verb

ekdiōkamō

Greekἐκδιώκω (ekdiōkō)

Strong’sG1559

I persecute, expel by persecuting

stem ekdiōk-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

drove … out1×

What it means

ἐκ-διώκω

[in LXX for בָּרַח hi., צָמַת, הָדַף, etc.;]

to chase away, drive out: I Th 2:15 (cf. De 6:19, Jl 2:20).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1559 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidek-dee-o'-ko

to pursue out, i.e. expel or persecute implacably

Fromfrom G1537 and G1377;

King Jamespersecute.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
ekdiōkaratoiuἐκδιωξάντων	happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive plural masculine	drove … out	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	ekdiōkamō	ekdiōkame	ekdiōkami	ekdiōkama	ekdiōkamē	ekdiōkamelē
you 2nd person singular	ekdiōkasō	ekdiōkase	ekdiōkasi	ekdiōkasa	ekdiōkasē	ekdiōkaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ekdiōkatō	ekdiōkate	ekdiōkati	ekdiōkata	ekdiōkatē	ekdiōkatelē
we 1st person plural	ekdiōkanō	ekdiōkane	ekdiōkani	ekdiōkana	ekdiōkanē	ekdiōkanelē
ye 2nd person plural	ekdiōkavō	ekdiōkave	ekdiōkavi	ekdiōkava	ekdiōkavē	ekdiōkavelē
they 3rd person plural	ekdiōkalō	ekdiōkale	ekdiōkali	ekdiōkala	ekdiōkalē	ekdiōkalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	ekdiōkameiō	ekdiōkameia	ekdiōkameiē
you 2nd person singular	ekdiōkaseiō	ekdiōkaseia	ekdiōkaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ekdiōkateiō	ekdiōkateia	ekdiōkateiē
we 1st person plural	ekdiōkaneiō	ekdiōkaneia	ekdiōkaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	ekdiōkaveiō	ekdiōkaveia	ekdiōkaveiē
they 3rd person plural	ekdiōkaleiō	ekdiōkaleia	ekdiōkaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	ekdiōkasōr	ekdiōkasar	ekdiōkasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ekdiōkatōr	ekdiōkatar	ekdiōkatēr
ye 2nd person plural	ekdiōkavōr	ekdiōkavar	ekdiōkavēr
they 3rd person plural	ekdiōkalōr	ekdiōkalar	ekdiōkalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	ekdiōkamoiō	ekdiōkamoia
you 2nd person singular	ekdiōkasoiō	ekdiōkasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ekdiōkatoiō	ekdiōkatoia
we 1st person plural	ekdiōkanoiō	ekdiōkanoia
ye 2nd person plural	ekdiōkavoiō	ekdiōkavoia
they 3rd person plural	ekdiōkaloiō	ekdiōkaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	ekdiōkarō	ekdiōkari	ekdiōkara	ekdiōkarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	ekdiōkarōtos	ekdiōkaritos	ekdiōkaratos1×	ekdiōkarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

ekdiōkstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

ekdiōk 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

ekdiōkaratoiu“drove … out”happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive plural masculine1×

1 Thessalonians 2:15“drove … out”toiu kai ton kurion apokteinaratoiu Iēsun kai toin profētoin kai nin ekdiōkaratoiu, kai theo mē areskarōtoiu, kai pantoi anthrōpoi enantioiu,who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,