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A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. is unavailable, but you can change that!

Described as an "invaluable reference work" (Classical Philology) and "a tool indispensable for the study of early Christian literature" (Religious Studies Review) in its previous edition, this new updated American edition of Walter Bauer's Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments builds on its predecessor's staggering deposit of extraordinary erudition relating to Greek literature from...

persecution (in our lit. only for reasons of belief) δ. μέγας a severe persecution Ac 8:1. μετὰ διωγμῶν (D-οῦ; other v.l.-όν) not without persecutions Mk 10:30 (s. MGoguel, RHPR 8, 1928, 264–77). ἐπεγείρειν δ. ἐπί τινα stir up a persecution against someone Ac 13:50; δ. ὑποφέρειν suffer persecution 2 Ti 3:11. καταπαύειν τ. διωγμόν bring the persecution to an end MPol 1:1. W. θλῖψις Mt 13:21; Mk 4:17; 2 Th 1:4; στενοχωρία 2 Cor 12:10. W. both Ro 8:35. W. παθήματα 2 Ti 3:11. W. ἀκαταστασία