To escape
ἀποφεύγωStrong’s G0668apopheugō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apopheugō is the Greek word usually translated “having escaped” and “escaping”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
Meaning
Usually translated “having escaped” and “escaping”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having escaped 2
- escaping 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Peter 3
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Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:18In contextFor when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
- 2 Peter 2:20In contextFor if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Greek dictionary
ἀποφεύγω apopheugō · to escape
ἀπο-φεύγω [in LXX: Sir.22:22 * ;] to flee from, escape: with accusative, 2Pe.2:18 2:20; with genitive, 2Pe.1:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “escape” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ESCA'PE, verb transitive
[Latin capio, with a negative prefix, or from a word of the same family.]
- To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security from; to pass without harm; as, to escape danger.“A small number, that escape the sword, shall return” Jeremiah 44:28“Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” 2 Peter 1:4
- To pass unobserved; to evade; as, the fact escaped my notice or observation.
- To avoid the danger of; as, to escape the sea. Acts 28:1
All definitions and other forms of “escape”
ESCA'PE, verb intransitive
To flee, shun and be secure from danger; to avoid an evil.
- To be passed without harm.
ESCA'PE, noun
Flight to shun danger or injury; the act of fleeing from danger.
- “I would hasten my escape from the windy storm” Psalms 55:8
- A being passed without receiving injury, as when danger comes near a person, but passes by, and the person is passive.
- Excuse; subterfuge; evasion.
- In law, an evasion of legal restraint or the custody of the sheriff, without due course of law.
- Sally; flight; irregularity. [Little used.]
- Oversight; mistake. [Little used, or improper.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.