Definition

to flee through, i.e. escape

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and G5343 (φεύγω);

Word family

• διά diá
• φεύγω pheúgō

How the KJV renders it

• escape

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.