ἐξαίρω

ἀφορίζω aphorízō · G873 · to exclude, to separate, to get rid of

The target term and ἀφορίζω (“to set off by boundary; figuratively, to limit, exclude, or appoint”) both denote separative action, converging in the shared sense of excluding or separating something out, alongside ἀφορίζω's additional senses of formal appointment and boundary-setting.

יָרַשׁ yârash · H3423 · to inherit, to possess, to be (someone's) heir

Hebrew יָרַשׁ denotes forcible dispossession or driving out (often of peoples from land), while Greek ἐξαίρω denotes lifting/taking out or removing; the equivalence holds in contexts where dispossession entails removal, but יָרַשׁ carries stronger connotations of conquest and inheritance transfer that ἐξαίρω lacks.

סוּר çûwr · H5493 · to make a turn, to cause to make a turn

סוּר (çûwr, H5493) is the Hebrew equivalent encompassing a broader semantic range of removal, departure, and turning aside, while ἐξαίρω (exaírō, G1808) in the LXX specifically renders the removal/putting away sense of סוּר in contexts requiring active elimination or extraction.

נָסַע nâçaʻ · H5265 · to pull out, to pull up, to uproot

Greek ἐξαίρω emphasizes the act of removal or taking away (often physically lifting out or extracting), while Hebrew נָסַע centers on the action of setting out, journeying, or causing to move forward (typically in the context of travel or camp relocation); the overlap occurs where 'remove' in Greek aligns with 'cause to go away/remove' in Hebrew's broader semantic range of departure and displacement.

נָתַשׁ nâthash · H5428 · to uproot, to destroy

ἐξαίρω (exaírō, G1808) ἐξαίρω denotes general removal or taking away, while נָתַשׁ (nâthash, H5428) נָתַשׁ emphasizes violent uprooting or destruction, particularly with agricultural imagery of pulling up by the roots.

To exclude, to separate, to get rid of34.36

This verb describes removing or expelling someone from a community, used of Paul's citation of the law's instruction to remove the evil person from among the Corinthians — "REMOVE THE EVIL PERSON FROM AMONG YOURSELVES" (1 Corinthians 5:13).

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

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.