Strong's Number G5143

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

Usage in the KJV:

run 19, have course 1

Total: 20

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