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Flight

φυγήStrong’s G5437

phugē

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Phugē is the Greek word usually translated “flight”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:”
Matthew 24:20 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • flight 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

φυγή phugē · flight

φυγή, -ῆς, ἡ (φεύγω), [in LXX chiefly for מָנוֹס and cogn. forms ;] flight: Mat.24:20.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “flight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FLIGHT, noun

[See Fly.]

  1. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure.“Pray ye that your flight be not in winter” Matthew 24:20
  2. The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volation; as the flight of birds and insects.
  3. The manner of flying.
  4. Removal from place to place by flying.
All definitions
  1. A flock of birds flying in company; as a flight of pigeons or wild geese.
  2. A number of beings flying or moving through the air together; as a flight of angels.
  3. A number of things passing through the air together; a volley; as a flight of arrows.
  4. A periodical flying of birds in flocks; as the spring flight or autumnal flight of ducks or pigeons.
  5. In England, the birds produced in the same season.
  6. The space passed by flying.
  7. A mounting; a soaring; lofty elevation and excursion; as a flight of imagination or fancy; a flight of ambition.
  8. Excursion; wandering; extravagant sally; as a flight of folly.
  9. The power of flying.
  10. In certain lead works, a substance that flies off in smoke.

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.