Strong G1593ἐκνεύω

to withdraw

Transliteration
ekneuō
Pronunciation
ek-nyoo'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1537 and G3506; (by analogy) to slip off that is quietly withdraw: - convey self away.

Detailed definition

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)

In the Bible

Strong G1593 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • convey1

First verses

  1. John 5:13
    And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκνεύω,
aorist ἐξένευσα, turn the head out of its natural position, of a horse, ἐ. ἄνω to toss the head, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 5.4)]; τῇ κεφαλῇ ἐκνεύσας by a side-movement with the head, of the wild boar, [LXX ([prev. author] “Cyn.” 10.12, cf. LXX.2Ki.23.16.)]
2 with accusative, shun, avoid, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 27, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.146, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 458; ξίφος Hegesias cited in 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18; πληγήν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.100.)]
II fall headlong, εἰς θάνατον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1268; ἐ. πρός τι)]to turn aside, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.297: with _genitive_, τῶν παρόντων 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.7.34.)]
III motion away, ἐξένευσ᾽ ἀποστῆναι πρόσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1330.)]