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Escape

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

"to flee" (Lat., fuga, "flight," etc.; cp. Eng. "fugitive, subterfuge"), is rendered "escape" in Matthew 23:33; Hebrews 11:34 . See FLEE.

"to flee away from" (apo, "from," and No. 1), is used in 2 Peter 1:4; 2:18,20 .

lit., "to flee through," is used of the "escaping" of prisoners from a ship, Acts 27:42 . For the word in Acts 27:44 , see No. 5.

"to flee out of a place" (ek, "out of," and No. 1), is said of the "escape" of prisoners, Acts 16:27; of Sceva's sons, "fleeing" from the demoniac, Acts 19:16; of Paul's escape from Damascus, 2 Corinthians 11:33; elsewhere with reference to the judgments of God, Luke 21:36; Romans 2:3; Hebrews 2:3; 12:25; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 . See FLEE.

in the Active Voice, "to bring safely through a danger" (dia, "through," intensive, sozo, "to save"), to make completely whole, to heal, Luke 7:3; to bring "safe," Acts 23:24; "to save," 27:43; in the Passive Voice, Matthew 14:36 , "were made whole;" 1 Peter 3:20 . It is also used in the Passive Voice, signifying "to escape," said of shipwrecked mariners, Acts 27:44; 28:1,4 . See HEAL , SAFE , SAVE.

Note: Exerchomai, "to come or go out of a place," is rendered, "He escape," in John 10:39 , AV, an unsuitable translation, both in meaning and in regard to the circumstances of the Lord's departure from His would-be captors. The RV "went forth" is both accurate and appropriate to the dignity of the Lord's actions.

"a way out" (ek, "out," baino, "to go"), denotes (a) "an escape," 1 Corinthians 10:13 , used with the definite article and translated "the way of escape," as afforded by God in case of temptation; (b) "an issue or result," Hebrews 13:7 . See END , ISSUE. Cp. ekbaino, "to go out," Hebrews 11:15 (some mss. have exerchomai).