ἐκβάλλω
ekballō
to expel
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἐκβάλλω (ekballō), with a Strong's number of G1544, conveys the primary meaning of "to expel." This action involves the act of forcing something or someone out of a place or a situation. In the 82 occurrences of this word in the Bible, we see a range of usage that spans from physical expulsion to figurative removal. The word ἐκβάλλω is often used to describe a physical pushing or throwing out, such as when Jesus is described as casting out demons (e.g., Matthew 8:28-32). However, its usage extends beyond the physical realm, as in the case of being "expelled" or "driven out" due to sin or wickedness (e.g., Matthew 21:12, where Jesus cleanses the temple). This range of usage highlights the word's broader significance in conveying a sense of removal or separation. The frequency of ἐκβάλλω in the Bible, with 82 occurrences, underscores its importance in the narrative. The word becomes a key term for understanding themes of separation, cleansing, and redemption. In the context of Jesus' ministry, this word often serves as a catalyst for dramatic events, emphasizing the transformative power of his words and actions.
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Occurrences in Scripture
82 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
Matthew 7:5You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Matthew 7:5You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Matthew 7:22Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
Matthew 8:12but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 8:16When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
Matthew 8:31The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
Matthew 9:25But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
Matthew 9:33When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”
Matthew 9:38Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 10:1He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
Matthew 12:20He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.
Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
Matthew 12:26If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
Matthew 12:27If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Matthew 12:27If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Matthew 12:28But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.
Matthew 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
Matthew 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
Matthew 13:52He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
Matthew 15:17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
Matthew 17:19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
Matthew 21:12Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
Matthew 21:39So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
Matthew 25:30Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Mark 1:12Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.
Mark 1:34He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn’t allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
Mark 1:39He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
Mark 1:43He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,
Mark 3:15and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
Mark 3:22The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.”
Mark 3:23He summoned them, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
Mark 5:40They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.
Mark 6:13They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them.
Mark 7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
Mark 9:18and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren’t able.”
Mark 9:28When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
Mark 9:38John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone who doesn’t follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow us.”
Mark 9:47If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
Mark 11:15They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables, and the seats of those who sold the doves.
Mark 12:8They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
Luke 11:18If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
Luke 11:19But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Luke 11:19But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Mark 16:9Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
Mark 16:17These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
Luke 4:29They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.