Words the Bible translates as remove
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 16 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- airōαἴρωto take something away, remove it, or carry it off
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- to lift something up off the ground or raise it higher
- to pick something up and carry it
- surסוּרto remove or take away: cause something or someone to leave
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- to turn aside or depart: move away from a path, a person, or a course of life
- galahגָּלָהto uncover what was hidden, so that it is seen or known: to lay bare, expose, or reveal
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- to go away into exile, or to drive a people away into exile: to be deported from one's land
- aphaireōἀφαιρέωto take away or remove something, whether by cutting it off, stripping it from someone, or doing away with it entirely
- kineōκινέωto move something out of the position it holds: to budge it, shake it, carry it off, or set a crowd going.
- raḥaqרָחַקto remove something far away, to put or keep it at a distance
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- to be far away, to stay at a distance
- nadadנָדַדto move away in flight: to flee, roam as a fugitive, flutter off, or be driven from one's place
- nudנוּדto move restlessly to and fro: to wander or flee as a homeless fugitive, and, by the shaking of the head over another's pain, to grieve with and console the suffering
- mushמוּשׁto depart or remove: to move away from a place or position, or to make something move away
- metabainōμεταβαίνωto go over from one place or condition to another: to depart, move on, or pass across
- nasagנָסַגto push something back out of the place where it belongs; most often, to shift a boundary marker and quietly take over a neighbor's land.
- adahעֲדָהto go from where it was: for rule, honor, or a binding order to pass away, or for someone with power to take it away
- ataqעָתַקto move on from where you were, or to shift something out of the place it held
- parapherōπαραφέρωto carry something past, aside, or off its proper course; hence, depending on how it is used, to take away or to be swept off course
- hagahהָגָהto removenot studied yet
- zaḥaḥזָחַחto removenot studied yet
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