G851: ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō)

G851 ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō)

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Quick Definition

ἀφαιρέω v. I take away, smite off

Strong's Definition

from 575 and 138; to remove (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: cut (smite) off, take away

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀφαιρέω (G0851)

verb | fut. ἀφελῶ · aor. ἀφεῖλον · inf. ἀφελεῖν · aor.midd.subj. ἀφέλομαι | αἱρέομαι (take up)

85.44 · Existence in Space · Put, Place

to put away, to put out of the way, to remove to put or take something away from its normal location In the context of LUK 22:50 it may be far more appropriate to translate ‘and he cut off his right ear.’

MAT 26:51 · MRK 14:47 · LUK 22:50 · REV 22:19

68.47 · Aspect · Cease, Stop

to take away (from), to cause to no longer do to cause to cease, implying that someone is no longer permitted to enjoy or participate in some state or activity

LUK 1:25 · LUK 10:42 · LUK 16:3 · REV 22:19

13.38 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State

to do away with, to remove, to eliminate to cause a state to cease

ROM 11:27 · HEB 10:4

¹ It would also be possible to classify the meanings of ἀποτίθημι[a] and ἀφαιρέω[a] in Domain 15 Linear Movement, but in a number of contexts the focus seems not to be primarily upon the movement but upon the removal from a particular location. In other words, the focus is upon the absence of an object from a place rather than the movement involved in removal. ² There are undoubtedly some significant differences of meaning in this series in 13.38, but it is not possible to determine the distinctive differences on the basis of existing contexts.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀφ-αιρέω, -ῶ : fut. ἀφαιρήσω (Rey. xxii. 19 Ree. [fr. Erasmus, apparently on no Ms. authority; see Tdi.’s note]), and ἀφελῶ (ibid.G LT Tr WH; on this rarer fut. ef. Bitm. Ausf. Spr. ii. p. 100) ; 2 aor. ἀφεῖλον ; 1 fut. pass. ἀφαιρεθήσομαι ; Mid., pres. adatpodpar; 2 aor. ἀφειλόμην ; [see aipéw]; in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down; to take from, take away, remove, carry off: ti, Lk. i. 25; to cut off, τὸ ὠτίον, Mt. xxvi. 51; Mk. xiv.47[L T Tr WH τὸ ὠτάριον}:; Lk. xxii. 50 [τὸ οὖς, (τὴν κεφαλήν τινος, 1 Mace. vii. 47; for ΓΞ, 1 S. xvii. 51); to take away, τὶ ἀπό with gen. of a thing, Rey. xxii. 19; τὶ ἀπό with gen. of pers. Lk. x. 42 [T WH om. L Tr br. ἀπό], (Gen. xxxi. 31; Job xxxvi. 7; Prov. iv. 16 [Alex.], ete.); mid. (prop. to take away or bear off for one’s self), Lk. xvi. 3, (Lev. iv. 10; Mice. ii. 8; in Grk. writ. with a simple gen. for ἀπό twos); ἀφαιρεῖν τὰς ἁμαρτίας to take away sins, of victims expiating them, Heb. x. 4, (Jer. xi. 15; Sir. xlvii. 11); mid. of God putting out of his sight, remembering no more, the sins committed by men, i. 6. granting pardon for sins (see ἁμαρτία, 2 a.): Ro. xi. 27.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀφαιρέω aphaireō 10x

to take away, remove, Lk. 1:25; 10:42; to take off, cut off, remove by cutting off, Mt. 26:15; Mk. 14:47; Lk. 22:50

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀφ-αιρέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX (Cremer, 615 f.) for סור, עבר, רום, כּרת, etc. (35 words in all);]

