Word study
Remove
19 Hebrew and 3 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: removed, remove, removes, removing. 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.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “remove” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- סוּר sûrturn asidetranslated this way 88 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H5493Verb · Translated: removed 46, remove 38, turn away 23, turn aside 16Full study and all 277 verses →
Genesis 8:13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Exodus 8:31 and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.
- רוּם rûmbe high, exalted, risetranslated this way 8 times of its 185 uses · Strong’s H7311Verb · Translated: exalted 23, exalt 18, lift 14, raised 10Full study and all 180 verses →
Leviticus 2:9 The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Numbers 16:37 “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.
- 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 78Full study and all 975 verses →
Genesis 48:12 Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
- רָחַק râchaqbe, or become, far, distanttranslated this way 7 times of its 57 uses · Strong’s H7368Verb · Translated: far 19, far away 6, removed 3, remove 3Full study and all 56 verses →
Job 19:13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Psalm 88:8 You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
- בָּעַר bâarburn, consumetranslated this way 5 times of its 93 uses · Strong’s H1197Verb · Translated: purge 12, burn 10, burned 7, burning 6Full study and all 90 verses →
Deuteronomy 26:13 Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
2 Samuel 4:11 How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
- גָּלָה gâlâhuncover, removetranslated this way 5 times of its 170 uses · Strong’s H1540Verb · Translated: revealed 14, uncovered 13, exiled 12, sexual relations 11Full study and all 161 verses →
2 Kings 17:26 So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
Job 20:28 The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
- שָׁבַת shâbathcease, desist, resttranslated this way 5 times of its 71 uses · Strong’s H7673Verb · Translated: put an end 13, cease 5, rest 5, rested 4Full study and all 67 verses →
Exodus 12:15 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
2 Kings 23:11 And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
- פָּשַׁט pâshaṭstrip off, make a dash, raidtranslated this way 3 times of its 44 uses · Strong’s H6584Verb · Translated: raided 9, strip 8, stripped 4, take 3Full study and all 42 verses →
Numbers 20:26 Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”
1 Samuel 18:4 And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
- עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 3 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb · Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35Full study and all 487 verses →
- אָסַף âsaphgather, removetranslated this way 3 times of its 193 uses · Strong’s H622Verb · Translated: gathered 56, gather 27, assembled 13, assemble 8Full study and all 183 verses →
- הָגָה hâgâhremovetranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s H1898Verb · Translated: Remove 2, removed 1Full study and all 3 verses →
Proverbs 25:4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
Isaiah 27:8 By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
- מוּשׁ mûshdepart, removetranslated this way 3 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H4185Verb · Translated: depart 4, leave 3, departed 2, removed 2Full study and all 19 verses →
Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Micah 2:4 In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
- כָּרַת kârathcut off, cut downtranslated this way 3 times of its 284 uses · Strong’s H3772Verb · Translated: cut 144, made 47, make 28, fail 7Full study and all 276 verses →
- שָׁלַף shâlaphdraw out, offtranslated this way 2 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H8025Verb · Translated: drawn 5, Draw 4, armed 3, drew 2Full study and all 20 verses →
Ruth 4:7 Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.
Ruth 4:8 So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”
- לָקַח lâqachtaketranslated this way 2 times of its 938 uses · Strong’s H3947Verb · Translated: take 247, took 245, taken 40, get 26Full study and all 890 verses →
- עֲדָא ădâtranslated this way 2 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s H5709Verb · Translated: repealed 2Full study and all 8 verses →
Daniel 2:21 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
Daniel 7:12 As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was removed, but they were granted an extension of life for a season and a time.
- נָקָה nâqâhbe empty(?), cleantranslated this way 2 times of its 36 uses · Strong’s H5352Verb · Translated: go unpunished 10, leave anyone unpunished 2, leave the guilty unpunished 2, acquit 2Full study and all 32 verses →
Zechariah 5:3 Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
- דָּשֵׁן dâshênbe fat, grow fattranslated this way 2 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s H1878Verb · Translated: prosper 3Full study and all 11 verses →
Exodus 27:3 Make all its utensils of bronze — its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
Numbers 4:13 Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,
- פָּתַח pâthachopentranslated this way 2 times of its 141 uses · Strong’s H6605Verb · Translated: open 50, opened 40, engrave 4, opens 3Full study and all 133 verses →
Isaiah 20:2 the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
Isaiah 52:2 Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
Greek words (New Testament)
- αἴρω aírōI raise, lift uptranslated this way 6 times of its 100 uses · Strong’s G142Verb · Translated: take 15, picked 10, pick 8, taken away 7Full study and all 96 verses →
John 19:31 It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
Acts 8:33 In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
- ἐκδύω ekdýōI put off, take off, strip offtranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G1562Verb · Translated: stripped 2, removed 2, unclothed 1Full study and all 5 verses →
Matthew 27:31 After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him.
Mark 15:20 After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.
- ἐκβάλλω ekbállōI throw, cast, put out, banish, bring forth, producetranslated this way 2 times of its 81 uses · Strong’s G1544Verb · Translated: drive 22, drove 8, threw 5, take 4Full study and all 75 verses →
Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Luke 6:42 How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
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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.