Strong G1807ἐξαιρέω

to take out/select

Transliteration
exaireō
Pronunciation
ex-ahee-reh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1537 and G138; active voice to tear out; middle voice to select; figuratively to release: - deliver pluck out rescue.

Detailed definition

ἐξ-αιρέω -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for נָצַל hi.;]
to take out: with accusative, ὀφθαλμόν, Mat.5:29 18:9; mid.
__(a) to take out for oneself, choose: Act.26:17 (Thayer, see word; Page, Ac., l.with, but see infr.);
__(b) to deliver: Act.7:10, 34" (LXX) Act.12:11 Act.23:27 Act.26:17 (EV, but see supr.), Gal.1:4.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1807 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • deliver5
  • out2
  • pluck2
  • rescue1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:29
    And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
  2. Matthew 18:9
    And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
  3. Acts 7:10
    And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
  4. Acts 7:34
    I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
  5. Acts 12:11
    And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
  6. Acts 23:27
    This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
  7. Acts 26:17
    Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
  8. Galatians 1:4
    Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐξαιρ-έω,
future -ησω, later ἐξελῶ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.56, etc.:)]aorist 2 ἐξεῖλον, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ἔξελον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.56, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.26)]; infinitive ἐξελεῖν:—middle, future ἐξαιρήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 924; later ἐξελοῦμαι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.9:)]aorist 2 ἐξειλόμην,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (rarely 1 ἐξῃρησάμην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 761 (perhaps interpolated):)] —passive, perfect -ῄρημαι, Ionic dialect -αραίρημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)]:—take out, ἔνθεν.. ἔξελε πέπλους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.229)]; ἐπείνιν καθαροῦ λέβητος ἔξελε Κλωθώ Pi.[same place]; τὸ δέλτα τοῦ ὀνόματος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 413e)]; simply, take out, τὴν κοιλίην, τὴν νηδύν, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40 (tmesis), 87; πρὶν ἀνταράξας πῖαρ ἐξεῖλεν γάλα 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 36.21)]:—passive, εἰ τὸ ἔαρ ἐκ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐξαραιρημένον εἴη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.162, cf. Pericl. cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1365a33.)]
2 middle, take out for oneself, φαρέτρης ἐξείλετο πικρὸν ὀϊστόν from his quiver, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.323)]; ἐξελέσθαι τὰ μεγάλα ἱστία their large sails, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.13)]; ἐ. τὰ φορτία discharge their cargoes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.196; τὰ ἀγώγιμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.1.16; τὸν σῖτον ἐς [τὴν στοὰν] ἐξαιρεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.90: _absolutely_, Syngr. cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.13, etc.)]:—passive, to be discharged, of a cargo, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.8.)]
II take from a common stock, reserve, κούρην, ἣν ἄρα μοι γέρας ἔξελον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.56; Ἀλκινόῳ δ᾽ αὐτὴν γέρας ἔξελον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.10, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.627; βασιλέϊ τεμένεα ἐξελὼν καὶ ἱερωσύνας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.161; Νίσῳ ἐ. χθόνα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 24.5; θεοῖσιν ἀκροθίνια 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 470; κλήρους τοῖς θεοῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.50)]:—middle, choose for oneself, carry off as booty, τὴν ἐκ Αυρνησσοῦ ἐξείλετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.690, compare 9.130)]; choose, μενοεικέα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.232; μίαν ἕκαστος σιτοποιὸν ἐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.150, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.20; ταύτας ἐξείλεθ᾽ αὑτῷ κτῆμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 245)]; δῶρον.. πόλεος ἐξελέσθαι to have accepted as a gift, [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 541 (Lyric poetry))]:—passive, to be given as a special honour, τινί to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.114)]; ἐξαραιρημένος Ποσειδέωνι dedicated to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.148; γέρεα.. σφι ἦν τάδε ἐξαραιρημένα [prev. author] 2.168)]; ἐ. αὐτοῖς set apart for them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 117c; τὰ τεμένη τὰ ἐξῃρημένα “IG” 12.45.10)]; of funds, to be set apart, ear-marked, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 577.64 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; but τοῦ ἀργυρίου τοῦ ἐκ τοῦ λιθοτομείου ἐξαιρουμένου moneys received from.., [Refs (“IG” 22.47.)]
