Word study

Away

42 Hebrew and 18 Greek words behind this English word

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “away”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

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How often each original word is translated “away” or one of its forms.

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

  • סוּר sûrturn asidetranslated this way 56 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H5493Verb  ·  Translated: removed 46, remove 38, turn away 23, turn aside 16

    Exodus 23:25 So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

    Numbers 16:26 And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

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  • לָקַח lâqachtaketranslated this way 42 times of its 938 uses · Strong’s H3947Verb  ·  Translated: take 247, took 245, taken 40, get 26

    Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

    Genesis 30:15 But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

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  • שׁוּב shûbturn back, returntranslated this way 37 times of its 1,007 uses · Strong’s H7725Verb  ·  Translated: return 218, returned 105, restore 62, turn 56

    Numbers 25:4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

    Deuteronomy 23:14 For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.

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  • שָׁלַח shâlachsendtranslated this way 36 times of its 829 uses · Strong’s H7971Verb  ·  Translated: sent 334, send 126, go 43, sending 19

    Genesis 12:20 Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.

    Leviticus 16:21 Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.

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  • הָלַךְ hâlakgo, come, walktranslated this way 25 times of its 1,461 uses · Strong’s H1980Verb  ·  Translated: go 338, went 173, walk 116, Come 84

    Genesis 25:34 Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

    Exodus 3:21 And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.

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  • נָשָׂא nâsâlift, take, carrytranslated this way 16 times of its 642 uses · Strong’s H5375Verb  ·  Translated: bear 49, lift 45, lifted 41, carried 38

    Leviticus 10:17 “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.

    Judges 21:23 The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.

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  • עַל alheighttranslated this way 15 times of its 4,859 uses · Strong’s H5921Preposition  ·  Translated: on 777, over 297, in 218, against 216

    Genesis 29:8 But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

    Genesis 29:10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

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  • עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 13 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb  ·  Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35

    Ruth 2:8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.

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  • רָחַק râchaqbe, or become, far, distanttranslated this way 12 times of its 57 uses · Strong’s H7368Verb  ·  Translated: far 19, far away 6, removed 3, remove 3

    Genesis 21:16 Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

    Exodus 23:7 Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

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  • רָחוֹק râchôqdistant, fartranslated this way 11 times of its 84 uses · Strong’s H7350Adjective  ·  Translated: far 20, afar 13, distant 11, distance 10

    Numbers 9:10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

    Deuteronomy 20:15 This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.

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  • גָּלָה gâlâhuncover, removetranslated this way 11 times of its 170 uses · Strong’s H1540Verb  ·  Translated: revealed 14, uncovered 13, exiled 12, sexual relations 11

    2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

    Ezra 2:1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

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  • סָפָה sâphâhsweep away or snatch away, catch uptranslated this way 10 times of its 18 uses · Strong’s H5595Verb  ·  Translated: swept away 8

    Genesis 18:23 Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

    Numbers 16:26 And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

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  • אָסַף âsaphgather, removetranslated this way 10 times of its 193 uses · Strong’s H622Verb  ·  Translated: gathered 56, gather 27, assembled 13, assemble 8

    Genesis 30:23 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.

    1 Samuel 15:6 And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

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  • בָּרַח bârachgo through, fleetranslated this way 9 times of its 64 uses · Strong’s H1272Verb  ·  Translated: fled 30, flee 9, ran away 3, running away 2

    Genesis 16:8 “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

    1 Samuel 19:12 So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

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  • שָׁלַךְ shâlakthrow, fling, casttranslated this way 9 times of its 126 uses · Strong’s H7993Verb  ·  Translated: cast 27, threw 20, throw 16, thrown 10

    Psalm 2:3 “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

    Ecclesiastes 3:5 a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

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  • יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 7 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb  ·  Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78

    Genesis 34:26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

    Genesis 45:1 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

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  • פָּנִים pânîmface, beforetranslated this way 7 times of its 1,836 uses · Strong’s H6440Noun  ·  Translated: before 448, face 222, presence 147, before you 123

    Genesis 36:6 Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.

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  • סָבַב sâbabturn about, go around, surroundtranslated this way 7 times of its 153 uses · Strong’s H5437Verb  ·  Translated: turned 16, surrounded 13, surround 10, turn 8

    Genesis 42:24 And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

    1 Samuel 5:8 So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.

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  • נָטָה nâṭâhstretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bendtranslated this way 6 times of its 215 uses · Strong’s H5186Verb  ·  Translated: incline 24, stretch 23, stretched 21, outstretched 19

    Numbers 20:21 So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

    1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines — and his wives turned his heart away.

