Strong's Greek · G5343

φεύγω

pheúgō

escape, flee (away)

Definition

to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish

Derivation

apparently a primary verb;

Appears 29 times in Scripture

Matthew 23:33

You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Mark 5:14

Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

Mark 14:52

but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.

Matthew 26:56

But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Matthew 24:16

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Mark 16:8

So the women left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear they did not say a word to anyone.

Mark 14:50

Then everyone deserted Him and fled.

Matthew 2:13

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

Acts 7:29

At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

Matthew 8:33

Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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