δια-φεύγω G1309
to escape, get away; to flee successfully from danger or captivity
This verb means to escape, get away from, or flee successfully. Acts 27:42 describes soldiers' plan to kill prisoners lest any 'might escape' by swimming. Classical usage included escaping danger, surviving illness, or slipping from notice. The successful evasion or escape from threat, captivity, or danger is the central concept.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To escape or get away from captivity or danger, successfully fleeing. The soldiers' fear in Acts 27:42 was that prisoners 'might escape' during the shipwreck by swimming to shore—a capital offense for guards who lost prisoners. The aorist subjunctive expresses potential escape, the possibility the soldiers wanted to prevent by execution. Translations uniformly recognize successful evasion as the concern. 1×
AR["يَهْرُبَ"]·ben["পালাই"]·DE["διαφύγῃ"]·EN["might-escape"]·FR["échapper"]·heb["וְיִבְרַח"]·HI["भागजाए।"]·ID["melarikan-diri."]·IT["sfuggire"]·jav["lolos."]·KO["도망치기를"]·PT["escapasse."]·RU["сбежал"]·ES["escapara"]·SW["akatoroke"]·TR["kaçsın"]·urd["بھاگ-جائے"]
Related Senses
H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)H7971 1. to send, dispatch (Qal) (701×)G2064 1. come / arrive (physical movement toward) (588×)H5307 1. Qal: fall down physically (339×)H5375 1. Qal: to lift up, raise (330×)H5975 1. to stand, stand up (310×)H5674a 1. Qal: pass by, pass through (256×)H3381 1. Qal: to go down, descend (physical movement) (242×)G1831 1. go/come out physically (193×)H5337 1. deliver, rescue, save (Hifil) (188×)H7901 1. lie down, rest, sleep (183×)G1525 1. enter a place physically (179×)H7812 1. prostrate oneself, bow down, worship (173×)H3318 2. Hifil: bring out, lead out, take out (persons) (172×)H7725 2. to bring back, restore (Hifil) (151×)H5674a 2. Qal: cross over (134×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
δια-φεύγω, future -φεύξομαιRefs 5th c.BC+:—get away from, escape, τινά or τι, Refs 5th c.BC+; survive, [νόσημα] Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ τῆς Μήλου Refs 5th c.BC+; διαφεύγει δ᾽ οὐδὲ νῦν but it is not even now too late, Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, διεφεύχθη ὁ κίνδυνος Refs 1st c.AD+ __2 escape one's notice or memory, Refs 5th c.BC+