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persecute

Meaning of “persecute”

Trouble, afflict, or pursue after; to pursue, harass, or oppress.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Skeat 1893
25 occurrences25 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 19:22

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Jeremiah 17:18
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:18 · retained source text

Let them bee confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring vpon them the day of euill, and destroy them with double destruction.

1611 marginal noteHeb. break them with a double breach.

1611 marginal notePsal.35.4 and 40.15.

1611 marginal noteCha.11.20

Jeremiah 29:18
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 29:18 · retained source text

And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliuer them to be remooued to all the kingdomes of the earth, to be a curse and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproch among all the nations, whither I haue driuen them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. for a curse.

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To pursue, harass, or oppress.

printed p. 274; PDF p. 294; Internet Archive leaf n293