Bible dictionaries
Eschew
What Bible dictionaries say about “Eschew”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Eschew - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
From old French eschever, "to flee from" (Job 1:1, 8; 2:3; 1 Pet. 3:11).
Eschew - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
ESCHEW', v.t. To flee from; to shun; to avoid.
He who obeys, destruction shall eschew.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
es-choo' (cur; ekklino):
Only 4 times in the King James Version (Job 1:1,8; 2:3; 1Pe 3:11), in all of which the American Standard Revised Version renders by the appropriate form of "turn away from."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915