Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to flee
Usage: κατα-φεύγω [in LXX for נוּס, etc. ;] to flee for refuge: before εἰς, Act.14:6; metaphorically, with inf., Heb.6:18.† (AS)
Katapheugo means “flee” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2703 — chatsareynon in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2703 καταφεύγω (katapheugo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katapheugo (kat-af-yoo'-go) v. 1. to flee down (away) [from G2596 and G5343] It has 20 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include thee, refuge, flee, should, and fled. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
katapheugo (kat-af-yoo'-go) v. 1. to flee down (away) [from G2596 and G5343] KJV: flee Root(s): G2596, G5343
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to flee
Usage: κατα-φεύγω [in LXX for נוּס, etc. ;] to flee for refuge: before εἰς, Act.14:6; metaphorically, with inf., Heb.6:18.† (AS)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2703 (καταφεύγω) appears 18 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
16 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Behold this city is near for me to escape thither, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall live because of thee.
And if anyone lie in wait for his neighbor to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from mine altar to put him to death.
And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of my covenant, and ye shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and they are preparing to come and take the fortress where unto we are fled, Timothy being captain of their host.
For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, The hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, And left to all ages a seed of generation.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2703.
Behold this city is near for me to escape thither, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall live because of thee.
And if anyone lie in wait for his neighbor to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from mine altar to put him to death.
And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of my covenant, and ye shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.
And the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he fled for refuge; and he shall dwell there till the death of the high priest, whom they anointed with the holy oil.
But if the slayer should in anywise go out beyond the bounds of the city whither he fled for refuge,
that the slayer might flee thither, who should have slain his neighbor unintentionally, and should not have hated him in times past, and he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
And whosoever shall enter with his neighbor into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbor, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live.
And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they had fled for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, which remain till this day.
These were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment.
Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord; For I have fled to thee for refuge.
And what will they do in the day of visitation? for affliction shall come to you from afar: and to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory,
And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for thou art no better than the children of Israel, even than their glory; thus saith the Lord of hosts.
Behold, strangers shall come to thee by me, and shall sojourn with thee, and shall run to thee for refuge.
Nations which know thee not, shall call upon thee, and peoples which are not acquainted with thee, shall flee to thee for refuge, for the sake of the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified thee.
They shall ask the way till they come to Zion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.
And many nations shall flee for refuge to the Lord in that day, and they shall be for a people to him, and they shall dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
and they are preparing to come and take the fortress where unto we are fled, Timothy being captain of their host.
For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, The hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, And left to all ages a seed of generation.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2703, grouped by book.
Katapheugo (Strong's G2703) is a Greek word most simply glossed "flee". katapheugo (kat-af-yoo'-go) v. 1. to flee down (away) [from G2596 and G5343]
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's G2703 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2703 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as thee, refuge, flee, should, fled, and lord. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 16 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2703, with linked reader references where each row is available.