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ekklino (1578), "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 KJV, "gone out of the way"; (b) of turning away from divisionmakers, and errorists, <16:17>, RV, "turn away from"; (c) of turning away from evil, <1 Pet. 3:11>, RV, "turn away from," KJV, "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; Ps. 44:18; 119:51, 157>.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
(Copyright (C) 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
ekklino (ek-klee'-no);
from 1537 and 2827; to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety):
KJV-- avoid, eschew, go out of the way.