Lexical Definition

‎ἀποφεύγω‎ apopheúgō (ap-of-yoo'-go) to escape ^G:V
from ‎ἀπό‎ and ‎φεύγω‎

escape.

• (figuratively) to escape

Abbott-Smith

** ἀπο-φεύγω, [in LXX: Si 22:22*;]
to flee from, escape: c. acc., II Pe 2:18, 20; c. gen., II Pe 1:4.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀποφεύγω-φεύγω,

future -φεύξομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] -οῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -πέφευγα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—flee from, escape, c.accusative, [ἀποφεύγωφεύγει 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1159; τὴν πεπρωμένην μοῖραν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.91; τὴν μάχην [prev. author] 5.102; κῆρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1166 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30a; νόσον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.15; ἀ. ἐκ τῶν πλησίον κωμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.9; ἐς Νίσαιαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.114: rarely with \_genitive\_, ἀ. τῆς φθορᾶς NT.2Pet.1.4">NT+6th c.BC+]: with infinitive, auoid, λέγειν[Refs 6th c.AD+]: absolutely, get safe away, escape, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; go free, of manumitted slaves, [Refs]

__II as law-term, ἀ. πολλὸν τοὺς διώκοντας[ἀποφεύγωφύγοι δίκην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 167, compare 1151; γραφάς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.16; εὐθύνας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946d: with double \_accusative\_ \_person\_ et \_of things\_, ἀπέφυγον αὐτοὺς τὰς δίκας ἅς μοι ἐνεκάλουν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.19. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 absolutely, get clear off, be acquitted, opposed to ἁλίσκομαι, [ἀποφεύγωφεύγει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 579. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 of a woman in child-birth, bring to birth, ἀ. τὸ παιδίον ἐν τῷ τόκῳ[ἀποφεύγωφυγεῖν [prev. author] “Nat.Mul.” 56.">Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 2Pet.1.4}