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Lexicon :: Strong's G1578 - ekklinō

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ἐκκλίνω
Transliteration
ekklinō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-klee'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐκκλίνω ekklínō, ek-klee'-no; from G1537 and G2827; to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety):—avoid, eschew, go out of the way.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1578 in the following manner: eschew (1x), avoid (1x), go out of the way (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1578 in the following manner: eschew (1x), avoid (1x), go out of the way (1x).

  1. to turn aside, deviate (from the right way and course)

  2. to turn (one's self) away, to turn away from, keep aloof from one's society

  3. to shun one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκκλίνω ekklínō, ek-klee'-no; from G1537 and G2827; to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety):—avoid, eschew, go out of the way.
STRONGS G1578:
ἐκκλίνω [Romans 16:17 T Tr WH]; 1 aorist ἐξέκλινα; in Greek writings from Thucydides down; 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 (Ps. 14:3)); or from evil (a malis declinare, Cicero, Tusc. 4, 6): ἀπὸ κακοῦ, 1 Peter 3:11 (Psalm 33:15 (Ps. 34:15); Psalm 36:27 (Ps. 37:27); 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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
5:32
Psalms
13:3; 14:3; 33:15; 34:15; 37:27
Proverbs
3:7
Malachi
2:8
Romans
3:12; 16:17; 16:17
1 Peter
3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1578 matches the Greek ἐκκλίνω (ekklinō),
which occurs 132 times in 126 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 3 (Pro 15:24–Mal 3:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life leads upward for the prudent,
that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:27 - Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household,
but he who hates bribes will live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright turns aside from evil;
whoever guards his way preserves his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - The wicked accepts a bribe in secret[fn]
to pervert the ways of justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:5 - It is not good to be partial to[fn] the wicked
or to deprive the righteous of justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:7 - Wisdom is too high for a fool;
in the gate he does not open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9 - If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
even his prayer is an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
each devours the flesh of his own arm,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - to turn aside the needy from justice
and to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For thus says the LORD:
“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and bounced upon her knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:23 - But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart;
they have turned aside and gone away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:25 - Your iniquities have turned these away,
and your sins have kept good from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - O you hope of Israel,
its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?

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the crags of Sirion?[fn]
Do the mountain waters run dry,[fn]
the cold flowing streams?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 - to deny a man justice
in the presence of the Most High,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you and diminished your allotted portion and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:5 - we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:6 - With their flocks and herds they shall go
to seek the LORD,
but they will not find him;
he has withdrawn from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:7 - Like warriors they charge;
like soldiers they scale the wall.
They march each on his way;
they do not swerve from their paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth
and turn aside the way of the afflicted;
a man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:12 - For I know how many are your transgressions
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and turn aside the needy in the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:6 - those who have turned back from following the LORD,
who do not seek the LORD or inquire of him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:8 - But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:7 - From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

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