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To escape

διαφεύγωStrong’s G1309

diapheugō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Diapheugō is the Greek word usually translated “may escape”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.”
Acts 27:42 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “may escape”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • may escape 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    διαφεύγω diapheugō · to escape

    δια-φεύγω [in LXX: Jos.8:22 (פָּלִיט), Jos.10:28 (שָׂרִיד), etc. ;] to flee through, escape: Act.27:42.† (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.]

    1. 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
    2. To pass unobserved; to evade; as, the fact escaped my notice or observation.
    3. 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.

      1. To be passed without harm.

      ESCA'PE, noun

      Flight to shun danger or injury; the act of fleeing from danger.

      1. “I would hasten my escape from the windy storm” Psalms 55:8
      2. A being passed without receiving injury, as when danger comes near a person, but passes by, and the person is passive.
      3. Excuse; subterfuge; evasion.
      4. In law, an evasion of legal restraint or the custody of the sheriff, without due course of law.
      5. Sally; flight; irregularity. [Little used.]
      6. 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.