Word

ἐκχέω

ekchéō · G1632 · Greek · 27 occurrences

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Meanings

to pour out

To cause to pour out

Examples
Acts 2:17 ‘AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,’ God says, ‘THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN WILL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN WILL HAVE DREAMS;
Acts 2:18 AND EVEN ON MY MALE AND FEMALE SERVANTS I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT IN THOSE DAYS, And they will prophesy.
Romans 3:15 “THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
to scatter

To scatter a substance or mass

Examples
John 2:15 And He made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables;
to give in abundance, to bestow generously

(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐκχέω ‘to pour out,’) To cause to exist in an abundance

Examples
Acts 2:33 “Therefore, since He has been exalted at the right hand of God, and has received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.
Acts 10:45 All the Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been poured out on the Gentiles.
Titus 3:6 whom He richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior,
to cause to fully experience

(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐκχέω ‘to pour out,’) To cause someone to experience something in an abundant or full manner

Examples
Romans 5:5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
to flow out, to pour out

To flow out of a container

Examples
Matthew 9:17 “Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Matthew 23:35 so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 26:28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
to give oneself over to, to plunge into, to commit oneself totally to

To give oneself over completely to some activity or state

Examples
Jude 1:11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have given themselves up to the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
to fully experience, to become fully involved

(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐκχέω ‘to flow out,’) To be involved in experiencing something in an abundant manner

Examples
Jude 1:11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have given themselves up to the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
to give oneself to, to devote oneself to

(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐκχέομαι ‘to pour out oneself,’ not occurring in the NT) To give oneself completely to some type of behavior

Examples
Jude 1:11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have given themselves up to the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
to murder, to kill

(An idiom, literally: to pour out blood) To cause the death of someone by violent means

Examples
Matthew 23:35 so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Romans 3:15 “THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
to die as a sacrifice, sacrificial death

(An idiom, literally: the blood pours out) To die, with the implication of a sacrificial purpose

Examples
Matthew 26:28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
Mark 14:24 And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many.
Luke 11:50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

27 occurrences in 18 groups

Not stated (participle) 5
Not stated: he, she or it 4
Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

13 occurrences in 5 groups

φιάληbowl 8
αἷμαblood 2
κέρμαcoin 1
ὅςwho, which, that 1
οὗτοςthis 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

17 occurrences in 21 groups

Other words · 21 groups that occur once or twice (23) 23

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

καίand 1
πλουσίωςrichly, abundantly 1

Named alongside itApposition

6 occurrences in 3 groups

αἷμαblood 4
πνεῦμαspirit 1
ποτήριονcup 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐξίστημιto be amazed, to astonish 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

שָׁפַךְ shâphak · H8210 · to be poured out, to be spilled, to gush out: Greek ἐκχέω and Hebrew שָׁפַךְ both denote the physical act of pouring out liquid (water, blood, oil) and share the same metaphorical extension to pouring out wrath, spirit, or other abstract entities; ἐκχέω occurs primarily in LXX contexts translating שָׁפַךְ and maintains identical semantic range in both literal and figurative registers.

Semantic domains 10 entries

To flow out, to pour out14.18: Used in Matthew 9:17, where new wine poured into old wineskins causes the skins to burst and the wine to spill out.
To scatter15.138: Reflects a related sense of dispersal used elsewhere of coins or objects being scattered when poured or spilled out.
To murder, to kill20.84: Used in Matthew 23:35, of the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, describing bloodshed by violence.
To die as a sacrifice, sacrificial death23.112: Used in Matthew 26:28 and its parallel Mark 14:24, of Jesus' own blood of the covenant, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
To give oneself to, to devote oneself to41.13: Reflects a figurative extension of pouring out, applied to devoting oneself entirely to a course of conduct or way of life.
To pour out47.4: Used of the ordinary physical action of pouring liquid, the base sense from which this lexeme's other figurative uses extend.
To give in abundance, to bestow generously59.50: Used in Acts 2:17-18, quoting the prophecy of Joel that God will pour out His Spirit on all mankind in the last days, describing lavish, abundant giving.
To give oneself over to, to plunge into, to commit oneself totally to68.75: Reflects a further figurative extension of the verb describing total, unreserved commitment to a course of action, distinct from the more general devotion sense above.
To fully experience, to become fully involved90.82: Reflects an extension of the pouring-out sense applied to fully entering into or experiencing a state or condition.
To cause to fully experience90.89: Reflects the causative counterpart of the sense above, describing bringing about another's full experience of a state or condition rather than one's own.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἐκχέωekchéō · G1632ὑπερεκχύνω hyperekchýnō · G5240 · to overflow, to flow over, to run over · 1×

