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G5437 φυγή (phygḗ)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

φυγή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. flight

Strong's Definition

a fleeing, i.e. escape

Derivation: from G5343 (φεύγω);

KJV Usage: flight

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ῆς | φεύγω

15.61 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send

to run away, to flee, flight to move quickly from a point or area in order to avoid presumed danger or difficulty

MAT 24:20

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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, Mt. 24:20*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

φυγή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< φεύγω), [in LXX chiefly for מָנוֹס and cogn. forms ;]

flight: Mt 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-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

φυγή (phugē) — flight. φῠγή, ἡ, (φεύγω) flight in battle, ἀΐξαντε φυγῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς φ. ὁρμᾶσθαι, ὁρμᾶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυγὴν αἱρεῖσθαι, ἀρεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, flight, [NT]; φ. ἑλέσθαι take to flight, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] used adverbially, in hasty flight, φυγᾷ πόδα νωμᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φεύγειν φ., φ. ἀναχωρεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of the flight of the country people of Attica into the city, in the Pelop. war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. flight or escape from a thing, avoidance of it, with genitive, γάμον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to αἵρεσις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to δίωξις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. place of refuge, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

4. slipping of a bandage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. banishment, exile, νῦν μὲν δικάζεις ἐκ πόλεως φυγὴν ἐμοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συμφυγεῖν τὴν φ. ταύτην (i.e. ὑμῖν) to go into banishment with.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυγὴν ἐπιβαλὼν ἑωυτῷ imposing banishment on oneself [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυγῆς τιμήσασθαι (i.e. δίκην) the penalty of exile, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ φόνῳ.. φ. Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐθύνας.. εἶναι.. πλὴν φυγῆς καὶ θανάτου καὶ ἀτιμίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. as a collective Noun, ={φυγάδες}, body of exiles or refugees, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατάγειν τὴν φυγήν to recall them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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

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