1 Kings 19:17
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
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Escapeth
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Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
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מָלַט
mâlaṭ · maw-lat'
3 times translated as this KJV form95 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
Strong's KJV usage: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, × speedily, × surely.
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Strong's first: 1 Kings 19:17Strong's last: Jeremiah 48:19
Open full H4422 profile →פָּלִיט
pâlîyṭ · paw-leet'
2 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
a refugee
Strong's KJV usage: (that have) escape(-d, -th), fugitive.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 24:26Strong's last: Amos 9:1
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pᵉlêyṭâh · pel-ay-taw'
1 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
Strong's KJV usage: deliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.
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Strong's first: Isaiah 15:9Strong's last: Isaiah 15:9
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H4422
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
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escape
ESCA'PE, verb transitive [Latin capio, with a negative prefix, or from a word of the same family.]
1. To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security from; to pass without harm; as, to escape danger.
A small number, that escape the sword, shall return. Jeremiah 44:14.
Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1:4.
2. To pass unobserved; to evade; as, the fact escaped my notice or observation.
3. To avoid the danger of; as, to escape the sea. Acts 28:1.
Note. This verb is properly intransitive, and in strictness should be followed by from; but usage sanctions the omission of it.
ESCA'PE, verb intransitive To flee, shun and be secure from danger; to avoid an evil.
Escape for thy life to the mountains. Genesis 19:17.
1. To be passed without harm. The balls whistled by me, my comrades fell, but I escaped.
ESCA'PE, noun Flight to shun danger or injury; the act of fleeing from danger.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Psalms 55:8.
1. A being passed without receiving injury, as when danger comes near a person, but passes by, and the person is passive. Every soldier who survives a battle has had such an escape
2. Excuse; subterfuge; evasion.
3. In law, an evasion of legal restraint or the custody of the sheriff, without due course of law. Escapes are voluntary or involuntary; voluntary, when an officer permits an offender or debtor to quit his custody, without warrant; and involuntary, or negligent, when an arrested person quits the custody of the officer against his will, and is not pursued forthwith and retaken before the pursuer hath lost sight of him.
4. Sally; flight; irregularity. [Little used.]
5. Oversight; mistake. [Little used, or improper.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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