs/2_thessalonians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all your <span class="itali">persecutions</span> and tribulations<br><a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all the <span class="itali">persecutions</span> of you and<p><b><a href="/text/2_timothy/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Timothy 3:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τοῖς <b>διωγμοῖς</b> τοῖς παθήμασιν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_timothy/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">persecutions,</span> [and] sufferings, such<br><a href="/kjvs/2_timothy/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Persecutions,</span> afflictions, which<br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the <span class="itali">persecutions</span> the sufferings<p><b><a href="/text/2_timothy/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Timothy 3:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural">N-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Λύστροις οἵους <b>διωγμοὺς</b> ὑπήνεγκα καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_timothy/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> what <span class="itali">persecutions</span> I endured,<br><a href="/kjvs/2_timothy/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> what <span class="itali">persecutions</span> I endured:<br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Lystra what manner of <span class="itali">persecutions</span> I endured and<p><b><a href="/greek/1375.htm">Strong's Greek 1375</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1375.htm">10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/dio_gmo_n_1375.htm">διωγμῶν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dio_gmois_1375.htm">διωγμοῖς — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dio_gmon_1375.htm">διωγμὸν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dio_gmos_1375.htm">διωγμὸς — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dio_gmou_1375.htm">διωγμοῦ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/dio_gmous_1375.htm">διωγμοὺς — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1374.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1374"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1374" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1376.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1376"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1376" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>