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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1578. ἐκκλίνω (ekklinó) -- To turn away, to avoid, to shun</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1578.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/27-15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1578.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1578</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1577.htm" title="1577">◄</a> 1578. ekklinó <a href="../greek/1579.htm" title="1579">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">ekklinó: To turn away, to avoid, to shun</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἐκκλίνω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>ekklinó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ek-klee'-no<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ek-klee'-no)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To turn away, to avoid, to shun<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>(lit: I bend away from), I fall away from, turn away (from), deviate.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek preposition "ἐκ" (ek, meaning "out of") and the verb "κλίνω" (klinó, meaning "to bend" or "to incline").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of turning away from evil is סוּר (sur), which means to turn aside or depart.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "ekklinó" is used in the New Testament to describe the action of turning away from something, often with the connotation of avoiding evil or sin. It implies a deliberate choice to steer clear of a particular path or behavior. This term is frequently used in moral and ethical contexts, urging believers to avoid sinful practices and to pursue righteousness.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, moral philosophy often emphasized the importance of avoiding vice and pursuing virtue. The concept of turning away from evil was not only a religious directive but also a philosophical ideal. In the Jewish tradition, the idea of shunning evil is deeply rooted in the wisdom literature, where the righteous are often depicted as those who turn away from wickedness.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1578</b> <i>ekklínō</i> (from <a href="/greek/1537.htm">1537</a> <i>/ek</i>, "<i>out from</i> and <i>to</i>" and <a href="/greek/2827.htm">2827</a> <i>/klínō</i>, "bend") – properly, to bow out (turn away), with its inevitable <i>outcome</i> (out-come); exclude; <i>fully</i> avoid by deliberate, decisive rejection (turning away from).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> and <a href="/greek/2827.htm">klinó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to deviate, to turn away (from someone or something)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>turn away (2), turned aside (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1578: ἐκκλίνω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐκκλίνω</span></span> (<a href="/interlinear/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17</a> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>); 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐξέκλινα</span>; in Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> chiefly for <span class="hebrew">סוּר</span> and <span class="hebrew">נָטָה</span>; intransitive, <span class="accented">to turn aside, deviate</span> (from the right way and course, <a href="/interlinear/malachi/2-8.htm">Malachi 2:8</a> (cf. <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Deuteronomy 5:32</a>)); metaphorically and absolutely, <span class="accented">to turn (oneself) away</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 144f (126f); <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 251 (236)), either from the path of rectitude, <a href="/interlinear/romans/3-12.htm">Romans 3:12</a> (<a href="/interlinear/psalms/13-3.htm">Psalm 13:3</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 14:3>)); or from evil (<span class="latin">a</span><span class="latin">malis</span><span class="latin">declinare</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Cicero</span>, Tusc. 4, 6): <span class="greek2">ἀπό</span> <span class="greek2">κακοῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-11.htm">1 Peter 3:11</a> (<a href="/interlinear/psalms/33-15.htm">Psalm 33:15</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 34:15>); <a href="/interlinear/psalms/36-27.htm">Psalm 36:27</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 37:27>); <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/3-7.htm">Proverbs 3:7</a>); <span class="greek2">ἀπό</span> with the genitive of person <span class="accented">to turn away from, keep aloof from, one's society; to shun one</span>: <a href="/interlinear/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17</a> (<span class="greek2">οὕς</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Ignatius</span> ad Eph. 7, 1 [ET]).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>avoid, eschew, go out of the way. <p>From <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> and <a href="/greek/2827.htm">klino</a>; to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety) -- avoid, eschew, go out of the way. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2827.htm">klino</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>έγκλινον εκκέκλικεν εκκλεινομένων εκκλίναι εκκλίνας εκκλίνατε εκκλινατω εκκλινάτω ἐκκλινάτω έκκλινε εκκλινεί εκκλίνει εκκλίνειν εκκλινείς εκκλινείτε εκκλινετε εκκλίνετε ἐκκλίνετε εκκλίνη εκκλίνης εκκλινήτε εκκλίνητε έκκλινον εκκλίνοντας εκκλίνοντες εκκλίνοντος εκκλινούμεν εκκλινούσας εκκλινούσι εκκλίνουσιν εκκλινώ εκκλίνω εκκλίνωμεν εκκλίνων εκκλίνωσι εκκλύσει εκκόλαμμα εξέκλινα εξεκλίναμεν εξεκλιναν εξέκλιναν ἐξέκλιναν εξέκλινας εξεκλίνατε εξέκλινε εξέκλινεν εξέκλινον ekklinato ekklinatō ekklináto ekklinátō ekklinete ekklínete exeklinan exéklinan<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 3:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-AIA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πάντες <b>ἐξέκλιναν</b> ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> ALL <span class="itali">HAVE TURNED ASIDE,</span> TOGETHER<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all <span class="itali">gone out of the way,</span> they are<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> All <span class="itali">turned away</span> together they became worthless<p><b><a href="/text/romans/16-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 16:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural">V-PMA-2P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ποιοῦντας καὶ <b>ἐκκλίνετε</b> ἀπ' αὐτῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you learned, <span class="itali">and turn away</span> from them.<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> have learned; and <span class="itali">avoid</span> them.<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/16-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> make and <span class="itali">turn away</span> from them<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 3:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-AMA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>ἐκκλινάτω</b> δὲ ἀπὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">HE MUST TURN AWAY</span> FROM EVIL AND DO<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Let him eschew</span> evil, and<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">Let him turn aside</span> also from<p><b><a href="/greek/1578.htm">Strong's Greek 1578</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1578.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ekklinato__1578.htm">ἐκκλινάτω — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekklinete_1578.htm">ἐκκλίνετε — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/exeklinan_1578.htm">ἐξέκλιναν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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