φεύγω

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.)