Greek

To expel

ἐξωθέωStrong’s G1856

exōtheō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Exōtheō is the Greek word usually translated “drove out” and “drive”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;”

Acts 7:45 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “drove out” and “drive”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

drove out 1
to drive 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Acts 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Acts 27:39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

Greek dictionary

ἐξωθέω exōtheō · to expel

ἐξ-ωθέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for נָדָה hi. ;] 1. to thrust out: Act.7:45. 2. to drive out of the sea, drive on shore: Act.27:39 (WH, txt., ἐκσῶσαι).† *ἐκ-σώζω, to preserve from danger, bring safe: Act.27:39 (ἐξῶσαι, WH, mg., R, txt., see: ἐξωθέω).† ἐξ-ωθέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for נָדָה hi. ;] 1. to thrust out: Act.7:45. 2. to drive out of the sea, drive on shore: Act.27:39 (WH, txt., ἐκσῶσαι).† *ἐκ-σώζω, to preserve from danger, bring safe: Act.27:39 (ἐξῶσαι, WH, mg., R, txt., see: ἐξωθέω).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “drive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DRIVE, verb transitive

preterit tense Drove, [formerly drave; participle passive Driven, G.]

To impel or urge forward by force; to force; to move by physical force.
To compel or urge forward by other means than absolute physical force, or by means that compel the will; as, to drive cattle to market.
To chase; to hunt.
To impel a team of horses or oxen to move forward, and to direct their course; hence, to guide or regulate the course of the carriage drawn by them.

All definitions and other forms of “drive”

To impel to greater speed.
To clear any place by forcing away what is in it.
To force; to compel; in a general sense.
To hurry on inconsiderately; often with on.
To distress; to straighten; as desperate men far driven.
To impel by influence of passion.
To urge; to press; as, to drive an argument.
To impel by moral influence; to compel; as, the reasoning of his opponent drove him to acknowledge his error.
To carry on; to prosecute; to keep in motion; as, to drive a trade; to drive business.
To make light by motion or agitation; as, to drive feathers.

DRIVE, verb intransitive

To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; as, a ship drives before the wind.
To rush and press with violence; as, a storm drives against the house.
To pass in a carriage; as, he drove to London.
To aim at or tend to; to urge towards a point; to make an effort to reach or obtain; as, we know the end the author is driving at.
To aim a blow; to strike at with force.

DRIVE, noun

Passage in a carriage.

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.