Strong's Greek Concordance

G668: ἀποφεύγω

apopheúgō · “to escape”

Definition

(figuratively) to escape

KJV translates it as: escape

Word origin: from G575 (ἀπό) and G5343 (φεύγω);

Extended definition

ἀπο-φεύγω
[in LXX: Sir.22:22 * ;]
to flee from, escape: with accusative, 2Pe.2:18 2:20; with genitive, 2Pe.1:4.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G668 is translated

  • having escaped ×2
  • escaping ×1

Bible verses with G668 (apopheúgō)

Apopheúgō appears in 3 verses.

  • 2 Peter 1:4

    Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

  • 2 Peter 2:18

    For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

  • 2 Peter 2:20

    For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.