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ἀφαιρέω

aphaireō · cut off, take away

Greek word · Strong’s number G851 · appears 10 times in the Bible

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What it means

aphaireō (ἀφαιρέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “cut off, take away”.

Take away, cut off.

How to say it

a·phai·re·ō

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To separate something from someone, with a stroke or by taking it away for good.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • take away ×4
  • cut off ×3
  • be taken away ×1
  • takes away ×1
  • taking away ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 26:51

    And look, one of those with Jesus, stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking the slave of the high priest, cut off his ear.

  • Mark 14:47

    But one of those standing by, drawing his sword, struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

  • Luke 1:25

    “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me to take away my disgrace among people.”

  • Luke 10:42

    but few things are needed, or only one; for Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

  • Luke 16:3

    And the manager said within himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

  • Luke 22:50

    And a certain one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

  • Romans 11:27

    and this will be my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.

  • Hebrews 10:4

    For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

  • Revelation 22:19

    and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written about in this book.

And 1 more times.