# G1578 ἐκκλίνω

ἐκκλίνω (ekklínō), Strong’s G1578: to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety) KJV: avoid, eschew, go out of the way. Occurs 146 times.

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*ekklínō* — to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety)

KJV: avoid, eschew, go out of the way

Built from [ἐκ ek](https://besorah.bible/word/G1537) (literal or figurative) + [κλίνω klínō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2827) (to slant or slope, i.e. incline or recline)

Occurs 146 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Romans 3:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/3?v=12) — They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as…
- [1 Peter 3:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-peter/3?v=11) — Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.
- [Sirach 2:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/2?v=7) — All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. Don’t turn aside, lest you fall.
- [Sirach 7:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/7?v=2) — Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you.
- [Sirach 8:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/8?v=2) — Don’t strive with a rich man, lest perhaps he overpower you; for gold has destroyed many, and turned away the hearts of…
- [Sirach 9:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/9?v=9) — Don’t dine at all with a woman who has a husband, or revel with her at wine, lest perhaps your soul turn away to her…
- [Sirach 12:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/12?v=15) — For a while he will stay with you, and if you falter, he will not stay.
- [Sirach 22:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/22?v=11) — 
- [Sirach 35:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/35?v=17) — 
- [Sirach 46:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/46?v=2) — How he was glorified in the lifting up his hands, and in stretching out his sword against the cities!