ἀποφεύγω
apopheugō · escape
Greek word · Strong’s number G668 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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apopheugō (ἀποφεύγω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “escape”.
Flee from something.
How to say it
a·po·pheu·gō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To get free of a danger or a trap by getting away in time.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- after they have escaped ×1
- escaping ×1
- having escaped ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Peter 1:4
through which he has granted us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become sharers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through desire.
- 2 Peter 2:18
For uttering swelling words of futility, they entice with desires of the flesh, with debaucheries, those who are barely escaping from those who live in error,
- 2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first.