Quick Definition
καταφεύγω v. I flee for refuge
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 5343; to flee down (away)
KJV Usage: flee
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. κατέφυγον · ptc. καταφυγών | φεύγω
15.62 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send
to flee, to flee for safety to flee from an area, with probably greater intensity than in the case of φεύγω[a] and φυγή (15.61)
21.15 · Danger, Risk, Safe, Save · Become Safe, Free from Danger
to flee to safety, to take refuge to become safe by taking refuge
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-φεύγω: 2 aor. κατέφυγον; [fr. Hdt. down]; to flee away, flee for refuge: foll. by eis w. ace. of place, Acts xiv. 6; of καταφυγόντες, we who [ef. B. § 144, 9 c.] have fled from se. the irreligious mass of mankind, foll. by an infin. of purpose, Heb. vi. 18; cf. Delitzsch ad loc.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταφεύγω katapheugō 2x
to flee to for refuge, Acts 14:6; Heb. 6:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα-φεύγω,
[in LXX for נוּס, etc.;]
to flee for refuge: seq. εἰς, Ac 14:6; metaph., c. inf., He 6:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταφεύγω is a kind of technical expression for suppliants ‘‘ fleeing’ or “‘resorting”’ to any one for help, e.g. P Magd 28 (B.c. 221) ἵνα ἐπὶ] σὲ καταφυγοῦσα, βασιλεῦ, Tod δικαίου τύχω, P Oxy XII. 14689 (c, A.D. 258) ἐπὶ τὴν σὴν ἀνδρείαν καταφεύγω θαρρῶν τεύξεσθαι τῶν προσόντων μοι δικαίων, ἡγεμὼν κύριε, P Tebt IL. 326% (c. A.D. 266) ἱκετηρίαν τιθεμένη ἐπὶ τὸ σὸν μέγεθος καταφεύγω : cf. Ac 145. In P Fay p. 49° (B.C. 69-8) it is used in connexion with the right of asylum at a temple at Kasr el Banat for all manner of fugitives— τοὺς κατ[αφ]εύγοντας καθ᾽ ὁνδηποτοῦν τρόπον : cf. Heb 618. For a similar use of the subst. see P Tebt I. 4337 (B.c. 118) προήγμεθα τὴν ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς Kata . υγὴν (1 καταφυγὴν) ποιήσασθαι, “we have been impelled to take refuge with you”’ (Edd.), Pretsigke 674 (A.D. 216) ἀναγκαίως τὴν ἐπί σε καταφυγὴν ποιοῦμαι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταφεύγω (katapheugō) — to flee. κατα-φεύγω, future - φεύξομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—flee for refuge, ἐς τὸ [ἱρόν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -πεφευγέναι ἐν τόπῳ flee and take refuge in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκεῖ, ἐνθάδε κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅποι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. εἴς τινα flee for protection to him, ὃς ἂν φεύγων καταφύγῃ ἐς τούτους [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. ἐκ τῆς μάχης κ. escape from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. have recourse, εἰς ἔλεον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὸν λόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. εἰς τὴν τοῦ βίου μετριότητα κ. fall back upon, appeal to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὸ φάσκειν.. [Refs 1st c.BC+]