Strong G851ἀφαιρέω
to remove
- Transliteration
- aphaireō
- Pronunciation
- af-ahee-reh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀφ-αιρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX (Cremer, 615 f.) for סוּר, עָבַר, H7311 כָּרַת, etc. (35 words in all);]
to take from, take away, take off: with accusative, τὸ ὠτίον, Mat.26:51, Mrk.14:47 (ὠτάριον, WH), Luk.22:50 (οὖς); ὄνειδος, Luk.1:25; before ἀπό, Rev.22:19, Luk.16:3 (mid.); pass., C. genitive, Luk.10:42; ἀ. ἁμαρτίος, Heb.10:4, Rom.11:27 (mid.) (MM, see word).†
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[in LXX (Cremer, 615 f.) for סוּר, עָבַר, H7311 כָּרַת, etc. (35 words in all);]
to take from, take away, take off: with accusative, τὸ ὠτίον, Mat.26:51, Mrk.14:47 (ὠτάριον, WH), Luk.22:50 (οὖς); ὄνειδος, Luk.1:25; before ἀπό, Rev.22:19, Luk.16:3 (mid.); pass., C. genitive, Luk.10:42; ἀ. ἁμαρτίος, Heb.10:4, Rom.11:27 (mid.) (MM, see word).†
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In the Bible
Strong G851 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- take5
- cut2
- shall1
- smote1
- taketh1
- that1
First verses
- Matthew 26:51And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.
- Mark 14:47And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
- Luke 1:25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
- Luke 10:42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
- Luke 16:3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
- Luke 22:50And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
- Romans 11:27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
- Hebrews 10:4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
- Revelation 22:19And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀφαιρ-έω,
Ionic dialect ἀπαιρέω, future -ήσω: perfect ἀφῄρηκα, Ionic dialect ἀπαραίρηκα: aorist ἀφεῖλον, later infinitive ἀφέλαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“GDI” 4940.35 (Cretan dialect); ἀφῄρησα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.121)]:—take away from:—Constr.: mostly ἀ. τί τινι, σῖτον μέν σφιν ἀφεῖλε took it from him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.455, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 360)] codices, etc. (but also, relieve one of a duty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.44): less frequently ἀ. τί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 560, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 4.7; κῆρα χώρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 777 (Lyric poetry); ἔκ τινος [prev. author] “Eu.” 444)]; also τινά τι probably [Refs 5th c.BC+ (l. [prev. work] 360, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 933)], see infr. II. I, III: with genitive, take from, τιμῆς οὔτ᾽ ἀφελὼν οὔτ᾽ ἐπορεξάμενος[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 5.2)]; μηδὲν ἀφαιρῶμεν τοῦ ἀδίκου (from the unjust man) ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 360e)]; τοῦ πλήθους diminish the number, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.4: with _accusative_ only, ἀπελὼν τὰ ἄχθεα)] having taken them off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80; βασιλέων.. ὀργὰς ἀφῄρουν)]took away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 455, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 22, “Ra.” 518.)]
2 set aside, κρέα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1044.41 (Halic., 4th c.BC).)]
2.b exclude, separate, τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ὡς ἓν ἀπὸ πάντων ἀφαιροῦντες χωρίς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 262d)]; opposed to προστιθέναι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 95e, etc.)]
3 in Mathematics texts, ἀ. ἀπὸ.. subtract from, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Ax.” 3 (_passive_))], etc.; of ratios, divide out from both sides of an equation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Biographus Perg. 1.41 (_passive_))]; intercept, in passive, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 2.27.)]
4 in Logic, abstract, with accusative, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 74a37, +others: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1030a33.)]
