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GreekG0851Verb

ἀφαιρέω

aphaireō

9Occurrences
G0851Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to remove (literally or figuratively)

from G575 (ἀπό) and G138 (αἱρέομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to take from, take away, take off: with accusative, τὸ ὠτίον, (ὠτάριον, WH), (οὖς); ὄνειδος; (mid.); pass., C. genitive; ἀ. ἁμαρτίος, (mid.) .
LXX: for סוּר, עָבַר, H7311 כָּרַת, etc. (35 words in all)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἀφαιρέω appears 9 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
4
Hebrews
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1
Revelation
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

Hebrews 10:4BSB

because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Luke 1:25BSB

“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

Luke 10:42BSB

But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 16:3BSB

The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

Luke 22:50BSB

And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.