noun · masculine
diōktos
Greekδιώκτης (diōktēs)
Strong’sG1376
a persecutor
stem diōkt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† διώκτης, -ου, ὁ
(< διώκω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1376 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddee-oke'-tace
a persecutor
Fromfrom G1377;
King Jamespersecutor.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | diōktos | diōktois |
| object accusative | diōkton1×διώκτην | diōktoin |
| direct address vocative | diōktor | diōktoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | diōktou | diōktoiu |
| to, for dative | diōkto | diōktoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
diōkto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
diōkton“persecutor”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Timothy 1:13“persecutor”tem proterem arōton blasfēmon kai diōkton kai hubriston; alla elēima, hoti agnoarōtos poiama en apistia,I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.