Strong's Number G5143

τρέχω

trecho · trekh'-o

Transliteration:

trecho{trekh'-o}apparently a primary verb (properly, threcho, cf 2359), which uses dremo{drem'-o}

Word Origin:

(the base of 1408) as alternate in certain tenses

TDNT:

8:226,1189

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

compare G2359 (θρίξ)); which uses (the base of G1408 (δρόμος)) as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily (literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

run 10, have course 1

Total: 20
Occurs 20 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to run
1. of persons in haste
2. of those who run in a race course
metaph.
1. of doctrine rapidly propagated
2. by a metaphor taken from runners in a race, to exert one's self, strive hard
3. to spend one's strength in performing or attaining something
4. word occurs in Greek writings denoting to incur extreme peril, which it requires the exertion of all one's effort to overcome