II.2 take out of a number, except, μητέρας ἐξελόντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.150; Σιμμίαν ἐξαιρῶ λόγου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.15.)]
III remove people from their country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30; τοὺς ἐν τῇ λίμνῃ κατοικημένους [prev. author] 5.16)]; στρουθούς (i.e. ἐκ τοῦ νηοῦ) [Refs ([prev. author] 1.159)]: generally, remove, τὸν λίθον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.125; ἐκ τοῦ λυχνούχου τὸν λύχνον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 102; πατρὸς φόβον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 991, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.23)]; ὀδυρμούς, ἄγνοιαν, ἔρωτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 387d, “Lg.” 771e, “Smp.” 186d; ἀλλήλων τὴν ἀπιστίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.4)]:—middle, νεῖκος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 904)]; ὑμῶν ἐ. τὴν διαβολὴν.. ταύτην remove this prejudice from your minds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 19a, compare 24a.)]
III.2 get rid of, [ὗν] ἐκ τῆς χώρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36; θῆρας χθονός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 18)]; make away with, παῖδας, θῆρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HF” 39, 154; Ἀθηναίους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.19.)]
III.2.b destroy, πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.103, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.113, 4.69, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.30; χωρία [prev. author] 23.115; οἰκίδιον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 199, compare 278; φρούριον 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.86.)]
III.2.c annul, bring to naught, θέσφατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 908 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.36.)]
III.3 middle, ψυχήν, θυμόν, φρένας ἐξελέσθαι, either with accusative person, bereave a person of life, etc., as μιν ἐξείλετο θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.460, 17.678 (so in Trag., 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 69, “IA” 972): or with _genitive_ _person_, as μευ φρένας ἐξέλετο Ζεύς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.137, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 89; σεῦ ψυχὴν χαλκῷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.754; μου τέρψιν ἐξείλου βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 347, etc.: rarely, with _dative_ _person_, Γλαύκῳ φρένας ἐξέλετο Ζεύς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.234; [οἰωνοῖς] τέκνα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.218: in tmesi, ἐκ δέος εἵλετο γυίων 6.140; ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιο 20.62, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.381)]:—middle, take away from one, τὰ φίλτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1208:)] —passive, ἐξαιρεθέντες τὸν Δημοκήδεα having had him taken out of their hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.137; τὸ ἐπιθυμοῦν τοῦ πλοῦ οὐκ ἐξῃρέθησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.24, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 519d, etc.)]
III.4 passive, to be removed from, i.e. transcend, τοῦ τῶν ὄντων πλήθους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.546 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; ἑνάδες ἐξῃρημέναι transcendent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]p.547 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 7; τὸ μᾶλλον -μένον μᾶλλον καὶ χωρεῖ διὰ τῶν ἄλλων [prev. work] 325.)] adverb ἐξῃρημένως transcendently, [Refs ([prev. work] 270)]; ultimately, opposed to προσεχῶς, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus in “de An.” 270.14.)]
IV middle, set free, deliver, τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 924, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 316)]; ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων τινά Decrees cited in [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.90; ἐκ τῆς ἀνάγκης “PPetr.” 3p.74; ἐκ τῶν θλίψεων NT.Act.7.10)]; ἐξαιρεῖσθαι εἰς ἐλευθερίαν claim as a freeman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.42, 10.14.)]
IV.2 bring to an end, accomplish, πᾶν γὰρ ἐξαιρεῖ λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 516.)] —Freq. confounded with ἐξαίρω.