Eschew

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

1: Ἐκκλίνω (Strong'S #1578 — Verb — ekklino — ek-klee'-no )

"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

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