KJV dictionary & concordance
Trouble, afflict, or pursue after; to pursue, harass, or oppress.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 19:22
Complete exact-word concordance
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
¶ O LORD, my God, in thee doe I put my trust: saue me from all them that persecute me, and deliuer me.
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Let the enemie persecute my soule, and take it, yea let him tread downe my life vpon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
The wicked in his pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the deuices that they haue imagined.
1611 marginal noteHeb. in the pride of the wicked be doth persecute.
1611 marginal notePsal.7.16 and 9.16. prou.5.22.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
My times are in thy hand: deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Draw out also the speare, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
Let their way be darke and slippery, and let the Angel of the LORD persecute them.
1611 marginal noteHeb. darknesse and slipperinesse.
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
For they persecute him whō thou hast smitten, and they talke to the griefe of those whom thou hast wounded.
1611 marginal noteHebr. thy wounded.
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him, for there is none to deliuer him.
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
So persecute them with thy tempest: and make them afraid with thy storme.
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
How many are the dayes of thy seruant? when wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
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Historical English dictionary sources
Trouble, afflict, or pursue after.
To pursue, harass, or oppress.
