5143. trechó
Strong's Concordance
trechó: to run
Original Word: τρέχω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: trechó
Phonetic Spelling: (trekh'-o)
Definition: to run
Usage: I run, exercise myself, make progress.
HELPS Word-studies

5143 tréxō – properly, to run (like an athlete competing in the ancient Greek games); (figuratively) advance speedily, like an athlete moving forward with full effort and directed purpose (see 1 Cor 9:24).

5143 /tréxō) ("running wide-open") conveys intense desire to get to the goal as quickly as possible. 5143 (tréxō) was used of "runners in a race, of swiftness or of effort to attain an end (so Herodotus, Eur., etc.)" (A-S).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to run
NASB Translation
ran (7), run (7), running (3), runs (1), rushing (1), spread rapidly (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5143: δράμω

δράμω, to run, see τρέχω.

STRONGS NT 5143: τρέχωτρέχω; imperfect ἔτρεχον; 2 aorist ἔδραμον; from Homer down; the Sept. for רוּץ; to run;

a. properly: of persons in haste, Mark 5:6; John 20:2, 4; with a telic infinitive Matthew 28:8; δραμών with a finite verb, Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; Luke 15:20; τρέχω ἐπί with an accusative of place, Luke 24:12 (T omits; L Tr brackets WH reject the verse); εἰς πόλεμον, Revelation 9:9; of those who run in a race-course (ἐν σταδίῳ), 1 Corinthians 9:24, 26.

b. metaphorically: of doctrine rapidly propagated, 2 Thessalonians 3:1 (R. V. run); by a metaphor taken from the runners in a race, to exert oneself, strive hard; to spend one's strength in performing or attaining something: Romans 9:16; Galatians 5:7; εἰς κενόν, Galatians 2:2 (Winers Grammar, 504 (470); Buttmann, § 148, 10); Philippians 2:16; τόν ἀγῶνα, Hebrews 12:1 (see ἀγών, 2); the same expression occurs in Greek writings, denoting to incur extreme peril, which it requires the exertion of all one's efforts to overcome, Herodotus 8, 102; Euripides, Or. 878; Alc. 489; Electr. 883; Iph. Aul. 1456; Dionysius Halicarnassus 7, 48, etc.; miserabile currunt certamen, Stat. Theb. 3,116. (Compare: εἰστρέχω, κατατρέχω, περιτρέχω, προτρέχω, προστρέχω, συντρέχω, ἐπιτρέχω συντρέχω, ὑποτρέχω.)

STRONGS NT 5143a: τρῆματρῆμα, τρήματος, τό (τιτράω, τιτρημι, ΤΡΑΩ, to bore through, pierce), a perforation, hole: βελόνης, Luke 18:25 L T Tr WH; (ῤαφίδος, Matthew 19:24 WH text). (Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
run

Apparently a primary verb (properly, threcho; compare thrix); which uses dremo drem'-o (the base of dromos) as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily (literally or figuratively) -- have course, run.

see GREEK thrix

see GREEK dromos

Forms and Transliterations
δράμε δραμείν δραμείται δραμούμαι δραμούμεν δραμούνται δραμούσα δράμω δραμων δραμών δραμὼν έδραμε εδραμεν έδραμεν ἔδραμεν εδραμον έδραμον ἔδραμον έτρεχεν Ετρεχετε ετρέχετε Ἐτρέχετε ετρεχον έτρεχον ἔτρεχον τρεχει τρέχει τρέχεις τρεχετε τρέχετε τρεχη τρέχη τρέχῃ τρέχης τρέχοντα τρεχοντες τρέχοντες τρεχοντος τρέχοντος τρεχοντων τρεχόντων τρέχουσι τρεχουσιν τρέχουσιν τρεχω τρέχω τρεχωμεν τρέχωμεν τρέχων dramon dramōn dramṑn edramen édramen edramon édramon Etrechete Etréchete etrechon étrechon treche trechē trechei tréchei tréchēi trechete tréchete trecho trechō trécho tréchō trechomen trechōmen tréchomen tréchōmen trechontes tréchontes trechonton trechontōn trechónton trechóntōn trechontos tréchontos trechousin tréchousin
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Matthew 27:48 V-APA-NMS
GRK: καὶ εὐθέως δραμὼν εἷς ἐξ
NAS: one of them ran, and taking
KJV: of them ran, and took
INT: And immediately having run one of

Matthew 28:8 V-AIA-3P
GRK: χαρᾶς μεγάλης ἔδραμον ἀπαγγεῖλαι τοῖς
NAS: joy and ran to report
KJV: great joy; and did run to bring his
INT: joy great they ran to tell [it] the

