Strong G1610ἐκριζόω

to uproot

Transliteration
ekrizoō
Pronunciation
ek-rid-zo'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1537 and G4492; to uproot: - pluck up by the root root up.

Detailed definition

ἐκ-ριζόω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Jdg.5:14 (שֶׁרֶשׁ), Jer.1:10 (נָתַשׁ), Zep.2:4 (גָּרַשׁ A, עָקַר BS), Dan.7:8 (עָקַר), Dan LXX 4:11, 23, Wis.4:4, Sir.3:9 49:7, 1Ma.5:51, 2Ma.12:7 *;]
to root out, pluck up by the roots: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:29 15:13 Luk.17:6, Ju 12.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1610 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • root3
  • pluck1

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:29
    But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
  2. Matthew 15:13
    But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
  3. Luke 17:6
    And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
  4. Jude 1:12
    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκρῑζ-όω,
root out, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Jer.1.10, +others, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 179, NT.Matt.13.29)]:—passive, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Wis.4.4, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 36.8, etc.; ἁρπασθεῖσα ὑπὸ τοῦ δαίμονος ἐξεριζώθη “IG” 12(7).405.24 (from Amorgos); in a form of execration, ἐκριζωθήσεται πανγενεί [prev. work]3.1424.)]