ἐκνεύω: 1 aorist ἐξένευσα; 1. to bend to one side (τῇ κεφαλή, Xenophon, ven. 10, 12). 2. to take oneself away, withdraw: Joh_5:13, where Chrysostom says that ἐξενευσε is equivalent to ἐξεκλινε; but others derive the form from ἐκνέω, which see (the Sept. for ρεΜψ, Jdg_4:18 Alex.; τΘΜπΘδ, to turn oneself, Jdg_18:26 Alex.; 2Ki_2:24; 2Ki_23:16; (add 3Ma_3:22; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 4, 2). In secular authors also transitively, to avoid a thing; as τά βέλη, Diodorus 15, 87; πληγήν, ibid. 17, 100.) STRONGS NT 1593: ἐκνέωἐκνέω 1. properly, to swim away, escape by swimming (Thucydides 2, 90). 2. to escape, slip away secretly ((Pindar Ol. 13, 163); Euripides, Hipp. 470, etc.); in this sense many interpretations take ἐξενευσε in Joh_5:13. But Jesus withdrew not to avoid danger but the admiration of the people; for the danger first arose after his withdrawal.

ἐκνεύω ekneuō 1x pr. to swim out, to escape by swimming; hence, generally, to escape, get clear of a place, Joh_5:13 ; though ἐκνεύσας , in this place, may be referred to ἐκνεύω , to deviate, withdraw

ἐκ -νεύω , [in LXX : Jdg_4:18 ( H5493 ) Jdg_18:26 , 2Ki_2:24 ; 2Ki_23:16 ( H6437 ), Mic_6:14 ( H5472 hi .), 3Ma_3:22 * ;] 1. to bend the head aside ( Xen .). 2. (a) to shun, avoid ( Diod .); (b) to withdraw: Joh_5:13†

ἐκνεύω [page 196] For a transitive use of this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Joh_5:13 ) see BGU IV. 1189 .7 ( c. B.C. 1) τῶν προκιμένων ἀνδρῶν ἐγνενευκότων τὴν ἐνφανήαν ἠναγκάσθην κτλ . In the Jn passage the verb is best rendered intransitively had turned aside, had retired : cf. Field Notes , p. 88.

ἐκνεύω fut. σω aor1 ἐξένευσα [Etym: cf. ἐκνέω] "to turn the head aside", Xen. c. acc. "to shun, avoid", Orph. "to fall headlong", Eur. "to give" one "a sign" to move away, c. inf., id=Eur.

ἐκ-νεύω [in LXX: Jdg.4:18 (סוּר) Jdg.18:26, 4Ki.2:24 23:16 (פָּנָה), Mic.6:14 (סוּג hi.), 3Ma.3:22 * ;] __1. to bend the head aside (Xen.). __2. __(a) to shun, avoid (Diod.); __(b) to withdraw: Jhn.5:13† (AS)