Word

καταφεύγω

katapheúgō · G2703 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to flee, to flee for safety

To flee from an area, with probably greater intensity than in the case of φεύγω and φυγή

Examples
Acts 14:6 they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;
to flee to safety, to take refuge

To become safe by taking refuge

Examples
Hebrews 6:18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to hold firmly to the hope set before us.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated: they 1
Not stated in the clause 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰςto+ περίχωροςsurrounding region 1
εἰςto+ πόλιςcity 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔχωto have 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Contrasting words 2 words

μένω ménō · G3306 · to remain, to stay, to await: Lexical opposite expressing the action of staying in place rather than fleeing; directly contrasts with καταφεύγω's core sense of departing or fleeing from a location
διώκω diṓkō · G1377 · to run after, to chase after, to pursue: Lexical opposite from the perspective of action: pursuing/chasing is the opposite action to fleeing; one flees (καταφεύγω) while another pursues (διώκω)

In the other Testament 3 words

נוּס nûwç · H5127 · to flee, to put to flight, to cause to flee: Standard Hebrew verb for fleeing, escaping, or taking flight; directly parallels καταφεύγω in contexts of fleeing for safety or refuge
חָסָה châçâh · H2620 · to take refuge, to find refuge, to find shelter: Hebrew verb emphasizing the goal of fleeing (seeking refuge/shelter), matching καταφεύγω's semantic domain 21.15 'to flee to safety, to take refuge'
בָּרַח bârach · H1272 · to flee, to put to flight, to chase away: Hebrew verb for fleeing or escaping, often used for fleeing from danger or pursuit, semantically equivalent to καταφεύγω

Semantic domains 2 entries

To flee, to flee for safety15.62: In Acts 14:6, of Paul and Barnabas fleeing persecution at Iconium it is written, “they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region,” using this word for the act of fleeing from danger.
To flee to safety, to take refuge21.15: In Hebrews 6:18, the writer speaks of believers' hope, “so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to hold firmly to the hope set before us,” using this word for the act of taking refuge or fleeing to safety.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

φεύγω pheúgō · G5343 · to run away, to flee, flight · 29×ἐκφεύγω ekpheúgō · G1628 · to flee out of, to flee from, to escape · 8×ἀποφεύγω apopheúgō · G668 · to escape, to avoid · 3×καταφεύγωkatapheúgō · G2703διαφεύγω diapheúgō · G1309 · to flee successfully, to escape by fleeing, to escape · 1×φυγή phygḗ · G5437 · to run away, to flee, flight · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 2 aorist κατέφυγον; (from Herodotus down); to flee away, flee for refuge: followed by…

: 2 aorist κατέφυγον; (from Herodotus down); to flee away, flee for refuge: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Acts 14:6; οἱ καταφυγόντες, we who (cf. Buttmann, § 144, 9 c.) have fled from namely, the irreligious mass of mankind, followed by an infinitive of purpose, Heb 6:18; cf. Delitzsch at the passage.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send1 occurrence Become Safe, Free from Danger1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0