Word

φεύγω

pheúgō · G5343 · Greek · 29 occurrences

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Meanings

to run away, to flee, flight

To move quickly from a point or area in order to avoid presumed danger or difficulty

Examples
Matthew 2:13 Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
Matthew 8:33 And the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
Matthew 10:23 “But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.
to escape, to avoid

To become safe from danger by avoiding or escaping

Examples
Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 23:33 “You snakes, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
Luke 3:7 So he was saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
to cease quickly, to disappear rapidly

To cease rapidly to exist

Examples
Revelation 16:20 And every island fled, and no mountains were found.
Revelation 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them.
to avoid

(A figurative extension of meaning of φεύγω ‘to flee,’) To avoid doing something, with the evident purpose of attempting to avoid danger

Examples
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee sexual immorality. Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
1 Timothy 6:11 But flee from these things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
2 Timothy 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
to disappear, to become invisible

(A figurative extension of meaning of φεύγω ‘to flee,’) To disappear quickly from sight

Examples
Revelation 16:20 And every island fled, and no mountains were found.

How it’s used In 6 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

29 occurrences in 17 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 4
βόσκωto tend, to feed 3
ἸουδαίαJudea 3
Not stated: they 3
Not stated in the clause 3
Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐπιθυμίαdesire, lust 1
οὗτοςthis 1
πορνείαsexual immorality, fornication 1
στόμαmouth 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

17 occurrences in 13 groups

εἰςto+ ὄροςmountain 3
Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

With adverbsAdverbs

5 occurrences in 2 groups

τότεthen 4
πῶςhow? by what means? 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κάθημαιto sit 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ὑποδείκνυμιto make known 2
ζητέωto seek, to look for 1
λέγωto say 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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In the other Testament 2 words

נוּס nûwç · H5127 · to flee, to put to flight, to cause to flee: φεύγω (pheúgō, G5343) φεύγω is the standard Greek translation equivalent of נוּס (nûwç, H5127) נוּס across the LXX, both denoting physical flight/fleeing from danger or pursuit, with shared extensions to figurative avoidance or vanishing.
בָּרַח bârach · H1272 · to flee, to put to flight, to chase away: Hebrew בָּרַח and Greek φεύγω both denote the core action of fleeing or running away, sharing literal escape contexts and extended figurative uses (shunning, avoiding); the Greek term additionally emphasizes the vanishing/disappearing aspect while Hebrew emphasizes the driving-away causative nuance, but both center on rapid departure from danger or unwanted presence.

Semantic domains 5 entries

To avoid13.161: 1 Corinthians 6:18 commands, “Flee sexual immorality.”
To cease quickly, to disappear rapidly13.95: Revelation 20:11 says that from the presence of the One on the great white throne, “earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them”.
To run away, to flee, flight15.61: Matthew 26:56 recounts that “all the disciples left Him and fled”.
To escape, to avoid21.14: Matthew 23:33 asks, “how will you escape the sentence of hell?”
To disappear, to become invisible24.6: Revelation 16:20 says “every island fled, and no mountains were found”.

Word family 6 words

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

φεύγωpheúgō · G5343ἐκφεύγω ekpheúgō · G1628 · to flee out of, to flee from, to escape · 8×ἀποφεύγω apopheúgō · G668 · to escape, to avoid · 3×καταφεύγω katapheúgō · G2703 · to flee, to flee for safety, to flee to safety · 2×διαφεύγω 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 future φεύξομαι; 2 aorist ἔφυγον; from Homer down; the Sept. for נוּס and בָּרַח; to…

future φεύξομαι; 2 aorist ἔφυγον; from Homer down; the Sept. for נוּס and בָּרַח; to flee, i. e.
a. to flee away, seek safety by flight: absolutely, Mt 8:33; Mt 26:56; Mk 5:14; Mk 14:50; Lk 8:34; Jn 10:12 (13 (here G T Tr text WH omit; L Tr marginal reading brackets the clause)); Acts 7:29; followed by εἰς with an accusative of the place, Mt 2:13; Mt 10:23; (Mt 24:16, here R G T WH marginal reading ἐπί); Mk 13:14; Lk 21:21; (Jn 6:15 Tdf.); Rev 12:6; followed by ἐπί with an accusative of the place, Mt 24:16 (here L Tr WH text εἰς); ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου, Acts 27:30; followed by ἀπό with a genitive of the place, in a purely local sense, to leave by fleeing, as in Greek writings (cf. Winers Grammar, 223 (210); (Buttmann, § 131, 1)), Mk 16:8: by ἀπό with a genitive of the person inspiring fear or threatening danger (after the Hebrew), Jn 10:5; Jas 4:7: poetically, φεύξεται ἀπ' αὐτῶν ὁ θάνατος, death shall flee from them, opposed to ζητησουσι θάνατον, Rev 9:6.
b. metaphorically, to flee (to shun or avoid by flight) something abhorrent, especially vices: with an accusative of the thing, 1 Cor 6:18 (Wis. 1:5; 4 Macc. 8:18); opposed to διώκειν, 1 Tim 6:11; 2 Tim 2:22; Hebraistically followed by ἀπό with a genitive of the thing, 1 Cor 10:14 (ἀπό ἁμαρτίας, Sir. 21:2).
c. to be saved by flight, to escape safe out of danger: absolutely Heb 12:25 R G; with an accusative of the thing, Heb 11:34; Hebraistically followed by ἀπό with a genitive — of the thing, Mt 3:7; Mt 23:33; Lk 3:7; of the person Mk 14:52 (T Tr text WH omit; L Tr marginal reading brackets ἀπ' αὐτῶν).
d. poetically, to flee altar equivalent to vanish: πᾶσα νῆσος ἔφυγε καί ὄρη οὐχ εὑρέθησαν, Rev 16:20; with the Hebraistic addition ἀπό προσώπου τίνος (as in Deut 28:7; Josh 7:4; Josh 8:5; 2 Chr 10:2, etc.; see πρόσωπον, 1 b., p. 551b middle), Rev 20:11. (Compare the synonyms: ἀποφεύγω (emphasizes the inner endeavor or aversion), διαφεύγω (suggests the space which the flight must traverse), ἐκφεύγω (looks rather to the physical possibility), καταφεύγω (points to the place or the person where refuge is sought); Schmidt, Syn., chapter 109.)

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

Topical studies with this word 5 entries

Exist2 occurrences Happen3 occurrences Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send19 occurrences Become Safe, Free from Danger5 occurrences See1 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