To remove
ἀφαιρέωStrong’s G0851aphaireō
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Aphaireō is the Greek word usually translated “cut off”, “take away” and “taken away from”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.”
Meaning
Usually translated “cut off”, “take away” and “taken away from”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- cut off 3
- to take away 2
- will be taken away from 1
- is taking away 1
- i may take away 1
- shall take away 1
- will take away 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 4
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Romans 1
- Hebrews 1
- Revelation 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 14:47And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
- Luke 1:25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
- Luke 10:42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
- Luke 16:3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
- Luke 22:50And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
- Romans 11:27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Greek dictionary
ἀφαιρέω aphaireō · to remove
ἀφ-αιρέω, -ῶ [in LXX (Cremer, 615 f.) for סוּר, עָבַר, H7311 כָּרַת, etc. (35 words in all) ;] to take from, take away, take off: with accusative, τὸ ὠτίον, Mat.26:51, Mrk.14:47 (ὠτάριον, WH), Luk.22:50 (οὖς); ὄνειδος, Luk.1:25; before ἀπό, Rev.22:19, Luk.16:3 (mid.); pass., C. genitive, Luk.10:42; ἀ. ἁμαρτίος, Heb.10:4, Rom.11:27 (mid.) (MM, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “remove” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REMOVE, verb transitive
[Latin removeo; re and moveo, to move.]
- To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner; as, to remove a building.“Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark” Deuteronomy 19:14
- To displace from an office.
- To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy; as, to remove a disease or complaint.“REMOVE sorrow from thine heart” Ecclesiastes 11:10
- To carry from one court to another; as, to remove a cause or suit by appeal.
All definitions and other forms of “remove”
- To take from the present state of being; as, to remove one by death.
REMOVE, verb intransitive
- To change place in any manner.
- To go from one place to another.
- To change the place of residence; as, to remove from New York to Philadelphia.
REMOVE, noun
- Change of place.
- Translation of one to the place of another.
- State of being removed.
- Act of moving a man in chess or other game.
- Departure; a going away.
- The act of changing place; removal.
- A step in any scale of gradation.
- Any indefinite distance; as a small or great remove
- The act of putting a horse's shoes on different feet.
- A dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains.
- Susceptibility of being removed. [Not in use.]
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.