Strong's Concordance
Original word: מָלַט
Transliteration: malat
Definition (short): escape
Definition (full): to be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to slip away
NASB Translation: certainly rescue (1), deliver (7), delivered (9), escape (26), escaped (25), escapes (3), gave birth (1), get away (1), lay (1), leap forth (1), left undisturbed (1), rescue (2), rescued (4), retain (1), save (8), saved (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks -- deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, X speedily, X surely.
References
KJV:
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
NASB:
When they had brought them outside, one said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the valley; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away."
KJV:
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
NASB:
"Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;