περιαιρέω
periaireō · take away, cast off
Greek word · Strong’s number G4014 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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periaireō (περιαιρέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “take away, cast off”.
Take away, remove entirely; cast off anchors; also sail around.
How to say it
pe·ri·ai·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
- Do away with entirely.
- Cut loose the anchors and sail.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- casting off ×1
- remove ×1
- removed ×1
- was being taken away ×1
- weighing anchor ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 27:20
And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was pressing on us, finally all hope of our being saved was being taken away.
- Acts 27:40
And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the blowing wind, they made for the beach.
- Acts 28:13
from there weighing anchor we arrived at Rhegium; and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
- 2 Corinthians 3:16
but whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
- Hebrews 10:11
And every priest stands daily ministering and offering many times the same sacrifices, which can never remove sins.