To exclude
ἐκκλείωStrong’s G1576ekkleiō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ekkleiō is the Greek word usually translated “it has been excluded” and “exclude”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.”
Meaning
Usually translated “it has been excluded” and “exclude”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- it has been excluded 1
- to exclude 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- Galatians 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
ἐκκλείω ekkleiō · to exclude
ἐκ-κλείω [in LXX: ἐ. κρίσιν, for נָטָה hi., Exo.23:2 (also as seel., Job.34:20, Psa.67:1-7 (Psa.68:30) * ;] to shut out: Gal.4:17. Pass., Rom.3:27.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “exclude” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXCLU'DE, verb transitive
[Latin excludo; ex and claudo, to shut.]
Properly, to thrust out or eject; but used as synonymous with preclude.
- To thrust out; to eject; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.
- To hinder from entering or admission; to shut out; as, one body excludes another from occupying the same space.
- To debar; to hinder from participation or enjoyment.
- To except; not to comprehend or include in a privilege, grant, proposition, argument, description, order, species, genus, etc. in a general sense.
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.