ἐξαιρέω
to draw out
‘to draw out’ is one of 3 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Middle
- The subject acts on or for itself, or with special interest in the action.
Mood
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
Person
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where G1807 appears in the Book of Galatians — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Galatians
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“to draw out” is the headline sense of the Greek verb εξαιρεω (exairéō). It clusters heavily in Acts, which alone accounts for 63% of its uses. It turns up in 8 verses across 3 books, an uncommon footprint. First canonically at Matthew 5:29, it enters the text early. Catalogued under 3 senses, its meaning is not single-sense. See the sense tree, 8-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1807 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 8
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 8 distinct verses.
- 3 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 3 of 27 New Testament books.
- #1,240
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 1,240 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 8 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 8 distinct verses.
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 5 verses · 63%
- Gospels 2 verses · 25%
- Pauline corpus 1 verse · 13%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Out 2×, Pluck 2×
- American Standard Version: Delivered 2×, Pluck 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Gouge it out 2×, Rescue 2×, Rescued 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Out 2×, Pluck 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1807 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1807 across 9 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1807 across 8 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1807 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to pluck out, draw out, i.e. root out
- to choose out (for one's self), select, one person from many
- to rescue, deliver
Word origin
Derived from εκ (ek) (G1537) — from.
Forms in the corpus
The 7 distinct written forms G1807 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔξελε éxele | Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular | Matthew 5:29 | 2 |
| ἐξέληται exélētai | Verb, Aorist, Middle, Subjunctive, 3rd person, Singular | Galatians 1:4 | 1 |
| ἐξαιρούμενός exairoúmenós | Verb, Present, Middle, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Acts 26:17 | 1 |
| ἐξείλατο exeílato | Verb, Aorist, Middle, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular | Acts 7:10 | 1 |
| ἐξείλατό exeílató | Verb, Aorist, Middle, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular | Acts 12:11 | 1 |
| ἐξειλάμην exeilámēn | Verb, Aorist, Middle, Indicative, 1st person, Singular | Acts 23:27 | 1 |
| ἐξελέσθαι exelésthai | Verb, Aorist, Middle, Infinitive | Acts 7:34 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1807, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- εκβαλλω ekbállō G1544 to cast out
- εκβασις ékbasis G1545 exit
- εκγαμιζω ekgamízō G1547 to give in marriage
- εκγαμισκω ekgamískō G1548 to give in marriage
- εκγονον ékgonon G1549 offspring
- εκδαπαναω ekdapanáō G1550 to spend
- εκδεχομαι ekdéchomai G1551 to receive
- εκδηλος ékdēlos G1552 evident
- εκδημεω ekdēméō G1553 to depart
- εκδιδωμι ekdídōmi G1554 to give out
- εκδιηγεομαι ekdiēgéomai G1555 to relate
- εκδικος ékdikos G1558 without justice
- εκδιωκω ekdiṓkō G1559 to banish
- εκδοτος ékdotos G1560 delivered up
- εκδυω ekdýō G1562 to put off
- εκζητεω ekzētéō G1567 to seek out
- εκθαμβος ékthambos G1569 astonished
- εκθετος ékthetos G1570 exposed
- εκκαθαιρω ekkathaírō G1571 to cleanse
- εκκαιω ekkaíō G1572 to burn
- εκκακεω ekkakéō G1573 to be exhausted
- εκκεντεω ekkentéō G1574 to pierce
- εκκλαω ekkláō G1575 to cut off
- εκκλειω ekkleíō G1576 to shut out
+88 more words share this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 114 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word εξαιρεω appears 118 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 112 verses in 25 books.
- 118
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 112
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 32:12 ἐκαἱρέω
- Exodus 3:8 ἐκαἱρέω
- Leviticus 14:40 ἐκαἱρέω
- Numbers 35:25 ἐκαἱρέω
- Deuteronomy 23:15 ἐκαἱρέω
- Joshua 2:13 ἐκαἱρέω
- Judges 10:15 ἐκαἱρέω
- 1 Samuel 4:7 ἐκαἱρέω
- 2 Samuel 14:6 ἐκαἱρέω
- 1 Kings 1:12 ἐκαἱρέω
- 2 Kings 17:39 ἐκαἱρέω
- 1 Chronicles 16:35 ἐκαἱρέω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1807) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 112. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 32:12 ἐκαἱρέω You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
- Genesis 37:21 ἐκαἱρέω Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, "Let's not take his life."
