To escape
ἐκφεύγωStrong’s G1628ekpheugō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ekpheugō is the Greek word usually translated “escape”, “have escaped” and “fleeing”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”
Meaning
Usually translated “escape”, “have escaped” and “fleeing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- will escape 2
- to escape 1
- to have escaped 1
- fleeing 1
- i escaped 1
- shall they escape 1
- escaped 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Hebrews 2
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 16:27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
- Acts 19:16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
- Romans 2:3And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
- 2 Corinthians 11:33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Hebrews 2:3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Greek dictionary
ἐκφεύγω ekpheugō · to escape
ἐκ-φεύγω [in LXX for נוּס, etc. ;] to flee away, escape: absol., Act.16:27, 1Th.5:3, Heb.2:3; before ἐκ, Act.19:10; with accusative of person(s), Heb.12:25; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.21:36, Rom.2:3; τ. χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, 2Co.11:33.† (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.