ἐξαλείφω
exaleiphō
“to blot out”
Definition
to smear out, i.e. obliterate (erase tears, figuratively, pardon sin)
from G1537 (ἐκ) and G218 (ἀλείφω);
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Occurrences
ἐξαλείφω appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’and there will be no more deathor mourning or crying or pain,for the former things have passed away.”
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
For the Lamb in the center of the thronewill be their shepherd.‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
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