{"def":{"short":"compare the base of G1169 and G1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute","long":["to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away","to run swiftly in order to catch a person or thing, to run after",["to press on: figuratively of one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal","to pursue (in a hostile manner)"],"in any way whatever to harass, trouble, molest one",["to persecute","to be mistreated, suffer persecution on account of something"],"without the idea of hostility, to run after, follow after: someone","metaphorically, to pursue",["to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavor to acquire"]]},"deriv":"a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb δίω (to flee","pronun":{"ipa":"ðiˈo.ko","ipa_mod":"ðiˈow.kow","sbl":"diōkō","dic":"thee-OH-koh","dic_mod":"thee-OH-koh"},"see":["G1169","G1249"]}