Also from the root ἐκχέω

αἱματεκχυσία haimatekchysía · G130 · to cause bleeding, to cause blood to flow, the flow of blood · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon and (a form censured by the grammarians, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 726) ἐκχύνω (whence…

and (a form censured by the grammarians, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 726) ἐκχύνω (whence present passive participle ἐκχυνόμενος and, in L T Tr WH after the Aeolic form, ἐκχυννόμενος (cf. Buttmann, 69 (61); Winers Grammar, § 2, 1 d.; Tdf. Proleg., p. 79): Mt 23:35; Mt 26:28; Mk 14:24; Lk 11:50 (where Tr text WH text ἐκκεχυμένον for ἐκχυννόμενον); (WH reject the passage)); imperative plural ἐκχητε (Rev 16:1 L T WH; on which uncontracted form cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram., p. 196 (p. 174 Robinson's translation); Buttmann, 44 (38); (some would make it a 2 aorist, see WH, Appendix, p. 165)); future ἐκχέω (Acts 2:17; Ex 29:12), for which the earlier Greek used ἐκχεύσω (Winers Grammar, 77 (74); (cf. 85 (82); especially Buttmann, 68 (60))); 1 aorist ἐξέχεα, 3 person singular ἐξεχη ((whereas the 3 singular of the imperfect is contracted ἐξεχη ἐξεχει, cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 299f); cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram., p. 196 note (English translation as above the dagger note)), infinitive ἐκχέαι (Rom 3:15; Isa 59:7; Ezek 9:8); passive (present ἐκχεῖται, Mk 2:22 R G L Tr marginal reading brackets; imperfect 3 person singular ἐξεχεῖτο, Acts 22:20 R G, ἐξεχύννετο L T Tr WH); perfect ἐκκέχυμαι; 1 aorist ἐξεχύθην; 1 future ἐκχυθήσομαι (see Buttmann, 69f (60f)); (from Homer down); the Sept. for שָׁפַך; to pour out;
a. properly: φιάλην, by metonymy, of the container for the contained, Rev 16:1-4, Rev 16:8, Rev 16:10, Rev 16:12, Rev 16:17; of wine, which when the vessel is burst runs out and is lost, Mt 9:17; Mk 2:22 (R G L Tr marginal reading in brackets); Lk 5:37; used of other things usually guarded with care which are poured forth or cast out: of money, Jn 2:15; ἐξεχύθη τά σπλάγχνα, of the ruptured body of a man, Acts 1:18 (ἐξεχύθη ἡ κοιλία αὐτοῦ εἰς τήν γῆν, of a man thrust through with a sword, 2 Sam 20:10). The phrase αἷμα έ᾿κχειν or ἐκχύν῾ν᾿ειν is frequently used of bloodshed: (Mt 23:35; Lk 11:50; Acts 22:20; Rom 3:15; Rev 16:6a (where Tdf. αἵματα)); see αἷμα, 2 a. b. metaphorically, equivalent to to bestow or distribute largely (cf. Fritzsche on Tobit 4:17 and Sir. 1:8): τό πνεῦμα τό ἅγιον or ἀπό τοῦ πνεύματος, i. e. the abundant bestowal of the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:33 from Joel 2:28, Joel 2:29 (Joel 3:1, Joel 3:2); ἐπί τινα, Acts 2:17; Acts 10:45; Tit 3:6; ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκκέχυται ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν διά πνεύματος ἁγίου, the Holy Spirit gives our souls a rich sense of the greatness of God's love for us, Rom 5:5; (ὀργήν, Sir. 33:8 (Sir. 36:8) (cf. Sir. 16:11)). The passive, like the Latineffundor,meeffundo, is used of those wire give themselves up to a thing, rush headlong into it, (γέλωτι, Alciphron; εἰς ἑταίρας, Polybius 32, 11, 4): absolutely τῇ πλάνη τοῦ Βαλαάμ μισθοῦ ἐξεχύθησαν, led astray by the hire of Balaam (i. e. by the same love of reward as Balaam) they gave themselves up, namely, to wickedness, Jude 1:11 (so ἐκχυθῆναι in Aristophanes vesp. 1469 is used absolutely of one giving himself up to joy. The passage in Jude is generally explained thus: for hire they gave themselves up to (R. V. ran riotously in) the error of Balaam; cf. Winer's Grammar, 206 (194) (and De Wette (edited by Brückner) at the passage)).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 10 entries

Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses9 occurrences Disperse, Scatter1 occurrence Kill2 occurrences Live, Die5 occurrences Behavior, Conduct1 occurrence Movement of Liquids or Masses12 occurrences Abundance, Excess, Sparing3 occurrences Do Intensely or Extensively1 occurrence Experiencer1 occurrence To Cause To Experience1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0