Quran glossary · draft

أبق

fugitive flight

To leave one's prior station through fugitive flight.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: أبق

Lemmas: أبق

Forms: أَبَقَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

37:140

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target describes Jonah's movement to the laden ship immediately before the casting of lots and his being swallowed. The destination preposition and narrative consequences support a fugitive departure without requiring a broader unattested family split.