Quick Definition
ἐκνεύω v. I retire, withdraw
Strong's Definition
(by analogy) to slip off, i.e. quietly withdraw
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3506 (νεύω);
KJV Usage: convey self away
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκνεύω ekneuō 1x
pr. to swim out, to escape by swimming; hence, generally, to escape, get clear of a place, Jn. 5:13; though ἐκνεύσας, in this place, may be referred to ἐκνεύω, to deviate, withdraw*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-νεύω
[in LXX: Jg 4:18 (סוּר) Jg 18:26, IV Ki 2:24 23:16 (פָּנָה), Mi 6:14 (סוּג hi.), III Mac 3:22 * ;]
to bend the head aside (Xen.).
to shun, avoid (Diod.);
to withdraw: Jo 5:13†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκνεύω. For a transitive use of this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Jn 51°) see BGU IV. 11897 (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 Motes, p. 88.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκνεύω (ekneuō) — to withdraw. ἐκνεύω, aorist ἐξένευσα, turn the head out of its natural position, of a horse, ἐ. ἄνω to toss the head, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ κεφαλῇ ἐκνεύσας by a side-movement with the head, of the wild boar, [LXX]
2. with accusative, shun, avoid, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. fall headlong, εἰς θάνατον [Refs 5th c.BC+]to turn aside, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. motion away, ἐξένευσ᾽ ἀποστῆναι πρόσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]