Difference between revisions of "Eschew"
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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77475" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77475" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: ἐκκλίνω ''' (Strong'S #1578 Verb ekklino ek-klee'-no ) </div> <p> "to turn aside" (ek, "from," klino, "to turn, bend"), is used metaphorically (a) of leaving the right path, Romans 3:12 , | <div> '''1: ἐκκλίνω ''' (Strong'S #1578 Verb ekklino ek-klee'-no ) </div> <p> "to turn aside" (ek, "from," klino, "to turn, bend"), is used metaphorically (a) of leaving the right path, Romans 3:12 , RV, "turned aside," for AV, "gone out of the way;" (b) of turning away from division-makers and errorists, Romans 16:17 , RV, "turn away from;" (c) of turning away from evil, 1 Peter 3:11 , RV, "turn away from," AV, "eschew." See [[Avoid]] , Turn. In the Sept. the verb is frequently used of declining or swerving from God's ways, e.g., Job 23:11; Psalm 44:18; 119:51,157 . </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50946" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50946" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Eschew]] </strong> . In the older Eng. versions of the Bible ‘eschew’ is common. In | <p> <strong> [[Eschew]] </strong> . In the older Eng. versions of the Bible ‘eschew’ is common. In AV [Note: Authorized Version.] it occurs only in Job 1:1; Job 1:8; Job 2:3 of Job himself, as Job 1:1 ‘one that feared God, and eschewed evil,’ and in 1 Peter 3:11 ‘Let him eschew evil, and do good.’ The meaning is ‘turn away from’ (as RV [Note: Revised Version.] at 1 Peter 3:11 and Amer. RV [Note: Revised Version.] everywhere). </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_118553" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_118553" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59845" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59845" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> ESCHEW', To flee from to shun to avoid. </p> <p> He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. </p> <p> Job--feared God and eschewed evil. Job 1 </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31433" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31433" /> == | ||
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to turn aside" (ek, "from," klino, "to turn, bend"), is used metaphorically (a) of leaving the right path, Romans 3:12 , RV, "turned aside," for AV, "gone out of the way;" (b) of turning away from division-makers and errorists, Romans 16:17 , RV, "turn away from;" (c) of turning away from evil, 1 Peter 3:11 , RV, "turn away from," AV, "eschew." See Avoid , Turn. In the Sept. the verb is frequently used of declining or swerving from God's ways, e.g., Job 23:11; Psalm 44:18; 119:51,157 .
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Eschew . In the older Eng. versions of the Bible ‘eschew’ is common. In AV [Note: Authorized Version.] it occurs only in Job 1:1; Job 1:8; Job 2:3 of Job himself, as Job 1:1 ‘one that feared God, and eschewed evil,’ and in 1 Peter 3:11 ‘Let him eschew evil, and do good.’ The meaning is ‘turn away from’ (as RV [Note: Revised Version.] at 1 Peter 3:11 and Amer. RV [Note: Revised Version.] everywhere).
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( a.) To escape from; to avoid.
(2): ( a.) To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.
King James Dictionary [4]
ESCHEW', To flee from to shun to avoid.
He who obeys, destruction shall eschew.
Job--feared God and eschewed evil. Job 1
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
Job 1:1,8 2:3 1 Peter 3:11
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
es choo סוּר ṣūr ἐκκλίνω ekklı́nō Job 1:1 Job 1:8 Job 2:3 1 Peter 3:11
