Words the Bible translates as take away
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- laqaḥלָקַחto take: to lay hold of someone or something and bring it into your hand, your possession, or your keeping
- airōαἴρωto lift something up off the ground or raise it higher
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- to pick something up and carry it
- to take something away, remove it, or carry it off
- natsalנָצַלto rescue: to snatch someone out of danger, into safety
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- to strip off and carry away: to take plunder, or pull clothing or ornaments off
- asaphאָסַףto take away: to remove something so that it is gone
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- to gather: to bring scattered people or things together into one place
- aphaireōἀφαιρέωto take away or remove something, whether by cutting it off, stripping it from someone, or doing away with it entirely
- apairōἀπαίρωto take awaynot studied yet
- anaireōἀναιρέωto do away with entirely: to kill a person, or abolish an institution
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- to take up a child and raise it as one's own: to adopt
- shavatשָׁבַתto stop: to leave off an activity, or to come to an end
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- to put a stop to: to remove, abolish, or do away with something
- periaireōπεριαιρέωto take awaynot studied yet
- garaגָּרַעto take part of something away, so that less of it is left: to diminish, reduce, withdraw, or hold back
- adahעָדָהto pass on: to travel across or past a place, or to take a thing off and carry it away
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- to deck oneself out: to put on jewelry and finery, or to place ornaments on someone else
- 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
- 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
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