φεύγωpheúgō
to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish
Greek (New Testament) · G5343
Meanings
to flee from or away, take flight: absolutely, Matthew 8:33, Matthew 26:56, Mark 5:14, Mark 14:50, Luke 8:34, John 10:12, Acts 7:29; followed by εἰς, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 10:23, Matthew 24:16, Mark 13:14, Luke 21:21, Revelation 12:6; ἐπί, with accusative loc., Matthew 24:16; ἐκ, Acts 27:30; ἀπό, with genitive loc. (classical Greek), Mark 16:8; id. with genitive of person (as in Heb.), John 10:5, James 4:7. Metaph.: absolutely, Revelation 16:20; with accusative of thing, 1 Corinthians 6:18, Hebrews 11:34; opposed to διώκειν, 1 Timothy 6:11, 2 Timothy 2:22; followed by ἀπό, with genitive of person, Revelation 9:6; ἀπὸ τ. προσώπου, Revelation 20:11; with genitive of thing, Matthew 3:7 Matthew 23:33, Luke 3:7, 1 Corinthians 10:14 (cf. ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, κατα-φεύγω).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 29 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
- Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?
- Matthew 8:33 The herdsmen fled to the nearby town, telling everyone what happened to the demon-possessed men.
- Matthew 10:23 When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.
- Matthew 23:33 Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?
- Matthew 24:16 “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.