κατα-φεύγω,
fut. - φεύξομαι D. 8.41: -
1. flee for refuge, ἐς τὸ [ἱρόν ] Hdt. 2.113, cf. 1.145; ἐπὶ Διὸς βωμόν Id. 5.46: c. acc., οὐκ ἔχω βωμὸν κ. E. IA 911 (troch.); - πεφευγέναι ἐν τόπῳ flee and take refuge in.., Pl. Sph. 260c, cf. X. HG 4.5.5; ἐκεῖ, ἐνθάδε κ., Th. 3.71, Isoc. 14.28; ὅποι.. X. Mem. 3.8.10; κ. εἴς τινα flee for protection to him, ὃς ἂν φεύγων καταφύγῃ ἐς τούτους Hdt. 4.23; εἰς ὑμᾶς κ. καὶ ἀντιβολῶ And. 1.149; ἐπί τινα D. 18.19, etc.; πρὸς ὑμᾶς Id. 8.41; παρ’ ἡμῖν Isoc. 12.194.
2. ἐκ τῆς μάχης κ. escape from.., Hdt. 6.75: abs., ἄνω μάλ’ εἶσι καταφυγών (sc. ὁ ἀτμός) Alex. 124.17.
3. have recourse, εἰς ἔλεον Antipho 3.2.2; εἰς σωτηρίαν Id. 2.4.1; εἰς τοὺς λόγους Pl. Phd. 99e, cf. 76e; εἰς ὅρκον Arist. Rh.Al. 1432a38; ἐπὶ τὰς μηχανάς Pl. Cra. 425d; ἐπὶ τὸν δικαστήν Arist. EN 1132a20; ἐπὶ τὸν λόγον ib. 1105b13; ἐπὶ Καρχηδονίους Plb. 1.10.1, cf. Plu. Cam. 7; πρὸς θεῶν εὐχάς Pl. Phdr. 244e; ὥς τινας Plb. 24.10.11: c. dat., τῇ μητρί Ctes. Fr. 29.57.
4. εἰς τὴν τοῦ βίου μετριότητα κ. fall back upon, appeal to.., D. 25.76; ἐπὶ τὸ φάσκειν.. Phld. D. 3.8.
G2703 — καταφεύγω
: 2 aorist κατέφυγον; (from Herodotus down); to flee away, flee for refuge: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, [Act 14:6]; οἱ καταφυγόντες, we who (cf. Buttmann, § 144, 9 c.) have fled from namely, the irreligious mass of mankind, followed by an infinitive of purpose, [Heb 6:18]; cf. Delitzsch at the passage.
κατα - φεύγω ,
[in LXX for H5127, etc.;]
to flee for refuge: seq . εἰς , [Act 14:6]; metaph ., c . inf ., [Heb 6:18]. †