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Fleeing, in the biblical context, often refers to the act of escaping from danger, sin, or temptation. It is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, illustrating both physical and spiritual dimensions of escape. The Bible provides numerous examples and teachings on the concept of fleeing, emphasizing the importance of seeking refuge in God and avoiding evil.

Old Testament Instances

1. Lot's Escape from Sodom: One of the earliest examples of fleeing is found in Genesis 19, where Lot and his family are urged by angels to flee the impending destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The urgency of their escape is highlighted in Genesis 19:17 : "As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, 'Flee for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!'"

2. David's Flight from Saul: David's life provides multiple instances of fleeing, particularly during King Saul's pursuit. In 1 Samuel 19:10, David escapes Saul's attempt on his life: "Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him, and Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David fled and made his escape."

3. Israel's Exodus from Egypt: The Israelites' exodus from Egypt is a significant act of fleeing from bondage to freedom. Exodus 14:5 describes Pharaoh's realization of their escape: "When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, 'What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!'"

New Testament Teachings

1. Fleeing from Sin and Temptation: The New Testament frequently advises believers to flee from sin. In 1 Corinthians 6:18 , Paul instructs, "Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body."

2. Fleeing from Idolatry: Paul also warns against idolatry in 1 Corinthians 10:14: "Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry." This command underscores the need to avoid anything that takes the place of God in one's life.

3. Fleeing from the Love of Money: In 1 Timothy 6:10-11, Paul cautions against the love of money, stating, "For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness."

Spiritual Implications

Fleeing in the Bible is not merely a physical act but often carries spiritual significance. It represents a conscious decision to turn away from evil and seek refuge in God. The act of fleeing is frequently accompanied by divine guidance and protection, as seen in the examples of Lot, David, and the Israelites. Believers are encouraged to flee from sin and temptation, relying on God's strength and wisdom to guide their paths.

Divine Protection and Refuge

The Psalms often speak of God as a refuge and fortress for those who flee to Him. Psalm 46:1 declares, "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble." This assurance of divine protection is a recurring theme, encouraging believers to seek God's presence as their ultimate place of safety.

In summary, fleeing in the biblical sense involves both physical and spiritual dimensions, emphasizing the importance of turning away from danger and sin while seeking refuge in God. The Bible provides numerous examples and teachings that highlight the necessity of fleeing from evil and the assurance of God's protection for those who do.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flee.

Greek

5437. phuge -- flight
... phuge. 5438 . flight. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: phuge Phonetic
Spelling: (foog-ay') Short Definition: flight Definition: flight, fleeing ...
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5401. phobos -- panic flight, fear, the causing of fear, terror
... 5401 (from , "to flee, withdraw") -- (from Homer about 900 bc on) 5401 () meant ,
fleeing because feeling inadequate (without sufficient , ). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1281. bariach -- fleeing
... 1280, 1281. bariach. 1282 . fleeing. Transliteration: bariach Phonetic
Spelling: (baw-ree'-akh) Short Definition: fleeing. Word ...
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4499. menusah -- flight
... of manos Definition flight NASB Word Usage fugitives (1), though (1). fleeing, flight.
Or mnucah {men-oo-saw'}; feminine of manowc; retreat -- fleeing, flight. ...
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6207. araq -- to gnaw
... fleeing, sinew. A primitive root; to gnaw, ie (figuratively) eat (by hyberbole);
also (participle) a pain -- fleeing, sinew. 6206, 6207. araq. 6208 . ...
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5074. nadad -- to retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter
... to retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter NASB Word Usage chased (1), chased
away (1), could (1), flapped (1), fled (6), flee (5), fleeing (1), fugitive ...
/hebrew/5074.htm - 6k

4498. manos -- flight, place of escape or refuge
... escape, way to flee, flight, refuge. From nuwc; a retreat (literally or figuratively);
abstractly, a fleeing -- X apace, escape, way to flee, flight, refuge. ...
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5127. nus -- to flee, escape
... root Definition to flee, escape NASB Word Usage abated (1), drives (1), escape
(1), escaped (2), fled (78), flee (54), flee away (1), fleeing (5), flees (5 ...
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1272. barach -- to go through, flee
... root Definition to go through, flee NASB Word Usage drives his away (1), drove him
away (1), fled (34), flee (11), flee away (1), fleeing (4), flees (2), gone ...
/hebrew/1272.htm - 6k

Library

Of Fleeing from Vain Hope and Pride
... THE FIRST BOOK. ADMONITIONS PROFITABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE CHAPTER VII
Of fleeing from vain hope and pride. Vain is the life of ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter vii of fleeing from.htm

Their Real Grievance is not that Athanasius is a Coward, but that ...
... hiding themselves from those who seek to destroy them, and accuse those who flee
from their persecutors, what will they do when they see Jacob fleeing from his ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/10 their real grievance is.htm

Bunyan -- the Heavenly Footman
... saith he. Again, saith Paul, "I so run, not as uncertainly: so fight I,"
etc. But before I go any farther: 1. Fleeing. Observe, that ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons vol 2/bunyan the heavenly footman.htm

On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
... And in all this he is still essentially fleeing from the street in which he was
born; and of this flight he is always ready with his own explanation. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xiv on certain modern writers.htm

