to flee
Pheugo describes getting away from danger, leaving a place, or turning away from what must be avoided.
The verb most often marks departure or escape from an immediate threat or location, whether people leave for safety, abandon someone, or move away from a threatening figure. It also occurs in direct appeals to avoid practices, desires, or coming judgment, and in a few clauses where death or elements of the created order are depicted as fleeing.
Senses in use
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Escape or depart from danger · dominant
In Matthew 2:13, the second-person present active singular form occurs in the instruction to Joseph to go to Egypt because Herod is about to seek the child; the APB renders the clause "flee to Egypt." In Mark 14:50 the disciples leave and flee, while Luke 21:21 and Matthew 24:16 direct those in Judea toward the mountains; Acts 27:30 likewise places the infinitive in the sailors' attempt to get away from the boat.
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Turn away from harmful conduct or judgment · common
The present active plural forms in 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 1 Corinthians 10:14 address readers in clauses concerning sexual sin and idolatry. In 1 Timothy 6:11 and 2 Timothy 2:22, the singular forms stand beside pursuit of listed virtues; Matthew 3:7 asks who warned the hearers to get away from coming wrath.
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Flee as a personified or nonhuman subject · occasional
In Revelation 9:6, the present active singular form has death as the subject in the clause where humans seek it but do not find it. Revelation 16:20 and Revelation 20:11 use aorist active singular forms for islands, and then earth and heaven, fleeing or vanishing from the scene described.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB commonly uses "flee" and "fled," while John 10:12 uses "runs away" and Hebrews 11:34 uses "escaped." These are verse-level renderings rather than a one-to-one guide to every occurrence.