Strong G1813ἐξαλείφω
to blot out
- Transliteration
- exaleiphō
- Pronunciation
- ex-al-i'-fo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐξ-αλείφω
[in LXX for טוּחַ, Lev.14:42, al.; metaphorically, מָחָה, שָׁחַת, etc.;]
1. to plaster, wash over (LXX).
2. to wipe off, wipe out: δάκρυον, Rev.7:17 21:4; metaphorically, χειρόγραφον, Col.2:14; τ. ὄνομα, before ἐκ, Rev.3:5 (MM, Exp., xiii); pass., ἀμαρτίαι (ἐξαλιφθῆναι, WH), Act.3:19 (cf. Psa.51:11 Psa.109:13, Isa.43:25, Sir.46:20 (ἁμ. ἀπαλ-), 3Ma.2:19).†
(AS)
[in LXX for טוּחַ, Lev.14:42, al.; metaphorically, מָחָה, שָׁחַת, etc.;]
1. to plaster, wash over (LXX).
2. to wipe off, wipe out: δάκρυον, Rev.7:17 21:4; metaphorically, χειρόγραφον, Col.2:14; τ. ὄνομα, before ἐκ, Rev.3:5 (MM, Exp., xiii); pass., ἀμαρτίαι (ἐξαλιφθῆναι, WH), Act.3:19 (cf. Psa.51:11 Psa.109:13, Isa.43:25, Sir.46:20 (ἁμ. ἀπαλ-), 3Ma.2:19).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1813 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- blot3
- wipe2
- will1
First verses
- Acts 3:19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- Colossians 2:14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
- Revelation 3:5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
- Revelation 7:17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
- Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐξᾰλείφω,
perfect passive ἐξαλήλιμμαι (see. below): subjunctive aorist 2 passive ἐξαλῐφῇ variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 258b)]:— plaster or wash over, τοῦ σώματος τὸ ἥμισυ ἐξηλείφοντο γύψῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.69)]; ᾗ ἔτυχε.. οὐκ ἐξαληλιμμένον τὸ τεῖχος where it was not whitewashed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.20; τοὺς βωμοὺς ἐξαλείψαντι “IG” 11.161 A 103 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))]:—middle, anoint, μύρῳ βρενθείῳ ἐξαλείψαο [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.20.)]
II wipe out, obliterate, ἐξαλειφθεῖσ᾽ ὡς ἄγαλμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 262)]: metaphorically, wipe out of one's mind, πάντα τὰ πρόσθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 187b; τὸ γιγνώσκειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.34)]; [ὑπόνοιαν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 310 (probably))]; cancel, ἐ. ψηφίσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.76; νόμους 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.48; αἰτίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 40.3)]; ἐξαλειφόντων (i.e. τὸ ὀφείλημα) [Refs (“IG” 12.91.10)]; especially at Athens, ἐ. τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ καταλόγου strike his name off the roll, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.51, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 36.2; so ἐ. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 877, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.39)]; opposed to ἐγγράφω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1181, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.2, etc.; ὑμᾶς ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.57:)] —middle, ἐξαλείψασθαι τὰς ἀπογραφάς to get one's inventory cancelled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 850d: _metaphorically_, ἐ. πάθος φρενός)] blot it out from one's mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 590.)]
II.2 metaphorically, wipe out, destroy, μὴ 'ξαλείψῃς σπέρμα Πελοπιδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 503, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1241)]:—passive, ἡ Σπάρτης εὐδαιμονίη οὐκ ἐξηλείφετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.220; τιμὰς μὴ 'ξαλειφθῆναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 15; οὐδ᾽ ἄπαις δόμος.. ἐξαλειφθείη ποτ᾽ ἄν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 698.)]
perfect passive ἐξαλήλιμμαι (see. below): subjunctive aorist 2 passive ἐξαλῐφῇ variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 258b)]:— plaster or wash over, τοῦ σώματος τὸ ἥμισυ ἐξηλείφοντο γύψῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.69)]; ᾗ ἔτυχε.. οὐκ ἐξαληλιμμένον τὸ τεῖχος where it was not whitewashed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.20; τοὺς βωμοὺς ἐξαλείψαντι “IG” 11.161 A 103 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))]:—middle, anoint, μύρῳ βρενθείῳ ἐξαλείψαο [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.20.)]
II wipe out, obliterate, ἐξαλειφθεῖσ᾽ ὡς ἄγαλμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 262)]: metaphorically, wipe out of one's mind, πάντα τὰ πρόσθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 187b; τὸ γιγνώσκειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.34)]; [ὑπόνοιαν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 310 (probably))]; cancel, ἐ. ψηφίσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.76; νόμους 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.48; αἰτίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 40.3)]; ἐξαλειφόντων (i.e. τὸ ὀφείλημα) [Refs (“IG” 12.91.10)]; especially at Athens, ἐ. τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ καταλόγου strike his name off the roll, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.51, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 36.2; so ἐ. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 877, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.39)]; opposed to ἐγγράφω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1181, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.2, etc.; ὑμᾶς ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.57:)] —middle, ἐξαλείψασθαι τὰς ἀπογραφάς to get one's inventory cancelled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 850d: _metaphorically_, ἐ. πάθος φρενός)] blot it out from one's mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 590.)]
II.2 metaphorically, wipe out, destroy, μὴ 'ξαλείψῃς σπέρμα Πελοπιδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 503, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1241)]:—passive, ἡ Σπάρτης εὐδαιμονίη οὐκ ἐξηλείφετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.220; τιμὰς μὴ 'ξαλειφθῆναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 15; οὐδ᾽ ἄπαις δόμος.. ἐξαλειφθείη ποτ᾽ ἄν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 698.)]