verb
katafugamō
Strong’sG2703
I flee for refuge
stem katafug-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
κατα-φεύγω,
[in LXX for נוּס, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2703 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future - φεύξομαι Refs 4th c.BC+:—flee for refuge, ἐς τὸ [ἱρόν] Refs 5th c.BC+; -πεφευγέναι ἐν τόπῳ flee and take refuge in.., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκεῖ, ἐνθάδε κ., Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅποι.. Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. εἴς τινα flee for protection to him, ὃς ἂν φεύγων καταφύγῃ ἐς τούτους Refs 5th c.BC+
2 ἐκ τῆς μάχης κ. escape from.., Refs 5th c.BC+
3 have recourse, εἰς ἔλεον Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τὸν λόγονRefs 5th c.BC+
4 εἰς τὴν τοῦ βίου μετριότητα κ. fall back upon, appeal to.., Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τὸ φάσκειν.. Refs 1st 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| katafugalaκατέφυγον | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | fled | 1× |
| katafugarantoisκαταφυγόντες | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine | fled for refuge | 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 | katafugamō | katafugame | katafugami | katafugama | katafugamē | katafugamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katafugasō | katafugase | katafugasi | katafugasa | katafugasē | katafugaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katafugatō | katafugate | katafugati | katafugata | katafugatē | katafugatelē |
| we 1st person plural | katafuganō | katafugane | katafugani | katafugana | katafuganē | katafuganelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katafugavō | katafugave | katafugavi | katafugava | katafugavē | katafugavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katafugalō | katafugale | katafugali | katafugala1×κατέφυγον | katafugalē | katafugalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katafugameiō | katafugameia | katafugameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katafugaseiō | katafugaseia | katafugaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katafugateiō | katafugateia | katafugateiē |
| we 1st person plural | katafuganeiō | katafuganeia | katafuganeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katafugaveiō | katafugaveia | katafugaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katafugaleiō | katafugaleia | katafugaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katafugasōr | katafugasar | katafugasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katafugatōr | katafugatar | katafugatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katafugavōr | katafugavar | katafugavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katafugalōr | katafugalar | katafugalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katafugamoiō | katafugamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | katafugasoiō | katafugasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katafugatoiō | katafugatoia |
| we 1st person plural | katafuganoiō | katafuganoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | katafugavoiō | katafugavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | katafugaloiō | katafugaloia |
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 | katafugarō | katafugari | katafugara | katafugarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katafugarōntos | katafugarintos | katafugarantos1× | katafugarēntos |
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
katafug 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
katafugala“fled”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 14:6sunorarantois katafugala eis tain polain tau Lukaoniau Lustran …they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra …
katafugarantois“fled for refuge”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Hebrews 6:18“fled for refuge”… pseudera theon, ischuran paraklēsian echaneiō tois katafugarantois kratara tau prokeiorōntau elpidau;… impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may …