διώκτην

diṓktēs

a persecutor

One who pursues, especially in the sense of someone who harasses or oppresses another; specifically, an individual who initiates and continues acts of pursuit with hostile intent. In the context of Jewish and early Christian literature, commonly denotes someone actively seeking the harm, punishment, or suppression of others for religious or ideological reasons.

G1376

1 Timothy 1:13 · Word #6

Lexicon G1376

Lemmaδιώκτης
Transliterationdiṓktēs
Strong'sG1376
DefinitionOne who pursues, especially in the sense of someone who harasses or oppresses another; specifically, an individual who initiates and continues acts of pursuit with hostile intent. In the context of Jewish and early Christian literature, commonly denotes someone actively seeking the harm, punishment, or suppression of others for religious or ideological reasons.

Morphology N ACC M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phrasea persecutor
Literalpersecutor-pursuer

Lexical Info

Lemmaδιώκτης
Strong'sG1376

SIBI-P1 Translation G1376-01

a persecutor

Morphological NotesNoun; masculine; singular; accusative case (Gr,N,,,,,AMS) — accusative masculine singular agent noun.
Rendering RationaleThe noun διώκτης denotes an agent who habitually pursues with hostile intent. "A persecutor" preserves the active, aggressive sense of one who pursues in order to harm, and the accusative singular form is reflected as a singular object in English.

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