II middle, future ἀφαιρήσομαι (in passive sense, variant for{ἀπαιρε-θήσεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.35, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator “fragment” 57), later ἀφελοῦμαι 2nd c.BC: Timostratus Comicus 5, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.29.7)]: aorist ἀφειλόμην, later ἀφειλάμην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.586, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 41.63, compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista)] 116: perfect ἀφῄρημαι (in middle sense) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.79 (spelt ἀφείρ- “Sammelb.” 4309 (3rd c.BC)):—from 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] downwards more frequently than active, take away for oneself; also in reciprocal sense, ἀφαιρεῖσθον τύχην ye have received each the fortune of the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 928:)] —Constr. like active, ἀφαιρεῖσθαί τί τινι, as καὶ δή μοι γέρας.. ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.161; τί τινος 5.673, 691, 9.335, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.13, etc. (also τεύχεα.. ὤμοιϊν ἀφελέσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.510); τι πρός τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1034; τι ἀπό τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 883; ἔκ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 12.9)]: with double accusative of things et person, bereave or deprive of, μήτε σὺ τόνδ᾽.. ἀποαίρεο κούρην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.275, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, 7.104)]; frequently in Attic dialect and Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place], 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.74, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.46, etc.; τέκνα ἀ. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 613, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 464: rarely with _accusative_ _person_ et _genitive_ _of things_, ἀ. τὰς κύνας τοῦ εὑρεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.4; τῆς ἀρχῆς τινά 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 60; τὴν Ἀμαζόνα τοῦ ζωστῆρος 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.10.9.)]
II.2 with accusative of things, ἀ. ψήφισμα cancel or rescind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.24)]; ἀφελομένης τῆς νυκτὸς τὸ ἔργον having broken off the action, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.134; ἕως κελαινῆς νυκτὸς ὄμμ᾽ ἀφείλετο 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 428: _absolutely_, μέχρι σκότος ἀφείλετο (i.e. τὴν δίωξιν) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.16; ἀ. τὴν μνήμην πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.13.)]
II.3 followed by μή with infinitive, prevent, hinder from doing, τί μ᾽ ἄνδρα.. ἀφείλου μὴ κτανεῖ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1303, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1146)]; κἄκτεινας, ἤ τις συμφορά σ᾽ ἀφείλετο [μὴ κτεῖναι]; [Refs ([prev. author] “Andr.” 913)]; with infinitive passive, τὸν τὰ ὕστερον ἀφείλετο ἀδικήματα εὐεργέτην μὴ ὀνομασθῆναι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.52.2)]; with infinitive only, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.62)]: simply, obstruct, ἀρχήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 958c.)]
II.4 ἀ. τινὰ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν, Latin vindicare in libertatem, claim as free, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.97, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.19, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.10, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.62.)]
III passive, future -αιρεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 938;)] -ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator “fragment” 57:)]perfect ἀφῄρημαι, Ionic dialect ἀπαραίρημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.159, etc.)]:—to be robbed or deprived of a thing, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 962 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.137, etc.)]; τι πρός or ὑπό τινος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.70, 3.65, 7.159; ἀφῃρέθην τὰ ἐνέχυρα ὑπό τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.41)]; ἐκ χερῶν ἀφῃρέθην had them taken out of my hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 486: with)]infinitive, ἀφῃρέθη Σκίρωνος ἀκτὰς ὄμμα τοὐμὸν εἰσορᾶν was deprived of, hindered from seeing them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1207: less frequently μηδὲν τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὄγκου ἀφαιρεθέντος ἀλλὰ σοῦ αὐξηθέντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155b.)]
III.2 ὁ ἀφαιρεθείς, in Law, the person from whom a slave has been claimed, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 915a.)]
Ionic dialect ἀπαιρέω, future -ήσω: perfect ἀφῄρηκα, Ionic dialect ἀπαραίρηκα: aorist ἀφεῖλον, later infinitive ἀφέλαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“GDI” 4940.35 (Cretan dialect); ἀφῄρησα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.121)]:—take away from:—Constr.: mostly ἀ. τί τινι, σῖτον μέν σφιν ἀφεῖλε took it from him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.455, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 360)] codices, etc. (but also, relieve one of a duty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.44): less frequently ἀ. τί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 560, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 4.7; κῆρα χώρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 777 (Lyric poetry); ἔκ τινος [prev. author] “Eu.” 444)]; also τινά τι probably [Refs 5th c.BC+ (l. [prev. work] 360, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 933)], see infr. II. I, III: with genitive, take from, τιμῆς οὔτ᾽ ἀφελὼν οὔτ᾽ ἐπορεξάμενος[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 5.2)]; μηδὲν ἀφαιρῶμεν τοῦ ἀδίκου (from the unjust man) ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 360e)]; τοῦ πλήθους diminish the number, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.4: with _accusative_ only, ἀπελὼν τὰ ἄχθεα)] having taken them off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80; βασιλέων.. ὀργὰς ἀφῄρουν)]took away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 455, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 22, “Ra.” 518.)]
