G5343: φεύγω (pheúgō)

G5343 φεύγω (pheúgō)

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Quick Definition

φεύγω v. I flee, escape, shun

Strong's Definition

apparently a primary verb; to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish

KJV Usage: escape, flee (away)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

φεύγω (G5343)

verb | aor. ἔφυγον · inf. φυγεῖν | ἀποφεύγω · διαφεύγω · ἐκφεύγω · καταφεύγω · φυγή

15.61 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send

to run away, to flee, flight to move quickly from a point or area in order to avoid presumed danger or difficulty

MAT 2:13 · MAT 8:33 · MAT 10:23 · MAT 24:16 · MAT 26:56 · MRK 5:14 · MRK 13:14 · MRK 14:50 · MRK 14:52 · MRK 16:8 · LUK 8:34 · LUK 21:21 · JHN 10:5 · JHN 10:12 · ACT 7:29 · ACT 27:30 · 1CO 10:14 · JAS 4:7 · REV 9:6

21.14 · Danger, Risk, Safe, Save · Become Safe, Free from Danger

to escape, to avoid to become safe from danger by avoiding or escaping

MAT 3:7 · MAT 23:33 · LUK 3:7 · HEB 11:34 · REV 12:6

13.95 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist

to cease quickly, to disappear rapidly to cease rapidly to exist For another interpretation of φεύγω in REV 16:20, see 24.6.

REV 16:20 · REV 20:11

13.161 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen

to avoid (a figurative extension of meaning of φεύγω[a] ‘to flee,’ 15.61) to avoid doing something, with the evident purpose of attempting to avoid danger

1CO 6:18 · 1TI 6:11 · 2TI 2:22

24.6 · Sensory Events and States · See

to disappear, to become invisible (a figurative extension of meaning of φεύγω[a] ‘to flee,’ 15.61) to disappear quickly from sight For another interpretation of φεύγω in REV 16:20, see 13.95.

REV 16:20

¹ It is possible that ἐκφεύγω[b] and ἀποφεύγω differ somewhat in meaning from φεύγω[b] and from each other, but it is not possible to determine from existing contexts what the distinctive features might be, except perhaps to indicate that ἐκφεύγω[b] and ἀποφεύγω may be connotatively somewhat more emphatic than φεύγω[b]. Note, also, that in this series of terms meaning to escape, there is no special indication of movement, but simply the fact of not having to experience some particular difficulty or danger.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

φεύγω ; fut. φεύξομαι ; 2 aor. ἔφυγον ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for 033 and m3; to 7166, 1. 6. a. to flee away, seek safety by flight: absol., Mt. viii. 33; xxvi. 56; Mk. v. 14; xiv. 50; Lk. viii. 34; Jn. x. 12, [13 (here GT Trtxt. WH om. L Trmrg. br. the cl.)]; Acts vii. 29; foll. by εἰς with an ace. of the place, Mt. ii. 13; x. 23; [xxiv. 16, here RG TWH ore. ἐπί]; Mk. xiii. 14; Lk. xxi. 21; [Jn. vi. 15 Tdf.]; Rev. xii. 6; foll. by ἐπί with an acc. of the place, Mt. xxiv. 16 [here L Tr WH txt. eis]; ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου, Acts xxvii. 30; foll. by ἀπό with a gen. of the place, in a purely local sense, to leave by fleeing, as in Grk. writ. (cf. W. 223 (210); [B.§ 131, 1]), Mk. xvi. 8; by ἀπό with a gen. of the pers. inspiring fear or threatening danger (after the Hebr.), Jn. x. 5; Jas. iv. 7; poetically, φεύξεται aw αὐτῶν ὁ θάνατος, death shall flee from them, opp. to ζητήσουσι θάνατον, Rev. ix. 6. b. metaph. to flee (to shun or avoid by flight) something abhorrent, esp. vices: with an ace. of the thing, 1 Co. vi. 18 (Sap. i. 5; 4 Mace. viii. 18); opp. to διώκειν, 1 Tim. vi. 11; 2 Tim. ii. 22; Hebraistically foll. by ἀπό with a gen. of the thing, 1 Co. x. 14 (ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας, Sir. xxi. 2). ο. to be saved by flight, to escape safe out of danger: absol. Heb. xii. 25 RG; with an ace. of the thing, Heb. xi. 34; Hebraistically foll. by ἀπό with a gen. — of the thing, Mt: iii. 7; xxiii. 33; Lk. iii. 7; of the pers. Mk. xiv. 52 [T Tr txt. WH om. L Tr mrg. br. ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν]. ἃ. poetically, to flee away i. q. vanish: πᾶσα νῆσος ἔφυγε καὶ ὄρη οὐχ εὑρέθησαν, Rey. xvi. 20; with the Hebraistie addition ἀπὸ προσώπου τινός (as in Deut. xxviii. 7; Josh. vii. 4; viii.5; 2 Chr. x. 2, ete.; see πρόσωπον, 1 b. p. 551

