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Way out

ἔκβασιςStrong’s G1545

ekbasis

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ekbasis is the Greek word usually translated “escape” and “outcome”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”
1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • escape 1
  • outcome 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Corinthians 1
  • Hebrews 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἔκβασις ekbasis · way out

ἔκ-βασις, -εως, ἡ (ἐκβαίνω), [in LXX: Wis.2:17 8:8 11:14 * ;] 1. a way out (Hom., Xen.): 1Co.10:13. 2. the issue (Menand.) Heb.13:7.† (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.