τρέχω
to run
‘to run’ is one of 3 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
See every Imperfect-tense verb in the Greek New Testament →
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
Mood
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
Person
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
1 verse where G5143 appears in the Imperfect tense in the Book of John. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
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About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
τρεχω (tréchō) is a Greek verb most often rendered “to run.” Debuting at Matthew 27:48, it then recurs through the corpus. The Greek New Testament uses it across 17 verses — uncommon. Its lexical range runs to 3 senses. Related forms include θριξ, τριχινος and δρομος. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G5143 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 17
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 17 distinct verses.
- 11 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 11 of 27 New Testament books.
- #622
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Greek words (rank 622 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 17 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 17 distinct verses.
- Gospels 8 verses · 47%
- Pauline corpus 7 verses · 41%
- Johannine 3 verses · 18%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 1 verse · 6%
- Hebrews 1 verse · 6%
- Revelation 1 verse · 6%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Ran 4×, Run 4×
- American Standard Version: Ran 5×, Run 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Ran 4×, He ran 2×, Run 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Run 4×, Running 3×, Having run 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G5143 across 21 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G5143 across 21 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G5143 across 20 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G5143 across 21 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- of persons in haste
- of those who run in a race course
- metaph.
Word origin
Derived from θριξ (thríx) (G2359) — hair.
Forms in the corpus
The 15 distinct written forms G5143 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G5143, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word τρεχω appears 59 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 54 verses in 18 books.
- 59
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 54
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 18 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 18 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 18:7 τρέχω
- Numbers 17:12 τρέχω
- Joshua 7:22 τρέχω
- Judges 7:21 τρέχω
- 1 Samuel 3:5 τρέχω
- 2 Samuel 18:19 τρέχω
- 1 Kings 18:46 τρέχω
- 2 Kings 4:22 τρέχω
- 2 Chronicles 23:12 τρέχω
- Job 15:26 τρέχω
- Psalms 18:6 τρέχω
- Proverbs 1:16 τρέχω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G5143) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 54. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 18:7 τρέχω Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
- Genesis 24:20 τρέχω She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
- Genesis 24:28 τρέχω The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.
- Genesis 24:29 τρέχω Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
- Genesis 29:12 τρέχω Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
- Genesis 29:13 τρέχω It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
- Numbers 17:12 τρέχω The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
- Joshua 7:22 τρέχω So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
- Judges 7:21 τρέχω They stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
- Judges 13:10 τρέχω The woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the [other] day.
- Judges 15:14 τρέχω When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
- 1 Samuel 3:5 τρέχω He ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. He said, I didn't call; lie down again. He went and lay down.
- 1 Samuel 4:12 τρέχω There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.
- 1 Samuel 10:23 τρέχω They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
- 1 Samuel 17:31 τρέχω When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
- 1 Samuel 20:6 τρέχω If your father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
- 1 Samuel 20:36 τρέχω He said to his boy, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
- 2 Samuel 18:19 τρέχω Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king news, how that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies.
- 2 Samuel 18:22 τρέχω Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, Please let me also run after the Cushite. Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?
- 2 Samuel 18:23 τρέχω But come what may, [said he], I will run. He said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
- 2 Samuel 18:24 τρέχω Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
- 2 Samuel 18:26 τρέχω The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the porter, and said, Behold, [another] man running alone. The king said, He also brings news.
- 2 Samuel 22:30 τρέχω For by you I run on a troop; By my God do I leap over a wall.
- 1 Kings 18:46 τρέχω and the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 4:22 τρέχω She called to her husband, and said, Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
- 2 Kings 4:26 τρέχω please run now to meet her, and ask her, Is it well with you? is it well with your husband? is it well with the child? She answered, It is well.
- 2 Kings 5:20 τρέχω But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
- 2 Kings 5:21 τρέχω So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
- 2 Kings 11:13 τρέχω When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard [and of] the people, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
- 2 Chronicles 23:12 τρέχω When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
- 2 Chronicles 30:6 τρέχω So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, You children of Israel, turn again to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that have escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 30:10 τρέχω So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.
- 2 Chronicles 35:13 τρέχω They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.
- Job 15:26 τρέχω He runs at him with a stiff neck, With the thick shields of his bucklers;
- Job 16:14 τρέχω He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant.
- Job 41:14 τρέχω Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
- Psalms 18:6 τρέχω In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalms 58:5 τρέχω Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.
- Psalms 61:5 τρέχω For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
- Psalms 118:32 τρέχω
- Psalms 147:4 τρέχω He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
- Proverbs 1:16 τρέχω For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
- Proverbs 4:12 τρέχω When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
- Proverbs 7:23 τρέχω Until an arrow strikes through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn't know that it will cost his life.
- Song of Solomon 1:4 τρέχω Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his chambers. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
- Isaiah 40:31 τρέχω but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
- Isaiah 59:7 τρέχω Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
- Jeremiah 8:6 τρέχω I listened and heard, but they didn't speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
- Jeremiah 12:5 τρέχω If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?
- Jeremiah 23:21 τρέχω I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G5143) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
