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escape

Meaning of “escape”

To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security from; to pass without harm.

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59 occurrences55 verses25 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:17

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Showing verses 1–10 of 13 · 14 word occurrences in this result

Jeremiah 11:11
¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 11:11 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD, Behold, I will bring euill vpon them which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall crie vnto mee, I will not hearken vnto them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to goe forth of.

1611 marginal noteProu.1.28. isa.1.15. cha. 14.12. eze. 8.18. mich. 3.8.

Jeremiah 25:35
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:35 · retained source text

And the shepheards shall haue no way to flee, nor the principall of the flocke to escape.

1611 marginal noteHeb. flight shall perish from the shepheards, and escaping from &c.

Jeremiah 32:4
And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:4 · retained source text

And Zedekiah king of Iudah, shal not escape out of the hand of the Caldeans, but shall surely be deliuered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shal speake with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes.

1611 marginal noteChap.34.3.

Jeremiah 34:3
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 34:3 · retained source text

And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and deliuered into his hand, and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speake with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt goe to Babylon.

1611 marginal noteHeb. his mouth shall speake to thy mouth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 32.4.

Jeremiah 38:18
But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 38:18 · retained source text

But if thou wilt not goe foorth to the king of Babylons Princes, then shall this City be giuen into the hand of the Caldeans, and they shall burne it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

Jeremiah 38:23
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 38:23 · retained source text

So they shall bring out all thy wiues, and thy children to the Caldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the King of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this citie to be burnt with fire.

1611 marginal noteHebr. thou shalt burne, &c.

Jeremiah 42:17
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:17 · retained source text

So shall it bee with all the men that set their faces to goe into Egypt to soiourne there, they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remaine or escape from the euil that I will bring vpon them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. so shall all the men be.

Jeremiah 44:14
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 44:14 · retained source text

So that none of the remnant of Iudah which are gone into the land of Egypt to soiourne there, shall escape or remaine, that they should returne into the land of Iudah to the which they haue a desire to returne to dwell there: for none shall returne but such as shall escape.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lift vp their soule.

Jeremiah 44:28
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 44:28 · retained source text

Yet a small number that escape the sword, shall returne out of the land of Egypt into the land of Iudah: and all the remnant of Iudah that are gone into the land of Egypt to soiourne there, shall know whose wordes shall stand, mine or theirs.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from me or from them.

Jeremiah 46:6
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 46:6 · retained source text

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mightie man escape: they shal stumble and fall toward the North by the riuer Euphrates.

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