Quick Definition
ἐκκλίνω v. I fall away from, turn away
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 2827; to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety)
KJV Usage: avoid, eschew, go out of the way
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κλίνω
34.41 · Association · Limit or Avoid Association
to shun, to avoid, to keep away from, to have nothing to do with purposely to avoid association with someone
31.99 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Trust, Rely
to turn away from (a figurative extension of meaning of ἐκκλίνω[a] ‘to avoid,’ 34.41) to no longer put one’s trust or confidence in someone
68.41 · Aspect · Cease, Stop
to cease, to stop to cease doing something, with the implication of engaging in some alternative
1 There are probably certain differences of meaning in the terms in 34.41, but without more distinctive contexts, it is difficult to determine the precise areas of meaning.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-κλίνω [ Ro. xvi. 17 T Tr WH]; 1 aor. ἐξέκλινα ; in Grk. writ. fr. Thue. down; Sept. chiefly for 110 and 703; intrans. fo turn aside, deviate (from the right way and course, Mal. ii. 8, [ef. Deut. v. 32]); metaph. and absol. to turn (one’s self) away [B. 144 (126) sq.; W. 251 (236)], either from the path of rectitude, Ro. iii. 12 (Ps. xiii. (xiv.) 3); or from evil (a malis declinare, Cie. Tuse. 4, 6): ἀπὸ κακοῦ, 1 Pet. iii. 11 (Ps. xxxiii. (xxxiv.) 15; xxxvi. (xxxvii.) 27; Prov. iii. 7); ἀπό with gen. of pers. to turn away from, keep aloof from, one’s society; to shun one: Ro. xvi. 17, (ots, Ignat. ad Eph. fa
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκκλίνω ekklinō 3x
to deflect, deviate, Rom. 3:12; to decline or turn away from, avoid, Rom. 16:17; 1 Pet. 3:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-κλίνω
[in LXX for נָטָה, סוּר, etc. ;]
intrans., to turn aside, turn away: metaph., from the right path, absol., Ro 3:12 (LXX); from evil, absol., I Pe 3:11; seq. ἀπό, c. gen. pers., Ro 16:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκκλίνω. In a decree of Ptolemy Philometor (B.c. 181-145) published in Archzv vi. p. 9 we find 13 οὔτε κίνδυνον οὔτε κακοπαθίαν οὐδεμίαν ἐκκέκ[λ]ικεν : cf. OG/S 339° (c. B.C. 120), 443? (i/B.c.), and Cagnat IV. 13414 (ii/B.c.). The verb is taken as = “‘ faire défaut” by the editor (see Index p- 476) in P Par 1533 (B.c. 120), συνιστοροῦντες ἑαυτοῖς οὐδὲν βέβαιον ἔχουσι ἐξέκλιναν. Similarly P Tor I. 233, and cf. 7, 1-17 (B.c. 117) καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα πολλάκις ἐπιβεβληκότος εἰς τὴν Διόσπολιν, ἐκκλίνοντες οὐ διαλείπουσιν, ““semper occursum meum devitant ”’ (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκκλίνω (ekklinō) — to turn from. ἐκ-κλίνω[ῑ], bend out of the regular line, bend outwards or away, opposed to ἐγκλίνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; change the form of a word, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. dislocate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. embezzle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. pervert, δικαιώματα [LXX]
II. intransitive, turn away, ἀπό τινος [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐκ νόμου θεοῦ[LXX]: absolutely, give ground, retire, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; give way, fall from its place, [Refs]
II.2. with accusative, avoid, shun, ἐ. τι καὶ μὴ πράττειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. with preposition, turn away or aside towards, κατά τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. εἰς δῆμον, εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν, decline into a democracy or oligarchy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρός τινα visit a person on one's journey, [LXX]