Quick Definition
τρέχω v. I run, exercise myself
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary verb (properly, threcho; compare 2359); which uses dremo drem'-o (the base of 1408) as alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: have course, run
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἔδραμον · ptc. δραμών | δρόμος · εἰστρέχω · ἐπισυντρέχω · εὐθυδρομέω · κατατρέχω · περιτρέχω · πρόδρομος · προστρέχω · συνδρομή · συντρέχω · τροχιά · τροχός · ὑποτρέχω
15.230 · Linear Movement · Run
to run, to rush to run, with emphasis upon relative speed in contrast with walking τρέχω[a] also occurs in figurative contexts: δι ̓ ὑπομονῆς τρέχωμεν τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγῶνα ‘let us run with determination the race that is before us’ HEB 12:1.
MAT 27:48 · MAT 28:8 · MRK 5:6 · MRK 15:36 · LUK 15:20 · LUK 24:12 · JHN 20:2 · JHN 20:4 · 1CO 9:24 · 1CO 9:24 · 1CO 9:24 · 1CO 9:26 · GAL 2:2 · GAL 2:2 · PHP 2:16 · 2TH 3:1 · HEB 12:1 · REV 9:9
68.61 · Aspect · Try, Attempt
to try, to attempt to do to try to do something (employed in the absolute construction)
41.14 · Behavior and Related States · Behavior, Conduct
to behave, to progress to make progress in one’s behavior or conduct It may also be possible to translate ἐτρέχετε καλῶς as ‘you were doing better and better.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τρέχω ; impf. ἔτρεχον ; 2 aor. ἔδραμον ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for y95 torun; a. prop.: of persons in haste, Mk. v. 6; Jn. xx. 2,4; with a telic inf. Mt. xxviii. 8; δραμών with a finite verb, Mt. xxvii. 48; Mk. xv. 36; Lk. xv. 20; τρέχω ἐπί with an ace. of place, Lk. xxiv. 12[T om. LTr br. WH reject the vs.]; εἰς πόλεμον, Rey. ix. 9; of those who run in a race-course (ἐν σταδίῳ), 1 Co. ix. 24, 26. b. metaph.: of doctrine rapidly propagated, 2 Th. iii. 1[R.V. run]; by a metaphor taken from the runners in a race, to exert one’s self, strive hard; to spend one’s strength in performing or attaining something: Ro. ix. 16; Gal. v. 7; εἰς κενόν, Gal. ii. 2 [W. 504 (470); B. § 148, 10]; Phil. ii. 16; τὸν ἀγῶνα, Heb. xii. 1 (see ἀγών, 2); the same expression occurs in Grk. writ., denoting to incur extreme peril, which it requires the exertion of all one’s efforts to overcome, Hat. 8, 102; Eur. Or. 878; Ale. 489; Electr. 883; Iph. Aul. 1456; Dion. Hal. 7, 48, ete.; miserabile currunt certamen, Stat. Theb. 3,116. [Comp.: eto-, kara-, mepi-, mpo-, προσ-, συν-; ἐπι- συν-, ὑπο- τρέχω.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τρέχω trechō 20x
to run, Mt. 27:48; 28:8; to run a race, 1 Cor. 9:24; met. 1 Cor. 9:24, 26; Heb. 12:1; in NT to run a certain course of conduct, Gal. 5:7; to run a course of exertion, Rom. 9:16; Gal. 2:2; Phil. 2:16; to run, to progress freely, to advance rapidly, 2 Thess. 3:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τρέχω
[in LXX chiefly for רוּץ ;]
to run: Mk 5:6, Jo 20:2, 4, I Co 9:24, 26; c. inf., Mt 28:8; seq. ἐπί, Lk 24:12 [T |[WH]| R, mg., om.]; εἰς, Re 9:9; ptcp., δραμών, c. indic., Mt 27:48, Mk 15:36, Lk 15:20. Metaph., from runners in a race, of swiftness or of effort to attain an end: Ro 9:16, Ga 2:2 5:7, Phl 2:16; τ. ἀγῶνα (Hdt., Eur., al.), He 12:1; ὁ λόγος τ. κυρίου (cf. Ps 147:4 (14615), ἕως τάχους δραμεῖται ὁ λ. αὐτοῦ), II Th 3:1 (cf. εἰς-, κατα-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, ἐπι-συν-, ὑπο-τρέχω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τρέχω in the lit. sense ‘‘ run” occurs in a criminal process of an Alexandrian gymnasiarch before the Emperor Commodus, P Oxy I. 33 versoiii12 (= Chrest. I. p. 35) © ἠβό[κατο]ς εὐθὺς δραμὼν παρέθετο [τῷ] κυρίῳ λέγων, “‘Kipte, κάθῃ, “Ῥωμαῖοι γονγύζο[υσ]ι,᾿ “the veteran forthwith ran and told his lord, saying, ‘ Lord, while you are sitting in judgment, the Romans are murmuring.’’” The same document shows τρέχω in its derived sense ‘‘ strive” —! 