verb

Greekἐκνεύω (ekneuō)

Biblang

ekneuamō

Strong’sG1593

I retire, withdraw

stem ekneu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἐκ-νεύω

[in LXX: Jg 4:18 (סוּר) Jg 18:26, IV Ki 2:24 23:16 (פָּנָה), Mi 6:14 (סוּג hi.), III Mac 3:22 *;]

1. to bend the head aside (Xen.).

(a) to shun, avoid (Diod.);

(b) to withdraw: Jo 5:13†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1593 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidek-nyoo'-o

(by analogy) to slip off, i.e. quietly withdraw

Fromfrom G1537 and G3506;

King Jamesconvey self away.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐκνεύω,
aorist ἐξένευσα, turn the head out of its natural position, of a horse, ἐ. ἄνω to toss the head, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῇ κεφαλῇ ἐκνεύσας by a side-movement with the head, of the wild boar, LXX
2 with accusative, shun, avoid, Refs 1st c.BC+
II fall headlong, εἰς θάνατον Refs 5th c.BC+to turn aside, Refs 1st c.AD+
III motion away, ἐξένευσ᾽ ἀποστῆναι πρόσω Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

withdrawn1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
ekneuataἐξένευσεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	withdrawn	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	ekneuamō	ekneuame	ekneuami	ekneuama	ekneuamē	ekneuamelē
you 2nd person singular	ekneuasō	ekneuase	ekneuasi	ekneuasa	ekneuasē	ekneuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ekneuatō	ekneuate	ekneuati	ekneuata1×ἐξένευσεν	ekneuatē	ekneuatelē
we 1st person plural	ekneuanō	ekneuane	ekneuani	ekneuana	ekneuanē	ekneuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	ekneuavō	ekneuave	ekneuavi	ekneuava	ekneuavē	ekneuavelē
they 3rd person plural	ekneualō	ekneuale	ekneuali	ekneuala	ekneualē	ekneualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	ekneuameiō	ekneuameia	ekneuameiē
you 2nd person singular	ekneuaseiō	ekneuaseia	ekneuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ekneuateiō	ekneuateia	ekneuateiē
we 1st person plural	ekneuaneiō	ekneuaneia	ekneuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	ekneuaveiō	ekneuaveia	ekneuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	ekneualeiō	ekneualeia	ekneualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	ekneuasōr	ekneuasar	ekneuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ekneuatōr	ekneuatar	ekneuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	ekneuavōr	ekneuavar	ekneuavēr
they 3rd person plural	ekneualōr	ekneualar	ekneualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	ekneuamoiō	ekneuamoia
you 2nd person singular	ekneuasoiō	ekneuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ekneuatoiō	ekneuatoia
we 1st person plural	ekneuanoiō	ekneuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	ekneuavoiō	ekneuavoia
they 3rd person plural	ekneualoiō	ekneualoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	ekneuarō	ekneuari	ekneuara	ekneuarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	ekneuarōntos	ekneuarintos	ekneuarantos	ekneuarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

ekneustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

ekneu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ekneuata“withdrawn”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

John 5:13“withdrawn”… oidatelē tinos atō, tos gar Iēsus ekneuata ochlou arōntou en to topo.… did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.