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G5437 φυγή (phygḗ)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

flight

Strong's Definition

a fleeing, i.e. escape

Derivation: from G5343 (φεύγω);

KJV Usage: flight

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

φυγή, φυγῆς, ἡ (φεύγω), from Homer down, flight: Mat_24:20; Mar_13:18 Rec.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

φυγή phygē 1x a fleeing, flight, Mat_24:20

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

φυγή , -ῆς , ἡ ( < φεύγω ), [in LXX chiefly for H4498 and cogn . forms;] flight: Mat_24:20 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

φυγή [page 677] flight (Mat. 24:20) : P Tebt I. 48 .24 ( c. B.C. 113) ῥίψαντα τὸ ἱμάτιον εἰς φυγὴν ὁρμῆσαι , throwing away his garment took to flight, Gnomon 36 ( c. A.D. 150) (= BGU V. p. 20) αὐθ <έι̣ε̣ρ >ρετον ( l. αὐθαίρετον ) φυγὴν ἑλομένων , having taken to flight of their own accord, BGU III. 909 .14 (A.D. 359) τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς κώμης φυγὴ (ν ) π̣ο̣η̣σαμένων , and P Oxy XVI. 1876 .5 ( c. A.D. 480) διὰ τῆς φυγῆς περιγράφειν τὸ χρέος ἐσπούδασαν , they attempted by flight to evade payment of the debt (Edd.). For a weaker sense cf. ib. VIII. 1121 .26 (A.D. 295) ἐμοῦ ἤδη τὴν πρ [ὸς τὸν μ ]ίζονα φυγὴν ποιουμένη <ς >, since I a m already having recourse to the official (Ed.), in connexion with a petition.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

φυγή φυ^γή, ἡ, [Etym: φεύγω] "flight" in battle, Lat. fuga, Od. , Hdt. , Trag. ; dat. φυγῇ adverbially, "in hasty flight", Soph. , Eur. ; φυγῇ φεύγειν Plat. "flight or escape" from a thing, "avoidance of" it, c. gen., νόσων φυγαί Soph. ; φυγαὶ λέκτρων Eur. "banishment, exile", Lat. exilium, Trag. , Soph. ; φυγὴν φεύγειν to go into banishment, Plat. ; ζημιοῦν φυγῇ Eur. ; φυγῆς τιμᾶσθαι (sc. δίκην), to be awarded the penalty "of exile", Plat. as a collective Noun, = φυγάδες, "a body of exiles or refugees", Thuc. , Aeschin.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

φυγή, -ῆς, ἡ (φεύγω), [in LXX chiefly for מָנוֹס and cogn. forms ;] flight: Mat.24:20.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

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