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  • נָתַק nâthaqpull, draw, tear away, apart, offtranslated this way 6 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s H5423Verb  ·  Translated: broken 4, torn 3, snapped 3, tear 3

    Joshua 8:6 They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,

    Judges 20:31 The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

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  • נוּס nûsflee, escapetranslated this way 6 times of its 157 uses · Strong’s H5127Verb  ·  Translated: fled 65, flee 47, ran 5, run 5

    Joshua 8:6 They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,

    Judges 9:21 Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

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  • גָּנַב gânabstealtranslated this way 6 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s H1589Verb  ·  Translated: steal 8, stolen 8, stole 2, deceived 2Full study and all 36 verses →
  • אָמַל âmalbe weak, languishtranslated this way 5 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s H535Verb  ·  Translated: waste away 3, withered 2, languishes 2Full study and all 13 verses →
  • עוּף ûphflytranslated this way 5 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s H5774Verb  ·  Translated: flying 5, fly 4, fly away 4, flies 3Full study and all 25 verses →
  • מוּג mûgmelttranslated this way 4 times of its 17 uses · Strong’s H4127Verb  ·  Translated: melt away 3, melting in fear 2, melts 2Full study and all 17 verses →
  • מָקַק mâqaqdecay, rot, festertranslated this way 4 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s H4743Verb  ·  Translated: rot 3, waste away 2, wasting away 2, decay 1Full study and all 7 verses →
  • עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 4 times of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb  ·  Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42Full study and all 807 verses →
  • שָׁטַף shâṭaphoverflow, rinse or wash offtranslated this way 4 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H7857Verb  ·  Translated: rinsed 3, torrents 3, overflowing 2, like a flood 2Full study and all 29 verses →
  • סָחַב sâchabdragtranslated this way 4 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H5498Verb  ·  Translated: dragged away 3, drag 1, drag away 1Full study and all 5 verses →
  • טְרַד ṭeradchase awaytranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H2957Verb  ·  Translated: driven away 4Full study and all 4 verses →
  • נָצַל nâtsalstrip, plundertranslated this way 3 times of its 205 uses · Strong’s H5337Verb  ·  Translated: deliver 75, delivered 34, rescue 30, rescued 9Full study and all 191 verses →
  • גָּרַשׁ gârashdrive out, cast outtranslated this way 3 times of its 46 uses · Strong’s H1644Verb  ·  Translated: drive 14, drove 7, banished 4, driven 3Full study and all 45 verses →
  • מִן minout of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that nottranslated this way 3 times of its 983 uses · Strong’s H4480Preposition  ·  Translated: from 368, of 68, from me 36, some of 33Full study and all 917 verses →
  • מָסַס mâsasdissolve, melttranslated this way 3 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H4549Verb  ·  Translated: melt 7, melted 3Full study and all 20 verses →
  • אַחַר acharbehindtranslated this way 3 times of its 556 uses · Strong’s H310Preposition  ·  Translated: after 123, behind 56, and after 22, after that 19Full study and all 533 verses →
  • פָּנָה pânâhturntranslated this way 3 times of its 128 uses · Strong’s H6437Verb  ·  Translated: turned 27, turn 21, facing 11, turn back 4Full study and all 122 verses →
  • חָרַד châradtremble, be terrifiedtranslated this way 3 times of its 39 uses · Strong’s H2729Verb  ·  Translated: trembled 5, tremble 5, frighten 4, fear 3Full study and all 39 verses →
  • נָדַח nâdachimpel, thrust, banishtranslated this way 3 times of its 54 uses · Strong’s H5080Verb  ·  Translated: banished 13, exiles 5, driven 4, banish 4Full study and all 53 verses →
  • קָרַע qârateartranslated this way 3 times of its 63 uses · Strong’s H7167Verb  ·  Translated: tore 25, torn 15, tear 11, away 3Full study and all 60 verses →
  • שָׁעָה shââhgazetranslated this way 3 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s H8159Verb  ·  Translated: look 3, regard 2, look away 2Full study and all 15 verses →
  • נָהַג nâhagdrive, conducttranslated this way 3 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H5090Verb  ·  Translated: led 4, drive 3, drove 2, driving 2Full study and all 30 verses →
  • סוּף sûphcome to an end, ceasetranslated this way 3 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H5486Verb  ·  Translated: sweep away 2, fade 1, swept away 1, perish 1Full study and all 4 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.