Praying Saints of the Old Testaments (Continued)
... said God. But Jonah, through fear or otherwise, declined to obey God, and
took passage on a ship for Tarshish, fleeing from God. He ...
/.../bounds/prayer and praying men/ii praying saints of the.htm

Hebrews ii. 16-17
... For when human nature was fleeing from Him, and fleeing far away (for we "were
far off"" Ephesians 2:13 ), He pursued after and overtook us. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily v hebrews ii 16-17.htm

The Capture of Jericho and Ai
... They will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the town; for they
will say, 'They are fleeing before us.' Then you shall rise up from where ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/the capture of jericho and.htm

At the Suggestion Moreover of Our Brother Olympius, we are Pleased ...
... out either on account of his discipline or for his confession of [the faith of]
the Catholic Church or for his defence of the truth, and, fleeing from danger ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xvii at the suggestion.htm

The Acts of Philip.
... Philip, Bartholomew and Mariamme and his disciples, and Stachys being along with
him, all the people gave ear, and a great multitude of them fleeing from the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the acts of philip/the acts of philip.htm

Letter ccxxviii. (AD 428 or 429. )
... of Christ, without which men can neither become Christians nor live as such, assuredly
finds a greater reward of his love, than the man who, fleeing not for ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter ccxxviii a d 428 or.htm

Thesaurus

Fleeing (38 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Fleeing (38 Occurrences). ... Where are you going?" She said,
"I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai." (WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Man-slayer (20 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 4:42 for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour
unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto ...
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Smiting (76 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:15 To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst,
are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one ...
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Inadvertently (6 Occurrences)
... Joshua 20:3 for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently,
without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of ...
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Crooked (31 Occurrences)
... reference to the constellation round the North Pole, in Job 26:13, the Revised Version
(British and American) "the swift serpent," margin "fleeing"; and Isaiah ...
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Gin (10 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 24:18 And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear
Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the ...
/g/gin.htm - 12k

Flee (187 Occurrences)
... Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress
Sarai." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Flees (19 Occurrences)

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Fled (181 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 4:42 for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour
unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto ...
/f/fled.htm - 38k

Thither (119 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor
unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of ...
/t/thither.htm - 38k

Resources

What does it mean to flee from temptation? | GotQuestions.org

Who was David in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Rachel in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Fleeing: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Fleeing (38 Occurrences)

Genesis 16:8
He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 31:20
and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;
(YLT NAS)

Genesis 35:1
And God saith unto Jacob, 'Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.'
(YLT NIV)

Genesis 35:7
and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother.
(YLT NIV)

Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and the sea turneth back, at the turning of the morning, to its perennial flow, and the Egyptians are fleeing at its coming, and Jehovah shaketh off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea,
(YLT NAS NIV)

Leviticus 26:36
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
(KJV DBY WBS NIV)

Leviticus 26:37
They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
(See NIV)

Numbers 35:6
And the cities which ye give to the Levites 'are' the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;
(YLT)

Numbers 35:15
To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 4:42
that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 19:3
Thou dost prepare for thee the way, and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit, and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 19:4
And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past;
(See RSV)

Joshua 8:6
and they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them,
(YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 8:20
And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the heavens, and there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither -- and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, --
(YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 20:3
for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.
(YLT)

Joshua 20:9
These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 14:22
Likewise all the men of Israel that had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 22:17
And the king saith to runners, those standing by him, 'Turn round, and put to death the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also 'is' with David, and because they have known that he is fleeing, and have not uncovered mine ear;' and the servants of the king have not been willing to put forth their hand to come against the priests of Jehovah.
(YLT NAS NIV)

1 Samuel 23:6
And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.
(YLT)

2 Samuel 10:14
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Arameans were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 19:3
And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.
(DBY YLT)

2 Samuel 24:13
And Gad cometh in unto David, and declareth to him, and saith to him, 'Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary -- and he pursuing thee? or are three days' pestilence in thy land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me.'
(YLT NIV)

1 Kings 2:7
And to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite thou dost do kindness, and they have been among those eating at thy table, for so they drew near unto me in my fleeing from the face of Absalom thy brother.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 19:15
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Arameans were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
(See NIV)

Job 26:13
By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.
(DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Job 30:3
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Psalms 3:1
A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.
(YLT)

Psalms 57:1
To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.
(YLT)

Isaiah 16:2
For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 22:3
All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.
(DBY)

Isaiah 24:18
And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.
(YLT)

Isaiah 27:1
In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
(WEB DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 4:29
From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 46:22
The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 48:19
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say: 'What hath been done?'
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 48:44
Whoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her -- unto Moab -- The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.
(YLT)

Jonah 1:10
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What is this that you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.
(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Nahum 2:8
And Nineveh 'is' as a pool of waters, From of old it 'is' -- and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!
(YLT NAS)

Subtopics

Fleeing

Related Terms

Fugitive (12 Occurrences)

Flee (187 Occurrences)

Hired (49 Occurrences)

Doesn't (300 Occurrences)

Fleeing (38 Occurrences)

Snare (69 Occurrences)

Jotham (26 Occurrences)

Leaves (55 Occurrences)