Mark 5:6 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ἔδραμεν καὶ προσεκύνησεν
NAS: from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before
KJV: Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped
INT: from afar he ran and fell on his knees

Mark 15:36 V-APA-NMS
GRK: δραμὼν δέ τις
NAS: Someone ran and filled a sponge
KJV: And one ran and filled
INT: having run moreover one

Luke 15:20 V-APA-NMS
GRK: ἐσπλαγχνίσθη καὶ δραμὼν ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ
NAS: him and felt compassion [for him], and ran and embraced
KJV: had compassion, and ran, and fell on
INT: was moved with compassion and having run fell upon

Luke 24:12 V-AIA-3S
GRK: Πέτρος ἀναστὰς ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸ
NAS: got up and ran to the tomb;
KJV: Peter, and ran unto
INT: Peter having risen up ran to the

John 20:2 V-PIA-3S
GRK: τρέχει οὖν καὶ
NAS: So she ran and came to Simon
KJV: Then she runneth, and cometh
INT: She runs therefore and

John 20:4 V-IIA-3P
GRK: ἔτρεχον δὲ οἱ
NAS: The two were running together;
KJV: So they ran both together:
INT: ran moreover the

Romans 9:16 V-PPA-GMS
GRK: οὐδὲ τοῦ τρέχοντος ἀλλὰ τοῦ
NAS: or the man who runs, but on God
KJV: nor of him that runneth, but
INT: nor of him that runs but on whom

1 Corinthians 9:24 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: ἐν σταδίῳ τρέχοντες πάντες μὲν
NAS: that those who run in a race
KJV: not that they which run in a race
INT: in a race course run all indeed

1 Corinthians 9:24 V-PIA-3P
GRK: πάντες μὲν τρέχουσιν εἷς δὲ
NAS: all run, but [only] one
KJV: in a race run all, but
INT: all indeed run one however

1 Corinthians 9:24 V-PMA-2P
GRK: βραβεῖον οὕτως τρέχετε ἵνα καταλάβητε
NAS: the prize? Run in such a way
KJV: the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
INT: prize Thus run that you might obtain [it]

1 Corinthians 9:26 V-PIA-1S
GRK: τοίνυν οὕτως τρέχω ὡς οὐκ
NAS: Therefore I run in such a way,
KJV: therefore so run, not as
INT: therefore so run as not

Galatians 2:2 V-PSA-1S
GRK: εἰς κενὸν τρέχω ἢ ἔδραμον
NAS: for fear that I might be running, or
KJV: lest by any means I should run, or
INT: in vain I should be running or had run

Galatians 2:2 V-AIA-1S
GRK: τρέχω ἢ ἔδραμον
NAS: or had run, in vain.
KJV: I should run, or had run, in vain.
INT: I should be running or had run

Galatians 5:7 V-IIA-2P
GRK: Ἐτρέχετε καλῶς τίς
NAS: You were running well; who
KJV: Ye did run well; who
INT: You were running well who

Philippians 2:16 V-AIA-1S
GRK: εἰς κενὸν ἔδραμον οὐδὲ εἰς
NAS: because I did not run in vain
KJV: I have not run in vain,
INT: in vain I ran nor in

2 Thessalonians 3:1 V-PSA-3S
GRK: τοῦ κυρίου τρέχῃ καὶ δοξάζηται
NAS: of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified,
KJV: of the Lord may have [free] course, and
INT: of the Lord might spread rapidly and might be glorified

Hebrews 12:1 V-PSA-1P
GRK: δι' ὑπομονῆς τρέχωμεν τὸν προκείμενον
NAS: which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance
KJV: which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with
INT: with endurance we should run the lying before

Revelation 9:9 V-PPA-GMP
GRK: ἵππων πολλῶν τρεχόντων εἰς πόλεμον
NAS: of many horses rushing to battle.
KJV: of many horses running to battle.
INT: of horses many running to war

Strong's Greek 5143
20 Occurrences


δραμὼν — 3 Occ.
ἔδραμεν — 2 Occ.
ἔδραμον — 3 Occ.
Ἐτρέχετε — 1 Occ.
ἔτρεχον — 1 Occ.
τρέχῃ — 1 Occ.
τρέχει — 1 Occ.
τρέχετε — 1 Occ.
τρέχω — 2 Occ.
τρέχωμεν — 1 Occ.
τρέχοντες — 1 Occ.
τρεχόντων — 1 Occ.
τρέχοντος — 1 Occ.
τρέχουσιν — 1 Occ.

















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