- Genesis 37:22 ἐκαἱρέω Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"-- that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
- Genesis 39:9 ἐκαἱρέω He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
- Exodus 3:8 ἐκαἱρέω I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
- Exodus 18:4 ἐκαἱρέω The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."
- Exodus 18:8 ἐκαἱρέω Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.
- Exodus 18:9 ἐκαἱρέω Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 18:10 ἐκαἱρέω Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
- Leviticus 14:40 ἐκαἱρέω then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city:
- Leviticus 14:43 ἐκαἱρέω "If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it was plastered;
- Numbers 35:25 ἐκαἱρέω and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- Deuteronomy 23:15 ἐκαἱρέω You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to you:
- Deuteronomy 25:11 ἐκαἱρέω When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets;
- Deuteronomy 32:39 ἐκαἱρέω See now that I, even I, am he, There is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; There is none who can deliver out of my hand.
- Joshua 2:13 ἐκαἱρέω and that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.
- Joshua 9:26 ἐκαἱρέω So did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they didn't kill them.
- Joshua 10:6 ἐκαἱρέω The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Don't slack your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.
- Joshua 24:10 ἐκαἱρέω but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
- Judges 10:15 ἐκαἱρέω The children of Israel said to Yahweh, We have sinned: do you to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, we pray you, this day.
- Judges 14:9 ἐκαἱρέω He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate: but he didn't tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
- 1 Samuel 4:7 ἐκαἱρέω The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. They said, Woe to us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.
- 1 Samuel 4:8 ἐκαἱρέω Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.
- 1 Samuel 7:3 ἐκαἱρέω Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 10:18 ἐκαἱρέω and he said to the children of Israel, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
- 1 Samuel 12:10 ἐκαἱρέω They cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.
- 1 Samuel 12:11 ἐκαἱρέω Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.
- 1 Samuel 12:21 ἐκαἱρέω and don't turn aside; for [then would you go] after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
- 1 Samuel 14:48 ἐκαἱρέω He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them.
- 1 Samuel 17:17 ἐκαἱρέω Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brothers;
- 1 Samuel 26:24 ἐκαἱρέω Behold, as your life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Yahweh, and let him deliver me out of all oppression.
- 1 Samuel 30:8 ἐκαἱρέω David inquired of Yahweh, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? He answered him, Pursue; for you shall surely overtake [them], and shall without fail recover [all].
- 1 Samuel 30:18 ἐκαἱρέω David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
- 1 Samuel 30:22 ἐκαἱρέω Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, and said, Because they didn't go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.
- 2 Samuel 14:6 ἐκαἱρέω Your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.
- 2 Samuel 19:6 ἐκαἱρέω in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you: for this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased you well.
- 2 Samuel 22:1 ἐκαἱρέω David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
- 2 Samuel 22:2 ἐκαἱρέω and he said, Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
- 2 Samuel 22:20 ἐκαἱρέω He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- 2 Samuel 23:12 ἐκαἱρέω But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.
- 1 Kings 1:12 ἐκαἱρέω Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
- 2 Kings 17:39 ἐκαἱρέω but Yahweh your God shall you fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
- 2 Kings 18:29 ἐκαἱρέω Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
- 2 Kings 18:30 ἐκαἱρέω neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, Yahweh will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 18:34 ἐκαἱρέω Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
- 2 Kings 18:35 ἐκαἱρέω Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
- 2 Kings 19:12 ἐκαἱρέω Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?
- 1 Chronicles 16:35 ἐκαἱρέω Say you, Save us, God of our salvation, Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise.
- 2 Chronicles 25:15 ἐκαἱρέω Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?
- 2 Chronicles 32:17 ἐκαἱρέω He wrote also letters, to rail on Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1807) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
