Senses
1. persecution — Hostile pursuit or systematic oppression directed against individuals or groups on account of their faith; the state or experience of being persecuted. Singular and plural forms are simple number inflections of the same meaning. Spanish 'persecucion/persecuciones,' Hindi 'satav/satavon,' Arabic 'idtihad/idtihadat,' Korean 'bakhae/bakhaedeul,' Swahili 'mateso.' Used in Synoptic and Pauline contexts for suffering endured by believers, including Jesus' teaching about persecution for righteousness (Mark 10:30) and Paul's catalogs of affliction (2 Cor 12:10; 2 Tim 3:11). 10×
AR["اضطِهادًا","اضطِهَادٌ","اضْطِهاداتٍ","اضْطِهادٌ","اضْطِهَادٌ","اضْطِهَادَاتٍ","الاضْطِهاداتِ"]·ben["অত্যাচার","তাড়না","তাড়নার","নিপীড়ন","নির্যাতন","নির্যাতনে","নির্যাতনে,"]·DE["Verfolgung","διωγμοῦ","διωγμὸν","διωγμὸς"]·EN["persecution","persecutions"]·FR["persécution"]·heb["רְדִיפָה","רְדִיפוֹת"]·HI["उत्पीड़नों","उपद्रव","सतअओन","सतअव","सतअवोन","सतअवोन,","सताव","सतावों"]·ID["penganiayaan","penganiayaan,","penganiayaan-penganiayaan"]·IT["diogmon","diogmou","diōgmois","diōgmous","persecuzione"]·jav["panganiaya","panganiaya,","pangèyup-èyup","pemburu-pemburu","penganiaya"]·KO["박해가","박해냐","박해들","박해들-을","박해를","핍박들","핵박들에","핸박-이"]·PT["perseguição","perseguição,","perseguições"]·RU["голод","гонение","гонения","гонениям","гонениями","гонениях"]·ES["persecuciones","persecución"]·SW["-","mateso","mateso,"]·TR["zulülmleri","zulüm","zulüm-mü","zulümlerde","zulümleri","zulümlerinizde","zulümlerle"]·urd["ایذا","ایذا-رسانی","ایذا-کے","ایذاؤں","ایذارسانیوں","ظلم","ظلم-کے","ظلموں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
διωγ-μός, ὁ, the chase, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 pursuit, Refs 1st c.BC+ __II persecution, harassing, in plural, Refs 5th c.BC+; also in later Prose, NT+1st c.AD+