diapheugo describes a prisoner getting away by swimming from the soldiers' intended custody.

The attested use describes getting away from the soldiers' intended control, specifically in the possibility that prisoners might swim away.

1. Getting away from custody · dominant

   In Acts 27:42, διαφύγῃ is a third-person singular aorist active subjunctive in the soldiers' plan to kill the prisoners so that none might get away by swimming. The APB renders the clause "so that none might swim away and escape," confirming the threatened departure from custody.

   Acts 27:42

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 27:42, the APB presents the clause as prisoners who might "swim away and escape." The exact contribution of the lemma within that paired wording cannot be isolated further.