To flee
φεύγωStrong’s G5343pheugō
Appears in 30 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pheugō is the Greek word usually translated “fled”, “do flee” and “flee”. It appears in 30 verses of the New Testament.
“But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.”
Meaning
Usually translated “fled”, “do flee” and “flee”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- fled 8
- do flee 6
- to flee 3
- they should flee 3
- they fled 2
- flees 2
- shall you escape 1
- he fled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 7
- Mark 5
- Revelation 4
- Luke 3
- John 3
- Acts 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matthew 8:33And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
- Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
- Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
- Matthew 24:16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Greek dictionary
φεύγω pheugō · to flee
φεύγω [in LXX chiefly for נוּס, also for בָּרַח, etc. ;] to flee from or away, take flight: absol., Mat.8:33 26:56, Mrk.5:14 14:50, Luk.8:34, Jhn.10:12, Act.7:29; before εἰς, Mat.2:13 10:23 24:16 (WH, txt.), Mrk.13:14, Luk.21:21, Rev.12:6; ἐπί, with accusative loc., Mat.24:16 (WH, mg.); ἐκ, Act.27:30; ἀπό, with genitive loc. (cl.), Mrk.16:8; id. with genitive of person(s) (as in Heb.), Jhn.10:5, Jas.4:7. Metaphorical: absol., Rev.16:20; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.6:18, Heb.11:34 (see M, Fr., 116); opposite to διώκειν, 1Ti.6:11, 2Ti.2:22; before άπό, with genitive of person(s), Rev.9:6; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flee” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLEE, verb intransitive
- To run with rapidity, as from danger; to attempt to escape; to hasten from danger or expected evil.“Arise, take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt” Matthew 2:13
- To depart; to leave; to hasten away.“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” James 4:7
- To avoid; to keep at a distance from.“FLEE fornication; flee from idolatry” 1 Corinthians 10:14
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.