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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 1 / 3 (Gen 18:5–1Ki 16:28)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5 - And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant's home. After that you may be on your way." "All right," they replied, "you may do as you say."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - He said, "Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant's house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning." "No," they replied, "we'll spend the night in the town square."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:3 - But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:16 - He turned aside to her along the road and said, "Come on! I want to have sex with you." (He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked, "What will you give me in exchange for having sex with you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:6 - They will fill your houses, the houses of your servants, and all the houses of Egypt, such as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since they have been in the land until this day!'" Then Moses turned and went out from Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:2 - "You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King's Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21 - So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 - "Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King's Highway until we pass your borders."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - Then the angel of the LORD went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:27 - "Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32 - Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:19 - You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3 - "Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - 'Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the LORD our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 - For I know that after I die you will totally corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly before the LORD, inciting him to anger because of your actions."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won't swerve from it to the right or the left,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the LORD's commands, but they did not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion's remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion's carcass, as well as some honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - As they approached Micah's house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - They stopped there, went inside the young Levite's house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late and the servant said to his master, "Come on, let's stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night in it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:12 - But his master said to him, "We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15 - They stopped there and decided to spend the night in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:8 - All Israel rose up in unison and said, "Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 - Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, "Come here and sit down, 'John Doe'!" So he came and sat down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:3 - But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - Then Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid. You have indeed sinned. However, don't turn aside from the LORD. Serve the LORD with all your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:7 - His armor bearer said to him, "Do everything that is on your mind. Do as you're inclined. I'm with you all the way!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - Saul said to the Kenites, "Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:53 - When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - But one of the servants told Nabal's wife Abigail, "David sent messengers from the desert to greet our lord, but he screamed at them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers and take his equipment for yourself!" But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - They came from nations about which the LORD had warned the Israelites, "You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods." But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4 - When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:9 - The LORD was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:5 - He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - Omri passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.

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