Persecute

Persecute

To pursue after in order to overtake.

The wicked in his pride doth PERSECUTE the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. ( Psalm 10:2-3 )

Source: A King James Dictionary. (Used with permission. Copyright © Philip P. Kapusta)

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"Entry for 'Persecute'". A King James Dictionary.