verb

Greekκαταδιώκω (katadiōkō)

Biblang

katadiōkamō

Strong’sG2614

I hunt down, follow closely

stem katadiōk-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

κατα-διώκω,

[in LXX chiefly for רדף;]

"perfective" compound (M, Pr., 116), to pursue closely, follow up;

(a) with hostile intent (Thuc., i, 49, Ge 31:36 al.);

(b) with kindly intention (Ps 22 (23):6, I Ki 30:22, cf. Si 27:17): Mk 1:36.†

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

Strong’s G2614 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-ad-ee-o'-ko

to hunt down, i.e. search for

Fromfrom G2596 and G1377;

King Jamesfollow after.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

καταδῐώκω,
follow hard upon, pursue closely, LXX+5th c.BC+ W., etc.: metaphorically, try to gain, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 search for, τινα NT
3 overdrive cattle, LXX

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

searched for1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
katadiōkataκατεδίωξεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	searched for	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, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	katadiōkamō	katadiōkame	katadiōkami	katadiōkama	katadiōkamē	katadiōkamelē
you 2nd person singular	katadiōkasō	katadiōkase	katadiōkasi	katadiōkasa	katadiōkasē	katadiōkaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katadiōkatō	katadiōkate	katadiōkati	katadiōkata1×κατεδίωξεν	katadiōkatē	katadiōkatelē
we 1st person plural	katadiōkanō	katadiōkane	katadiōkani	katadiōkana	katadiōkanē	katadiōkanelē
ye 2nd person plural	katadiōkavō	katadiōkave	katadiōkavi	katadiōkava	katadiōkavē	katadiōkavelē
they 3rd person plural	katadiōkalō	katadiōkale	katadiōkali	katadiōkala	katadiōkalē	katadiōkalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	katadiōkameiō	katadiōkameia	katadiōkameiē
you 2nd person singular	katadiōkaseiō	katadiōkaseia	katadiōkaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katadiōkateiō	katadiōkateia	katadiōkateiē
we 1st person plural	katadiōkaneiō	katadiōkaneia	katadiōkaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	katadiōkaveiō	katadiōkaveia	katadiōkaveiē
they 3rd person plural	katadiōkaleiō	katadiōkaleia	katadiōkaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	katadiōkasōr	katadiōkasar	katadiōkasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katadiōkatōr	katadiōkatar	katadiōkatēr
ye 2nd person plural	katadiōkavōr	katadiōkavar	katadiōkavēr
they 3rd person plural	katadiōkalōr	katadiōkalar	katadiōkalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	katadiōkamoiō	katadiōkamoia
you 2nd person singular	katadiōkasoiō	katadiōkasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katadiōkatoiō	katadiōkatoia
we 1st person plural	katadiōkanoiō	katadiōkanoia
ye 2nd person plural	katadiōkavoiō	katadiōkavoia
they 3rd person plural	katadiōkaloiō	katadiōkaloia

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	katadiōkarō	katadiōkari	katadiōkara	katadiōkarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	katadiōkarōntos	katadiōkarintos	katadiōkarantos	katadiōkarēntos

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

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

katadiōk 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

katadiōkata“searched for”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Mark 1:36“searched for”kai katadiōkata auton Simōnos kai tois meta autou,Simon and his companions went to look for Him,