ekcheō · pour out

What it means

ekcheō (ἐκχέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “pour out”.

How to say it

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 empty out a liquid, like wine or blood.
2. To give something in abundance, like the Spirit.

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

How it is translated

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

• poured out ×17
• shed ×4
• I will pour out ×2
• have abandoned themselves ×1
• pour out ×1
• pours out ×1
• will be spilled ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×3
• John×1
• Acts×6
• Romans×2
• Titus×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×9

• Matthew 9:17

  Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

• Matthew 23:35

  so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

• Matthew 26:28

  for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

• Mark 14:24

  And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

• Luke 5:37

  And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

• Luke 11:50

  so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,

• Luke 22:20

  And the cup likewise after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

• John 2:15

  And making a whip out of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle; and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

• Acts 1:18

  Now this man acquired a field with the wages of his unrighteousness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his bowels poured out.

• Acts 2:17

  ‘And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out from my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams;

• Acts 2:18

  and even on my male slaves and on my female slaves in those days I will pour out from my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

• Acts 2:33

  Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you see and hear.

• Acts 10:45

  And the believers from among the circumcised, as many as had come with Peter, were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the nations.

• Acts 22:20

  And when the blood of Stephen, your witness, was being shed, I also was standing by and approving and guarding the garments of those who were killing him.’

• Romans 3:15

  their feet are swift to shed blood;

• Romans 5:5

  And hope does not put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

• Titus 3:6

  whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus the Messiah our Savior,

• Jude 1:11

  Woe to them, because they have walked in the way of Cain, and for wages have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam, and perished in the opposition of Korah.

• Revelation 16:1

  And I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the fury of God on the earth.”

• Revelation 16:2

  And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and a harmful and painful sore came on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image.

• Revelation 16:3

  And the second poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man, and every living thing died, the creatures in the sea.

• Revelation 16:4

  And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.

• Revelation 16:6

  because they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve it!”

• Revelation 16:8

  And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to scorch people with fire.

• Revelation 16:10

  And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain,

• Revelation 16:12

  And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.

• Revelation 16:17

  And the seventh poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the sanctuary, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”