to take from, take away, take off: c. acc., τὸ ὠτίον, Mt 26:51, Mk 14:47 (ὠτάριον, WH), Lk 22:50 (οὖς); ὄνειδος, Lk 1:25; seq. ἀπό, Re 22:19, Lk 16:3 (mid.); pass., c. gen., Lk 10:42; ἀ. ἁμαρτίος, He 10:4, Ro 11:27 (mid.) (MM, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀφαιρέω. This very common verb is found with the simple gen. in P Hib I. 6318 (c. B.c. 265) τούτων ἄφελε, ‘deduct from this’’: cf. Rev 2219 with ἀπό added. ass in the same sense in P Lond 265 (= II. p. 257), a mathematical papyrus of i)A.D. For the more general sense of “carry off,” ‘take away,’’ cf. P Petr III. 53 (j) ὥστε ἀφελέσθαι ἡμῶν βία[ι τὸ κτῆμα], P Magd 68 (B.c. 221) ἀφείλοντο (a garment), 70. 42° (B.C. 221) τό Te περιτραχηλίδιον ἐκ καθορμίων λιθινῶν ἀφείλετό μ[οι], and so in P Lond 4113 388 18 (Β δ, 161) (=I. p. 28), one of the papyri dealing with the grievances of the Serapeum Twins—adedty αἰὐ]τῶν τοὺς ἄρτους and ἀφίλεσαν τοὺς αὐτῶν διδύμων ἄρτους. It has an extreme meaning in JosPE i. 2251, ὑπὸ τοῦ βασκάνου δαίμονος ἀφῃρέθη, by death. In BGU I. γ45 (ii/A.D.) καὶ γὰρ ἂν ἄλογον εἴη ὁπόσων μὲνυ[ 717 ἀφερετείητε, we are apparently to understand ἀφαιρεθείητε “you might be robbed.’’ It may be noted that the middle could be used for the meaning ‘‘ rob,”’ as BGU III. 759! (A.D. 125) ἀφελ[ςό]μενοί por χιτῶνα, etc. We need only add the occurrence of the word in the vi/A.D. Christian amulet edited by Wilcken in 47chzv i. p. 431 ff. (cf. Selections, p. 132 ff.) where the prayer occurs,’ πᾶσαν δὲ νόσον kal πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἄφελε ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, ὅπως ὑγιανῶ, “take away from me all manner of disease and all manner of sickness that I may be in health.”’

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀφαιρέω (aphaireō) — to remove. ἀφαιρ-έω, Ionic dialect ἀπαιρέω, future -ήσω: perfect ἀφῄρηκα, Ionic dialect ἀπαραίρηκα: aorist ἀφεῖλον, later infinitive ἀφέλαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—take away from:—Constr.: mostly ἀ. τί τινι, σῖτον μέν σφιν ἀφεῖλε took it from him, [Refs 8th c.BC+] codices, etc. (but also, relieve one of a duty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τινά τι probably [Refs 5th c.BC+], see infr. II. I, III: with genitive, take from, τιμῆς οὔτ᾽ ἀφελὼν οὔτ᾽ ἐπορεξάμενος[Refs 6th c.BC+]; μηδὲν ἀφαιρῶμεν τοῦ ἀδίκου (from the unjust man) ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ πλήθους diminish the number, [Refs 5th c.BC+] having taken them off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]took away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. set aside, κρέα[Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. b exclude, separate, τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ὡς ἓν ἀπὸ πάντων ἀφαιροῦντες χωρίς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to προστιθέναι, [Refs]

3. in Mathematics texts, ἀ. ἀπὸ.. subtract from, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; of ratios, divide out from both sides of an equation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; intercept, in passive, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

4. in Logic, abstract, with accusative, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. middle, future ἀφαιρήσομαι (in passive sense, variant for{ἀπαιρε-θήσεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἀφειλόμην, later ἀφειλάμην [Refs 1st c.AD+] 116: perfect ἀφῄρημαι (in middle sense) [Refs 8th c.BC+] downwards more frequently than active, take away for oneself; also in reciprocal sense, ἀφαιρεῖσθον τύχην ye have received each the fortune of the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Constr. like active, ἀφαιρεῖσθαί τί τινι, as καὶ δή μοι γέρας.. ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς[Refs 8th c.BC+]: with double accusative of things et person, bereave or deprive of, μήτε σὺ τόνδ᾽.. ἀποαίρεο κούρην[Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in Attic dialect and Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. with accusative of things, ἀ. ψήφισμα cancel or rescind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀφελομένης τῆς νυκτὸς τὸ ἔργον having broken off the action, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. followed by μή with infinitive, prevent, hinder from doing, τί μ᾽ ἄνδρα.. ἀφείλου μὴ κτανεῖ;[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἄκτεινας, ἤ τις συμφορά σ᾽ ἀφείλετο [μὴ κτεῖναι]; [Refs]; with infinitive passive, τὸν τὰ ὕστερον ἀφείλετο ἀδικήματα εὐεργέτην μὴ ὀνομασθῆναι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; with infinitive only, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: simply, obstruct, ἀρχήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. ἀ. τινὰ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν, Latin vindicare in libertatem, claim as free, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. passive, future -αιρεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] -ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἀφῄρημαι, Ionic dialect ἀπαραίρημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—to be robbed or deprived of a thing, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τι πρός or ὑπό τινος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκ χερῶν ἀφῃρέθην had them taken out of my hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ἀφῃρέθη Σκίρωνος ἀκτὰς ὄμμα τοὐμὸν εἰσορᾶν was deprived of, hindered from seeing them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. ὁ ἀφαιρεθείς, in Law, the person from whom a slave has been claimed, [Refs]