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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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Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 11:20 · retained source text

But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giuing vp of the ghost.

1611 marginal noteHeb. flight shall perish from them.

1611 marginal noteOr, a puffe of breath.

1611 marginal noteChap. 8.14. and 18.14.

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