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τρέχω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
τρέχω
Greek transliteration: 
trechō
Simplified transliteration: 
trecho
Principal Parts: 
(ἔτρεχον), -, ἔδραμον, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5143
GK Number: 
5556
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
20
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1b(2)
Gloss: 
to run; to strive, give effort
Definition: 
to run, Mt. 27:48; 28:8; to run a race, 1 Cor. 9:24; met. 1 Cor. 9:24, 26; Heb. 12:1; in NT to run a certain course of conduct, Gal. 5:7; to run a course of exertion, Rom. 9:16; Gal. 2:2; Phil. 2:16; to run, to progress freely, to advance rapidly, 2 Thess. 3:1

Greek-English Concordance for τρέχω

Matthew 27:48 And one of them at once ran (dramōn | δραμών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a staff, and gave it to him to drink.
Matthew 28:8 So they (edramon | ἔδραμον | aor act ind 3 pl) left the tomb at once, with fear and great joy, and ran (edramon | ἔδραμον | aor act ind 3 pl) to break the news to his disciples.
Mark 5:6 But when he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran (edramen | ἔδραμεν | aor act ind 3 sg) and bowed down before him.
Mark 15:36 Then someone ran (dramōn | δραμών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a staff, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Permit me; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.”
Luke 15:20 So he left that place and went to his father. While he was still a long way from home, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran (dramōn | δραμών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) and fell upon his neck and kissed him.
Luke 24:12
John 20:2 So she went running (trechei | τρέχει | pres act ind 3 sg) to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken our Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!”
John 20:4 The two were running (etrechon | ἔτρεχον | imperf act ind 3 pl) together, but the other disciple ran ahead more quickly than Peter and arrived first at the tomb.
Romans 9:16 So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion (trechontos | τρέχοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc), but on God’s mercy.
1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that all who run (trechontes | τρέχοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) in the stadium compete (trechousin | τρέχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) but only one receives the prize? So run (trechete | τρέχετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) that you may win.
1 Corinthians 9:26 So I do not run (trechō | τρέχω | pres act ind 1 sg) aimlessly; I do not box like one flailing the air.
Galatians 2:2 I went up in response to a revelation and laid out before them — though privately before the acknowledged leaders — the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, lest somehow I (trechō | τρέχω | pres act subj 1 sg) was (trechō | τρέχω | pres act subj 1 sg) running (trechō | τρέχω | pres act subj 1 sg), or had (edramon | ἔδραμον | aor act ind 1 sg) run (edramon | ἔδραμον | aor act ind 1 sg), in vain.
Galatians 5:7 You were running (etrechete | ἐτρέχετε | imperf act ind 2 pl) well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
Philippians 2:16 holding fast the word of life, so that I may have reason to boast on the day of Christ that I (edramon | ἔδραμον | aor act ind 1 sg) did (edramon | ἔδραμον | aor act ind 1 sg) not run (edramon | ἔδραμον | aor act ind 1 sg) in vain or labor in vain.
2 Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly (trechē | τρέχῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) and be honored, as in fact it was among you.
Hebrews 12:1 Therefore since we ourselves have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every impediment, and the sin that so easily distracts, and let (trechōmen | τρέχωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) us (trechōmen | τρέχωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) run (trechōmen | τρέχωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) with endurance the race that is prescribed for us,
Revelation 9:9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many horse-drawn chariots rushing (trechontōn | τρεχόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) into battle.