Lexical Summary ekklinō: to deviate, to turn away (from someone or something) Original Word: ἐκκλίνωTransliteration: ekklinō Phonetic Spelling: (ek-klee'-no) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to deviate, to turn away (from someone or something) Meaning: to deviate, to turn away (from someone or something) Strong's Concordance avoid, eschew, go out of the way. From ek and klino; to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety) -- avoid, eschew, go out of the way. see GREEK ek see GREEK klino Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1578: ἐκκλίνωἐκκλίνω (Romans 16:17 T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐξέκλινα; in Greek writings from Thucydides down; the Sept. chiefly for סוּר and נָטָה; intransitive, to turn aside, deviate (from the right way and course, Malachi 2:8 (cf. Deuteronomy 5:32)); metaphorically and absolutely, to turn (oneself) away (Buttmann, 144f (126f); Winer's Grammar, 251 (236)), either from the path of rectitude, Romans 3:12 (Psalm 13:3 |
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