Words the Bible translates as escape
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pheugōφεύγωto flee: to move fast away from something dangerous, whether to save yourself, to get clear of it, or to keep well away from it
- nusנוּסto flee: to run from danger, whether to escape it or to reach safety
- malatמָלַטto get safely out of danger, or to get someone else safely out: to escape, or to rescue
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- to bring forth young, to give birth: to let a child or egg slip out into the world
- diasōzōδιασῴζωto bring someone safely through a deadly danger and out the other side of it
- baraḥבָּרַחto flee: to break away and run, usually a deliberate escape from danger or from someone with power over you
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- to reach across, to pass straight through from one end to the other
- ekpheugōἐκφεύγωto escape: to get all the way out of something that had a hold on you, and end up clear of it
- peletahפְּלֵיטָהgetting out of a disaster alive: both the escape itself and the people who come through it
- palatפָּלַטto bring safely out of danger: to deliver, rescue, or come safely through.
- totsa'ahתּוֹצָאָהgoings out: the point at which a line, a place, or a thing runs out, ends, or issues forth
- diapheugōδιαφεύγωto escapenot studied yet
- manosמָנוֹסescape: the way out of danger, whether the running away itself or the safe place you run to
- apopheugōἀποφεύγωto escapenot studied yet
- miphlatמִפְלָטa way out to safety: the place a person escapes to, or the means that makes getting away possible
- saradשָׂרַדto escapenot studied yet
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