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

φεύγω pheugō 29x

absol. to flee, take to flight, Mt. 2:13; 8:33; to shrink, stand fearfully aloof, 1 Cor. 10:14; to make escape, Mt. 23:33; trans. to shun, 1 Cor. 6:18; 1 Tim. 6:11; 2 Tim. 2:22; to escape, Heb. 11:34

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

φεύγω

[in LXX chiefly for נוּס, also for בּרח, etc. ;]

to flee from or away, take flight: absol., Mt 8:33 26:56, Mk 5:14 14:50, Lk 8:34, Jo 10:12, Ac 7:29; seq. εἰς, Mt 2:13 10:23 24:16 (WH, txt.), Mk 13:14, Lk 21:21, Re 12:6; ἐπί, c. acc. loc., Mt 24:16 (WH, mg.); ἐκ, Ac 27:30; ἀπό, c. gen. loc. (cl.), Mk 16:8; id. c. gen. pers. (as in Heb.), Jo 10:5, Ja 4:7. Metaph.: absol., Re 16:20; c. acc. rei, I Co 6:18, He 11:34 (v. M, Pr., 116); opp. to διώκειν, I Ti 6:11, II Ti 2:22; seq. ἀπό, c. gen. pers., Re 9:6; ἀπὸ τ. προσώπου, Re 20:11; c. gen. rei, Mt 3:7 (M, Pr., l.c.) 23:33, Lk 3:7, I Co 10:14 (cf. ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, κατα-φεύγω).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

φεύγω, “‘flee,”’ “escape”: Preisigke 675718 (B.c. 249-8) κατελάβομεν δὲ τὸν ᾿Ατφεῦν πεφευγότα, P Oxy II. 295" (c. A.D. 35) γίνωσκε ὅτι Σέλευκος ἐλθὼν ὧδε πέφευγε, “I must tell you that Seleucus came here and has fled” (Edd.), 26. XIT. 14158 (late iii/a.p.) ἵν]α μὴ φεύγωσιν, ‘lest they run away,” to avoid a certain duty laid upon them, P Grenf 11,

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

φεύγω (pheugō) — to flee. φεύγω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive φευγέμεν, φευγέμεναι, [Refs]; imperfect ἔφευγον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future φεύξομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also φευξοῦμαι in [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but uncertain where found in Attic dialect Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φευξεῖται is uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; future active ἐκ-φεύξω only late, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἔφῠγον, Ionic dialect φύγεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέφευγα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; optative πεφεύγοι [Refs 8th c.BC+], participle πεφευγότες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle perfect passive πεφυγμένος in active sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πεφυζότες (compare φύζα) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect πεφύγγων, see at {φυγγάνω}:—middle, μὴ φεύγησθε Anon.Hist. in [Refs]aorist 1 δια-φεύξασθαι Decrees [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. absolutely, flee, take flight, opposed to διώκω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ πολέμοιο, ἐκ θανάτοιο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ Σάρδεων, ἐπὶ τὸν Ἑλικῶνα, [Refs 8th c.BC+] ran the course full swiftly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. τὴν παρὰ θάλασσαν (i.e. ὁδόν) flee by the shore route, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; for φυγῇ φεύγειν, see[Refs]

