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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 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Eschew'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​e/eschew.html. 1940.
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