Midvash

ἐκβάλλωekbállō

to eject (literally or figuratively)

Greek (New Testament) · G1544

Meanings

1. to drive, cast or send out, to expel: with acc rei, middle (σῖτον), followed by εἰς, Acts 27:38; passive, Matthew 15:17; with acc person, Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15, and elsewhere; δαιμόνια, Matthew 7:22, Mark 1:34, and elsewhere; id. followed by ἐκ, Mark 7:26; παρά, Mark 16:9; ἐν, Mark 3:22; (ἐν) τ. ὀνόματι, Matthew 7:22, Mark 9:38; λόγῳ, Matthew 8:16; followed by ἔξω, John 6:37; id. with genitive, Mark 12:8, and elsewhere; of expulsion from home, Galatians 4:30; from the Church, 3 John 1:10.

2. In LXX and NT (like Heb. הזׄצׅיא and Aram. הַנְפֵּק), to command or cause to depart: Matthew 9:38, Mark 1:12, ib. Mark 1:43, Mark 5:40, Luke 10:2, James 2:25; τ. κρίσιν εἰς νῖκος (to cause to proceed to its goal), Matthew 12:20 (LXX).

3. to reject (classical Greek): τ. ὄνομα ὑμῶς ὡς πονηρόν (cf. Deuteronomy 25:14), Luke 6:22; to leave out, Revelation 11:2.

4. to take, draw or pluck out

(a) with violence: Matthew 7:5, Mark 9:47, Luke 6:42

(b) to bring forth or out of: Matthew 12:35, Luke 10:35.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 79 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 7:4 How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?
  • Matthew 7:5 Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.
  • Matthew 7:22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’
  • Matthew 8:12 But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
  • Matthew 8:16 That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick.
  • Matthew 8:31 So the demons begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.