Eschew - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Eschew

[ 1,,G1578, ekklino ]
to turn aside" (ek, "from," klino, "to turn, bend"), is used metaphorically
(a) of leaving the right path, Romans 3:12, RV, "turned aside," for AV, "gone out of the way;"
(b) of turning away from division-makers and errorists, Romans 16:17, RV, "turn away from;"
(c) of turning away from evil, 1 Peter 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; Psalms 44:18; Psalms 119:51, Psalms 119:157.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words