1 τρέχε, τέκνον, τελεύτα. κλέος σοί ἐστιν ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης σου πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι, ‘onward, my son, to death, it is a glory for you to die for your beloved country” (Edd.). See also P Lond 1307? (horoscope—i/ii A.D.) (=I. p. 135) μοίρας ἔτρεχε δεκατρεῖς, and J/enandrea p. 73} ἵν᾿ ἀναπηδήσας τρέχῃ, ‘‘that he might jump up and come at a run.” We may add a wooden tablet, apparently for school use, published in Afé/. Weco/e p. 181 (= Katbel Praef. p. xxiii. 1117(4)) in which the lines occur (with added accents) — ᾧ μὴ δέδωκεν ἡ τύχη κοιμωμένῳ, μάτην δραμεῖται, κἂν ὑπὲρ Λάδαν δράμῃ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τρέχω (trechō) — to run. τρέχω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]future θρέξομαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θρέξω only in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but ἀπο-θρέξεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἔθρεξα (see. below):—but the usual future and aorist come from the root δραμ-, i.e. δρᾰμοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect δραμέομαι [LXX+6th c.BC+]; δράμομαι in compound ἀναδράμεται [Refs 1st c.AD+]aorist 2 ἔδρᾰμον (see. below): perfect δεδράμηκα [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐδεδραμήκεσαν (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect δέδρομα (ἀνα-, ἐπι-) [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, perfect δεδράμημαι (ἐπι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]—The Verb is not common in [Refs 8th c.BC+], who has present in [Refs 8th c.BC+] was also old Attic dialect, epigram cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but the common aorist was ἔδραμον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]—Doric dialect τράχω [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future θραξοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.AD+]:—run, of men, ἰθὺς δράμε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βαδίζειν καὶ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρέχων, opposed to βάδην, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: the participle is frequently added to another Verb, τί οὐ τρέχων σὺ τὰς τραπέζας ἐκφέρει; why do you not run and carry out.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of things, move quickly, τὸ δὲ [τρύπανον] τ. ἐμμενὲς αἰεί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ δ᾽ ἐν ποσὶ τράχον ἴτω let what is now before me go trippingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]having run its course, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πυρετὸς.. ἥκει τρέχων has come quickly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. οἱ τρέχοντες a constellation rising with Libra, Antiochus cited in Teucrum in [Refs]
II. with accusative loci, run over, ῥόθια πεδία [Refs 5th c.BC+] —in _Attic dialect_ Prose θέω seems to be more frequently in the present, and in some phrases used exclusively, e.g. θεῖν δρόμῳ, see at {θέω} (A) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. with accusative cognate, δραμεῖν ἀγῶνα, βῆμα, δίαυλον, δρόμον, run a course, a heat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπάδας, i. e. torch-races, [Refs] run a risk, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλοὺς ἀγῶνας δραμέονται περὶ σφέων αὐτῶν run for their life or safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ὑπὲρ ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα, κίνδυνον ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς τ., [Refs 2nd c.BC+] running for his life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ νίκης falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare θέω[Refs]
II.3. παρὰ ἓν πάλαισμα ἔδραμε νικᾶν he was within one fall or bout of carrying off the victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare παρά[Refs]
II.4. commit, μηδ᾽ ἑτέρας δραμεῖν ἀταξίας ἢ ἀσελγίας [Refs 6th c.AD+]
