"intrans. to flee out, to make an escape, Acts 16:27; 19:16; trans. to escape, avoid, Lk. 21:36; Rom. 2:3"
Definition and meaning
intrans. to flee out, to make an escape, Acts 16:27; 19:16; trans. to escape, avoid, Lk. 21:36; Rom. 2:3
In the original Greek the word is written: ἐκφεύγω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of ekpheugo (G1628) across the King James Bible.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
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Common questions
Strong's G1628 (ekpheugo) is a Greek word that means: intrans. to flee out, to make an escape, Acts 16:27; 19:16; trans. to escape, avoid, Lk. 21:36; Rom. 2:3 It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word ekpheugo (G1628) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1628 is ekpheugo, a Greek word defined as: intrans. to flee out, to make an escape, Acts 16:27; 19:16; trans. to escape, avoid, Lk. 21:36; Rom. 2:3. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
ekpheugo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.