Greek verb · G5143
τρέχω
trechotrekh'-o
to run
20 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tréchō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5143is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 27New Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5143
which uses as alternate in certain tenses
The King James renders it: have course, run.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
trecho is rendered "to run". It stands 20 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 27:48One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
Matthew 27:48δραμὼν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eleven of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- having run3
- he ran2
- run2
- running2
- do run1
- have run1
- I did run1
- I may be running1
- may run1
- may spread quickly1
- rushing1
- She runs1
and 3 more, 20 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- δραμὼν3
- ἔδραμον3
- ἔδραμεν2
- τρέχω2
- ἐτρέχετε1
- ἔτρεχον1
- τρέχει1
- τρέχετε1
- τρέχῃ1
- τρέχοντες1
- τρέχοντος1
- τρεχόντων1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-2AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-2AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-2AAI-3P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-IAI-2P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PAI-1S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-PAP-GSM
Matthew
two uses
One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
- δραμὼνdramonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having run
So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.
- ἔδραμονedramonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they ran
Mark
two uses
When the man saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees before Him.
- ἔδραμενedramenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he ran
And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
- δραμὼνdramonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having run
Luke
two uses
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
- δραμὼνdramonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having run
Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
- ἔδραμενedramenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he ran
John
two uses
So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”
- τρέχειtrecheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: She runs
The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
- ἔτρεχονetrechonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Were running
Romans
one use
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- τρέχοντοςtrechontosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: running
1 Corinthians
four uses
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
- τρέχοντεςtrechontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: running
- τρέχουσινtrechousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: run
- τρέχετεtrecheteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do run
Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
- τρέχωtrechoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: run
Galatians
three uses
I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
- τρέχωtrechoverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may be running
- ἔδραμονedramonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have run
You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
- ἐτρέχετεetrecheteverb · imperfect active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You were running
Philippians
one use
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
- ἔδραμονedramonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I did run
2 Thessalonians
one use
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.
- τρέχῃtrecheverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may spread quickly
Hebrews
one use
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
- τρέχωμενtrechomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: may run
Revelation
one use
They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
- τρεχόντωνtrechontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: rushing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.