Lexicon ekklinó: to deviate, to turn away (from someone or something) Original Word: ἐκκλίνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekklinó Phonetic Spelling: (ek-klee'-no) Short Definition: I fall away from, turn away Definition: (lit: I bend away from), I fall away from, turn away (from), deviate. HELPS word-Studies 1578 ekklínō (from 1537 /ek, "out from and to" and 2827 /klínō, "bend") – properly, to bow out (turn away), with its inevitable outcome (out-come); exclude; fully avoid by deliberate, decisive rejection (turning away from). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ek and klinóDefinitionto deviate, to turn away (from someone or something) NASB Translationturn away (2), turned aside (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1578: ἐκκλίνωἐκκλίνω ( Romans 16:17 T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐξέκλινα; in Greek writings from Thucydides down; the Sept. chiefly for סוּר and נָטָה; intransitive, to turn aside, deviate (from the right way and course, Malachi 2:8 (cf. Deuteronomy 5:32)); metaphorically and absolutely, to turn (oneself) away ( Buttmann, 144f (126f); Winer's Grammar, 251 (236)), either from the path of rectitude, Romans 3:12 ( Psalm 13:3 ()); or from evil (amalisdeclinare, Cicero, Tusc. 4, 6): ἀπό κακοῦ, 1 Peter 3:11 (Psalm 33:15 (); Psalm 36:27 (); Proverbs 3:7); ἀπό with the genitive of person to turn away from, keep aloof from, one's society; to shun one: Romans 16:17 (οὕς, Ignatius ad Eph. 7, 1 [ET]).
Strong's avoid, eschew, go out of the way. From ek and klino; to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety) -- avoid, eschew, go out of the way. see GREEK ek see GREEK klino |
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