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Lexicon :: Strong's G2703 - katapheugō

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καταφεύγω
Transliteration
katapheugō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-af-yoo'-go
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

καταφεύγω katapheúgō, kat-af-yoo'-go; from G2596 and G5343; to flee down (away):—flee.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2703 in the following manner: flee (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2703 in the following manner: flee (2x).

  1. to flee away, flee for refuge

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταφεύγω katapheúgō, kat-af-yoo'-go; from G2596 and G5343; to flee down (away):—flee.
STRONGS G2703:
καταφεύγω: 2 aorist κατέφυγον; (from Herodotus down); to flee away, flee for refuge: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Acts 14:6; οἱ καταφυγόντες, we who (cf. Buttmann, § 144, 9 c.) have fled from namely, the irreligious mass of mankind, followed by an infinitive of purpose, Hebrews 6:18; cf. Delitzsch at the passage.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
14:6
Hebrews
6:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2703 matches the Greek καταφεύγω (katapheugō),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - I will send armies against you to carry out the curse of the covenant you have broken. When you run to your towns for safety, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be handed over to your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - “But if the slayer ever leaves the limits of the city of refuge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax to chop down a tree, and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - As the sun was going down, Joshua gave instructions for the bodies of the kings to be taken down from the poles and thrown into the cave where they had been hiding. Then they covered the opening of the cave with a pile of large rocks, which remains to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These cities were set apart for all the Israelites as well as the foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed another person could take refuge in one of these cities. In this way, they could escape being killed in revenge prior to standing trial before the local assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:9 - Rescue me from my enemies, LORD;
I run to you to hide me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3 - What will you do when I punish you,
when I send disaster upon you from a distant land?
To whom will you turn for help?
Where will your treasures be safe?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortified towns of Israel[fn] will also be destroyed,
and the royal power of Damascus will end.
All that remains of Syria[fn]
will share the fate of Israel’s departed glory,”
declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15 - If any nation comes to fight you,
it is not because I sent them.
Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:5 - You also will command nations you do not know,
and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey,
because I, the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:5 - They will ask the way to Jerusalem[fn]
and will start back home again.
They will bind themselves to the LORD
with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:11 - Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you.
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