1377.  Strong's Dictionary Study



1377. dioko {dee-o'-ko}; a prolonged (and causative) form of a 
primary verb dio (to flee; compare the base of 1169 and 1249); 
to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to 
persecute: --ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) 
persecute(-ion), press forward.[ql



 

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