- Original: τρέχω - Transliteration: Trecho - Phonetic: trekh'-o - Definition: 1. to run a. of persons in haste b. of those who run in a race course 2. metaph. a. of doctrine rapidly propagated b. by a metaphor taken from runners in a race, to exert one's self, strive hard c. to spend one's strength in performing or attaining something d. word occurs in Greek writings denoting to incur extreme peril, which it requires the exertion of all one's effort to overcome - Origin: apparently a primary verb (properly, threcho, cf G2359 ), which uses dremo drem'-o (the base of G1408 ) as alternate in certain tenses - TDNT entry: 11:46,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Apparently a primary verb (properly θρέχω threchō; compare G2359 ); which uses δρέμω dremō drem'-o (the base of G1408 ) as an alternate in certain tenses; to run or walk hastily (literally or figuratively): - have course run. Total KJV Occurrences: 19 • course, 1 2 Thessalonians 3:1 • ran, 5 Mat 27:48; Mar 5:6; Mar 15:36; Luke 24:12; Joh 20:4 • run, 10 Mat 28:8; 1 Corinthians 9:24(3); 1 Corinthians 9:26; Galatians 2:2(2); Galatians 5:7; Philippians 2:16; Hebrews 12:1 • runneth, 2 Joh 20:2; Romans 9:16 • running, 1 Revelation 9:9