Words the Bible translates as uproot
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- natashנָתַשׁto pull up by the roots: to uproot a plant, and so to tear a people, a shrine, a city, or a ruling house out of the place where it stood settled
- ekrizoōἐκριζόωto uprootnot studied yet
- sharashשָׁרַשׁto take root: to send roots down into the soil and get a firm hold, or to give a plant its roots so that it holds
+1 more meaning
- to root out: to tear something out of the ground roots and all, so that it cannot grow back
- iqqerעִקֵּרto pull something out by the roots: to grub a plant out of the ground, or to tear a town out of its place for good
+1 more meaning
- to cripple an animal on purpose by cutting the large tendon at the back of its leg
Keep looking
Every English meaning beginning with U is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.