Eschew <1,,1578, ekklino>
"to turn aside" (ek, "from," klino, "to turn, bend"), is used metaphorically (a) of leaving the right path, Rom 3:12, RV, "turned aside," for AV, "gone out of the way;" (b) of turning away from division-makers and errorists, Rom 16:17, RV, "turn away from;" (c) of turning away from evil, 1Pe 3:11, RV, "turn away from," AV, "eschew." See AVOID, TURN. In the Sept. the verb is frequently used of declining or swerving from God's ways, e.g., Job 23:11, Psa 44:18, Psa 119:51, Psa 119:157.
