Strong G556ἀπελαύνω

to eject

Transliteration
apelaunō
Pronunciation
ap-el-ow'-no
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G575 and G1643; to dismiss: - drive.

Detailed definition

ἀπ-ελαύνω
[in LXX for נָצַל, שָׁלַח;]
to drive away: Act.18:16 (MM, see word).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G556 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • drave1

First verses

  1. Acts 18:16
    And he drave them from the judgment seat.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπελαύνω,
also ἀπέλα as imperative from present ἀπελάω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.32)]; Doric dialect imperfect ἀπήλαον vulgar form in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1001 (but probably ἀπήλααν,)] ={ἀπήλασαν}, should be read): future -ελάσω[LXX (LXX.Eze.34.12)]; Attic dialect -ελῶ (also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.102))]: perfect -ελήλακα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.10:)] —passive, aorist -ηλάθην [ᾰ]: perfect participle ἀπεληλαμένος[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 4 “Prooem.”)]:—middle, aorist -ηλασάμην[Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.303 (Antip. Sid.))]:—drive away, expel from a place, τινὰ δόμων, πόλεως, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 553, etc.; ἀπὸ τόπου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.16)]; ἀ. τινά drive away, banish him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 93, 1356, etc.)]; expel (from a society), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.32)]; exclude, keep at a distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 58)]; remove, φόβον τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.10)]; exclude from a thing, [Refs ([prev. author] “HG” 3.2.31:)] —middle, ἀ. τί τινος ward off, avert from him, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” [prev. cited])]
2 ἀ. στρατιήν lead away an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.92: frequently _absolutely_ like{ἀπάγω})], march, depart, ἐς τὰς Σάρδις[Refs ([prev. author] 1.77, compare 5.25, etc.; πυρώσας τὰς Ἀθήνας ἀπελᾷς [prev. author] 8.102)]; also (i.e. ἵππον) ride away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.7, etc.)]
II passive, to be driven away, ἐνθεῦτεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.94; ἐντεῦθεν εἰς ἄλλον τόπον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.3; γῆς ἐμῆς πρός τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 599)]; to be excluded from a thing, ἁπάσης [τῆς στρατιῆς] from the command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.161, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.15; τῆς πολιτείας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.5; τῶν ἀρχῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 564d)]; ἀ. τῆς φροντίδος to be far from, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.205)]; ἐς πατέρ᾽ ἀπηλάθην τύχης was barred from [good] fortune on my father's side, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 63; ἀ. φιλίας 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 7.90c.)]