2 set aside, κρέα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1044.41 (Halic., 4th c.BC).)]
2.b exclude, separate, τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ὡς ἓν ἀπὸ πάντων ἀφαιροῦντες χωρίς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 262d)]; opposed to προστιθέναι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 95e, etc.)]
3 in Mathematics texts, ἀ. ἀπὸ.. subtract from, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Ax.” 3 (_passive_))], etc.; of ratios, divide out from both sides of an equation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Biographus Perg. 1.41 (_passive_))]; intercept, in passive, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 2.27.)]
4 in Logic, abstract, with accusative, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 74a37, +others: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1030a33.)]
II middle, future ἀφαιρήσομαι (in passive sense, variant for{ἀπαιρε-θήσεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.35, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator “fragment” 57), later ἀφελοῦμαι 2nd c.BC: Timostratus Comicus 5, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.29.7)]: aorist ἀφειλόμην, later ἀφειλάμην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.586, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 41.63, compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista)] 116: perfect ἀφῄρημαι (in middle sense) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.79 (spelt ἀφείρ- “Sammelb.” 4309 (3rd c.BC)):—from 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] downwards more frequently than active, take away for oneself; also in reciprocal sense, ἀφαιρεῖσθον τύχην ye have received each the fortune of the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 928:)] —Constr. like active, ἀφαιρεῖσθαί τί τινι, as καὶ δή μοι γέρας.. ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.161; τί τινος 5.673, 691, 9.335, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.13, etc. (also τεύχεα.. ὤμοιϊν ἀφελέσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.510); τι πρός τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1034; τι ἀπό τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 883; ἔκ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 12.9)]: with double accusative of things et person, bereave or deprive of, μήτε σὺ τόνδ᾽.. ἀποαίρεο κούρην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.275, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, 7.104)]; frequently in Attic dialect and Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place], 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.74, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.46, etc.; τέκνα ἀ. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 613, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 464: rarely with _accusative_ _person_ et _genitive_ _of things_, ἀ. τὰς κύνας τοῦ εὑρεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.4; τῆς ἀρχῆς τινά 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 60; τὴν Ἀμαζόνα τοῦ ζωστῆρος 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.10.9.)]
II.2 with accusative of things, ἀ. ψήφισμα cancel or rescind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.24)]; ἀφελομένης τῆς νυκτὸς τὸ ἔργον having broken off the action, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.134; ἕως κελαινῆς νυκτὸς ὄμμ᾽ ἀφείλετο 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 428: _absolutely_, μέχρι σκότος ἀφείλετο (i.e. τὴν δίωξιν) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.16; ἀ. τὴν μνήμην πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.13.)]
II.3 followed by μή with infinitive, prevent, hinder from doing, τί μ᾽ ἄνδρα.. ἀφείλου μὴ κτανεῖ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1303, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1146)]; κἄκτεινας, ἤ τις συμφορά σ᾽ ἀφείλετο [μὴ κτεῖναι]; [Refs ([prev. author] “Andr.” 913)]; with infinitive passive, τὸν τὰ ὕστερον ἀφείλετο ἀδικήματα εὐεργέτην μὴ ὀνομασθῆναι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.52.2)]; with infinitive only, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.62)]: simply, obstruct, ἀρχήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 958c.)]
II.4 ἀ. τινὰ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν, Latin vindicare in libertatem, claim as free, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.97, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.19, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.10, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.62.)]
III passive, future -αιρεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 938;)] -ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator “fragment” 57:)]perfect ἀφῄρημαι, Ionic dialect ἀπαραίρημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.159, etc.)]:—to be robbed or deprived of a thing, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 962 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.137, etc.)]; τι πρός or ὑπό τινος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.70, 3.65, 7.159; ἀφῃρέθην τὰ ἐνέχυρα ὑπό τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.41)]; ἐκ χερῶν ἀφῃρέθην had them taken out of my hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 486: with)]infinitive, ἀφῃρέθη Σκίρωνος ἀκτὰς ὄμμα τοὐμὸν εἰσορᾶν was deprived of, hindered from seeing them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1207: less frequently μηδὲν τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὄγκου ἀφαιρεθέντος ἀλλὰ σοῦ αὐξηθέντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155b.)]
III.2 ὁ ἀφαιρεθείς, in Law, the person from whom a slave has been claimed, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 915a.)]