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ἐκβάλλω

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Definition

ἐκ-βάλλω

[in LXX chiefly for גָּרַשׁ pi., also for שָׁלַךְ hi., יָצָא hi., יָרַשׁ hi., etc. ;]

1. to drive, cast or send out, to expel: with accusative of thing(s), mid. (σῖτον), before εἰς, Acts 27:38; pass., Matthew 15:17; with accusative of person(s), Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15, al.; δαιμόνια, Matthew 7:22, Mark 1:34, al.; id. before ἐκ, Mark 7:26; παρά, Mark 16:9; ἐν, Mark 3:22; (ἐν) τ. ὀνόματι, Matthew 7:22, Mark 9:38; λόγῳ, Matthew 8:16; before ἔξω, John 6:37; id. with genitive, Mark 12:8, al.; of expulsion from home, Galatians 4:30; from the Church, 3 John 10.

2. In LXX and NT (like Heb. יָצָא and Aram. הַנְפֵּק), to command or cause to depart: Matthew 9:38, Mark 1:12 (see Swete, in l.), ib. Mark 1:43; 5:40, Luke 10:2, James 2:25; τ. κρίσιν εἰς νῖκος (to cause to proceed to its goal), Matthew 12:20 (LXX).

3. to reject (cl.): τ. ὄνομα ὑμῶς ὡς πονηρόν (cf. Deuteronomy 25:14), Luke 6:22; to leave out, Revelation 11:2.

4. to take, draw or pluck out;

(a) with violence: Matthew 7:5, Mark 9:47, Luke 6:42;

(b) to bring forth or out of: Matthew 12:35, Luke 10:35.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐκβάλλω:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

81 total
  1. Matthew 7:4ἐκβάλω · me take
    How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
  2. Matthew 7:5ἔκβαλε · take; ἐκβαλεῖν · to remove
    You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  3. Matthew 7:22ἐξεβάλομεν · drive out
    Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
  4. Matthew 8:12ἐκβληθήσονται · will be thrown
    But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
  5. Matthew 8:16ἐξέβαλεν · He drove out
    When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.
  6. Matthew 8:31ἐκβάλλεις · You drive us out
    So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
  7. Matthew 9:25ἐξεβλήθη · had been put outside
    After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
  8. Matthew 9:33ἐκβληθέντος · had been driven out
    And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
  9. Matthew 9:34ἐκβάλλει · [that] He drives out
    But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”
  10. Matthew 9:38ἐκβάλῃ · to send out
    Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”
  11. Matthew 10:1ἐκβάλλειν · they could drive them out
    And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.
  12. Matthew 10:8ἐκβάλλετε · drive out
    Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
  13. Matthew 12:20ἐκβάλῃ · He leads
    A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
  14. Matthew 12:24ἐκβάλλει · drive out
    But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
  15. Matthew 12:26ἐκβάλλει · drives out
    If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
  16. Matthew 12:27ἐκβάλλω · drive out; ἐκβάλλουσιν · drive them out
    And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
  17. Matthew 12:28ἐκβάλλω · drive out
    But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
  18. Matthew 12:35ἐκβάλλει · brings; ἐκβάλλει · brings
    The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
  19. Matthew 13:52ἐκβάλλει · brings
    Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
  20. Matthew 15:17ἐκβάλλεται · is eliminated
    “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
  21. Matthew 17:19ἐκβαλεῖν · drive it out
    Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
  22. Matthew 21:12ἐξέβαλεν · drove out
    Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
  23. Matthew 21:39ἐξέβαλον · [and] threw [him]
    So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
  24. Matthew 22:13ἐκβάλετε · [and] throw him
    Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
  25. Matthew 25:30ἐκβάλετε · throw
    And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
  26. Mark 1:12ἐκβάλλει · drove [Jesus]
    At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,
  27. Mark 1:34ἐξέβαλεν · drove out
    And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
  28. Mark 1:39ἐκβάλλων · driving out
    So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
  29. Mark 1:43ἐξέβαλεν · [Jesus] promptly sent him away
    Jesus promptly sent him away with a stern warning:
  30. Mark 3:15ἐκβάλλειν · to drive out
    …and to have authority to drive out demons.
  31. Mark 3:22ἐκβάλλει · He drives out
    And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
  32. Mark 3:23ἐκβάλλειν · drive out
    So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
  33. Mark 5:40ἐκβαλὼν · had put them all outside
    And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.
  34. Mark 6:13ἐξέβαλλον · They also drove out
    They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.
  35. Mark 7:26ἐκβάλῃ · to drive
    Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
  36. Mark 9:18ἐκβάλωσιν · drive it out
    Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
  37. Mark 9:28ἐκβαλεῖν · drive it out
    After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
  38. Mark 9:38ἐκβάλλοντα · driving out
    John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
  39. Mark 9:47ἔκβαλε · pluck it out
    And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
  40. Mark 11:15ἐκβάλλειν · to drive out
    When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
  41. Mark 12:8ἐξέβαλον · threw
    So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
  42. Mark 16:9ἐκβεβλήκει · He had driven out
    Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.
  43. Mark 16:17ἐκβαλοῦσιν · they will drive out
    And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
  44. Luke 4:29ἐξέβαλον · drove
    They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.
  45. Luke 6:22ἐκβάλωσιν · reject
    Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
  46. Luke 6:42ἐκβάλω · me take; ἔκβαλε · take
    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.