Strong's Lexicon
G1593 — ἐκνεύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1593 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκνεύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1537 and G3506 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | ekneuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-nyoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. (by analogy) to slip off, i.e. quietly withdraw |
| KJV Renderings: | convey self away |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκνεύω: 1 aorist ἐξένευσα;
1. to bend to one side (τῇ κεφαλή, Xenophon, ven. 10, 12).
2. to take oneself away, withdraw: Joh 5:13, where Chrysostom says that ἐξενευσε is equivalent to ἐξεκλινε; but others derive the form from ἐκνέω, which see (the Sept. for ñåÌø, Jdg 4:18 Alex.; ôÈÌðÈä, to turn oneself, Jdg 18:26 Alex.; 2Ki 2:24; 2Ki 23:16; (add 3Ma 3:22; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 4, 2). In secular authors also transitively, to avoid a thing; as τά βέλη, Diodorus 15, 87; πληγήν, ibid. 17, 100.)
STRONGS NT 1593: ἐκνέωἐκνέω
1. properly, to swim away, escape by swimming (Thucydides 2, 90).
2. to escape, slip away secretly ((Pindar Ol. 13, 163); Euripides, Hipp. 470, etc.); in this sense many interpretations take ἐξενευσε in Joh 5:13. But Jesus withdrew not to avoid danger but the admiration of the people; for the danger first arose after his withdrawal.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκνεύω (convey self away)
John 5:13
- KJV: And he that was healed wist not who it was for Jesus had conveyed himself away a multitude being in place
- GK: ο δε ιαθείς ουκ ήδει τις εστιν ο γαρ Ιησούς εξένευσεν όχλου όντος εν τω τόπω