To eject
ἀπελαύνωStrong’s G0556apelaunō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Apelaunō is the Greek word usually translated “drove”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And he drave them from the judgment seat.”
Meaning
Usually translated “drove”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he drove 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀπελαύνω apelaunō · to eject
ἀπ-ελαύνω [in LXX for נָצַל, שָׁלַח ;] to drive away: Act.18:16 (MM, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “drove” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DROVE, noun
- A collection of cattle driven; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep or swine, driven in a body.
- Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as a finny drove
- A crowd of people in motion.
- A road for driving cattle. [English.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.