ἐκτίλλω
pluck out, tear out
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐκτίλλω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 5 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Psalms 51:7 ἐκτίλλω Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 3:2 ἐκτίλλω A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
- Jeremiah 24:6 ἐκτίλλω And I will fix my eyes upon them for good, and I will restore them into this land for good: and I will build them up, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- Jeremiah 49:10 ἐκτίλλω If you⌃ will indeed dwell in this land, I will build you, and will not pull you down, but will plant you, and in no wise pluck you up: for I have ceased from the calamities which I brought upon you.
- Jeremiah 51:34 ἐκτίλλω say you to him, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I pull down those whom I have built up, and I pluck up those whom I have planted.
About this word
About this word
ἐκτίλλω (ektíllō), “pluck out, tear out,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 5 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