I.2. present and imperfect tenses properly express only the purpose or endeavour to get away: hence participle φεύγων is added to the compound Verbs καταφεύγω, ἐκφεύγω, προφεύγω, to distinguish the attempt from the accomplishment, βέλτερον, ὃς φεύγων προφύγῃ κακὸν ἠὲ ἁλώῃ it is better that one should flee and escape than stay and be caught, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.3. φ. εἰς.. have recourse to.. take refuge in.., ἐς τοὺς ἀφώνους μάρτυρας [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.4. with infinitive, shun or shrink from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with infinitive omitted, φεύγουσι γάρ τοι χοἱ θρασεῖς shrink back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. with accusative, flee, avoid, escape, Ἕκτορα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔφυγον κακόν, εὗρον ἄμεινον, formula used by μύσται, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; with modal dative, φ. ὄνειδος λόγοις, ἀμαχανίαν ἔργῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; avoid, shun, χρὴ.. φεύγειν τὰ παχύνοντα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; φόνον φ. flee the consequences of the murder, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδεμία [πόλις] πέφευγε (sed perhaps to be read ἀπέφυγε) δουλοσύνην πρὸς Ἱπποκράτεος at the hands of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: participle perfect passive also retains the accusative in [Refs 8th c.BC+] in periphrastic phrases, μοῖραν δ᾽ οὔ τινά φημι πεφυγμένον ἔμμεναι ἀνδρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+] — but in passive sense, τὸ πάραυτα πεφυγμένον κακόν Epicur. [prev. cited]

II. b seek to avoid, shirk, στρατείαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so in aorist, ἢν φύγῃ τις, ζημιοῦν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. of things, ἡνίοχον φύγον ἡνία escaped, slipped from his hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ φεῦγον the part which slips, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. b of wine, 'go off', turn sour, [Refs]

III. flee one's country, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ φεύγοντες the exiles, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ Ἀθηνέων, ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. φ. ὑπὸ Σκυθέων to be expelled, driven out by.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but especially to be exiled, φ. ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου by their sentence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.3. absolutely, go into exile, live in banishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. ἀειφυγίαν to be banished for life, [Refs]; φεόγειν Ἀμφίπολιν ἀειφυγίην [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also ἐν ἀειφυγίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φεύγοντες being in exile, opposed to φυγόντες having gone into exile, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with play on words, “μέχρι τίνος φεύξῃ, Ἀρκαδίω; καὶ ὅς, ἔς τ᾽ ἂν τοὺς ἀφίκωμαι οἳ οὐκ ἴσασι Φίλιππον” [Refs 4th c.BC+]

IV. as law-term (mostly in present and imperfect, but[Refs 5th c.BC+], to be accused or prosecuted at law: ὁ φεύγων the accused, defendant, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with accusative, φ. γραφάς, δίκην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the crime being added in genitive, φόνου δίκην φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; more frequently with genitive only, φ. φόνου to be charged with murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with genitive of the penalty, ἐὰν.. φεύγῃ δεσμῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also περὶ θανάτου φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσεβείας φ. ὑπό τινος is accused of impiety by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely of things, τὸ φεῦγον ψήφισμα the decree that is on its defence, the decree in question, [Refs 5th c.BC+] has the older sense, flee from a charge, quit one's country on account of a charge.

IV.2. plead in defence, δεῖ τοί σε φεύγειν.. ὡς οὐκ ἔχουσι κῦρος [οἱ νόμοι] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔφευγε μὴ εἰδέναι pleaded ignorance, [Refs 5th c.BC+], (Cf. Latin fugio, Gothic biugan 'bend', etc.)