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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