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ἐξαιρέω

Strong’s: G1807

Associated OET lemmas: ἐξαιρέω

Other spellings: ἐξαιρέομαι

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἐξαιρέω; aor.; ἐξεῖλον; ἐξαιρέω; impv.; ἔξελε; ἐξαιρέω; aor.midd.; ἐξειλάμην; ἐξαιρέω; inf.; ἐξελέσθαι

Related lemmas: αἱρέομαι

Sense 1: to take out, to remove

Semantic entry: 85.43

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Put, Place

Definition: to take something out of its place

MAT 5:29: RV MAT 5:29 · LV MAT 5:29 · Read together MAT 5:29

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OET-RV MAT 5:29

29 If your right eye is causing you to stumble, then pluck it out and throw it away,

OET-LV MAT 5:29

29 And if the the right eye of _you is _stumbling you, pluck_ it _out and throw it from you, because/for it _is _benefitting for _you that one of _the members of _you may _perish, and not all the body of _you may _be _thrown into geenna.

MAT 18:9: RV MAT 18:9 · LV MAT 18:9 · Read together MAT 18:9

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OET-RV MAT 18:9

9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away, because it’s better for you to enter eternal life with only one eye than to be thrown into the pit of fire with two eyes.

OET-LV MAT 18:9

9 And if the eye of _you is _stumbling you, pluck _out it and throw it from you, it _is better for _you to _come _in into the life one-eyed, than to _be _thrown into the geenna of_ the _fire having two eyes.

Sense 2: to set free, to rescue, to deliver

Semantic entry: 21.17

Semantic domains: Danger, Risk, Safe, Save

Subdomains: Cause To Be Safe, Free from Danger

Definition: to rescue or set someone free from danger

Forms: ἐξαιρέομαι[a]

ACT 7:10: RV ACT 7:10 · LV ACT 7:10 · Read together ACT 7:10

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OET-RV ACT 7:10

10 and rescued him out of all his troubles there. Then God gave him wisdom and caused him to gain the favour of Par’oh (Pharaoh), the king of Mitsrayim, who then appointed him as the ruler of all Mitsrayim and over Par’oh’s own household.

OET-LV ACT 7:10

10 and he _rescued him out _of all the tribulations of _him, and gave to _him favour and wisdom before Faraō/(Farˊoh), king of _Aiguptos, and he _appointed him leading one over Aiguptos, and over all the house of _him.

ACT 7:34: RV ACT 7:34 · LV ACT 7:34 · Read together ACT 7:34

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OET-RV ACT 7:34

34 I have noticed the mistreatment of my people in Mitsrayim and heard their groaning and so I came down to rescue them, so now I’m going to send you back to Mitsrayim.’

OET-LV ACT 7:34

34 Having _seen, I _saw the mistreatment of _the people of _me which in Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), and I _heard of _the groaning of _them, and I _came _down to _rescue them:
And now come, I _may _send_ you _out to Aiguptos.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 7:10 · RV ACT 7:34 · RV ACT 12:11 · RV ACT 23:27 · RV ACT 26:17 · LV ACT 7:10 · LV ACT 7:34 · LV ACT 12:11 · LV ACT 23:27 · LV ACT 26:17 · Read together ACT 7:10 · Read together ACT 7:34 · Read together ACT 12:11 · Read together ACT 23:27 · Read together ACT 26:17

GAL: RV GAL 1:4 · LV GAL 1:4 · Read together GAL 1:4

Sense 3: to choose

Semantic entry: 30.90

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Choose, To Select, To Prefer

Definition: to choose out from among

Notes: It is also possible to interpret ἐξαιρέομαι in RV ACT 26:17 · LV ACT 26:17 · Read together ACT 26:17 as meaning ‘to rescue from’ (see 21.17: ἐξαιρέω).

Forms: ἐξαιρέομαι[b]

ACT 26:17: RV ACT 26:17 · LV ACT 26:17 · Read together ACT 26:17

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OET-RV ACT 26:17

17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the non-Jews that I’m sending you out to,

OET-LV ACT 26:17

17 rescuing you from the people and from the pagans, to whom I am _sending_ you _out,