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ἐκβάλλω

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Definition

ἐκ-βάλλω

[in LXX chiefly for גָּרַשׁ pi., also for שָׁלַךְ hi., יָצָא hi., יָרַשׁ hi., etc. ;]

1. to drive, cast or send out, to expel: with accusative of thing(s), mid. (σῖτον), before εἰς, Acts 27:38; pass., Matthew 15:17; with accusative of person(s), Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15, al.; δαιμόνια, Matthew 7:22, Mark 1:34, al.; id. before ἐκ, Mark 7:26; παρά, Mark 16:9; ἐν, Mark 3:22; (ἐν) τ. ὀνόματι, Matthew 7:22, Mark 9:38; λόγῳ, Matthew 8:16; before ἔξω, John 6:37; id. with genitive, Mark 12:8, al.; of expulsion from home, Galatians 4:30; from the Church, 3 John 10.

2. In LXX and NT (like Heb. יָצָא and Aram. הַנְפֵּק), to command or cause to depart: Matthew 9:38, Mark 1:12 (see Swete, in l.), ib. Mark 1:43; 5:40, Luke 10:2, James 2:25; τ. κρίσιν εἰς νῖκος (to cause to proceed to its goal), Matthew 12:20 (LXX).

3. to reject (cl.): τ. ὄνομα ὑμῶς ὡς πονηρόν (cf. Deuteronomy 25:14), Luke 6:22; to leave out, Revelation 11:2.

4. to take, draw or pluck out;

(a) with violence: Matthew 7:5, Mark 9:47, Luke 6:42;

(b) to bring forth or out of: Matthew 12:35, Luke 10:35.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐκβάλλω:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

81 total
  1. Luke 6:42ἐκβαλεῖν · to remove
    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  2. Luke 9:40ἐκβάλωσιν · drive it out
    I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
  3. Luke 9:49ἐκβάλλοντα · driving out
    “Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
  4. Luke 10:2ἐκβάλῃ · send out
    And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
  5. Luke 10:35ἐκβαλὼν · he took out
    The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’
  6. Luke 11:14ἐκβάλλων · driving out
    One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
  7. Luke 11:15ἐκβάλλει · [that] He drives out
    …but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”
  8. Luke 11:18ἐκβάλλειν · drive out
    If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
  9. Luke 11:19ἐκβάλλω · drive out; ἐκβάλλουσιν · drive [them] out
    And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
  10. Luke 11:20ἐκβάλλω · drive out
    But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
  11. Luke 13:28ἐκβαλλομένους · are thrown
    There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
  12. Luke 13:32ἐκβάλλω · I will keep driving out
    But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’
  13. Luke 19:45ἐκβάλλειν · to drive out
    Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
  14. Luke 20:12ἐξέβαλον · [and] threw [him] out
    Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.
  15. Luke 20:15ἐκβαλόντες · they threw
    So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
  16. John 2:15ἐξέβαλεν · [and] drove
    So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
  17. John 6:37ἐκβάλω · I will never drive
    Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
  18. John 9:34ἐξέβαλον · they threw
    They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
  19. John 9:35ἐξέβαλον · they had thrown
    When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
  20. John 10:4ἐκβάλῃ · he has brought out
    When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
  21. John 12:31ἐκβληθήσεται · will be cast
    Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
  22. Acts 7:58ἐκβαλόντες · They dragged [him]
    They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  23. Acts 9:40Ἐκβαλὼν · sent
    Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
  24. Acts 13:50ἐξέβαλον · drove them out
    The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
  25. Acts 16:37ἐκβάλλουσιν · do they want to send us away
    But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”
  26. Acts 27:38ἐκβαλλόμενοι · by throwing
    After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
  27. Galatians 4:30Ἔκβαλε · Expel
    But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
  28. James 2:25ἐκβαλοῦσα · sent [them] off
    In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
  29. 3 John 1:10ἐκβάλλει · putting [them]
    So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.
  30. Revelation 11:2ἔκβαλε · exclude
    But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.