Lexical Summary
exaireó: To take out, to deliver, to rescue
Original Word: ἐξαιρέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: exaireó
Pronunciation: ex-ah-ee-reh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-ahee-reh'-o)
KJV: deliver, pluck out, rescue
NASB: rescued, rescue, pluck, rescuing, tear
Word Origin: [from G1537 (ἐκ - among) and G138 (αἱρέομαι - choose)]
1. (actively) to tear out
2. (middle voice) to select
3. (figuratively) to release
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
deliver, pluck out, rescue.
From ek and haireomai; actively, to tear out; middle voice, to select; figuratively, to release -- deliver, pluck out, rescue.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK haireomai
HELPS Word-studies
1807 eksairéō (from 1537 /ek, "completely out from," intensifying 138 /hairéomai, "personally choose, prefer") – properly, remove completely ("totally out from"), i.e. bring into a "complete rescue (full removal)."
[1807 (eksairéō) emphasizes total removal ("wholly out from"). This refers to a complete rescue, bringing a person into full deliverance.]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
ek and
haireóDefinitionto take out, to deliver
NASB Translationpluck (1), rescue (2), rescued (3), rescuing (1), tear (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1807: ἐξαιρέωἐξαιρέω,
ἐξαίρω: 2 aorist imperative
ἔξελε; middle (present participle
ἐξαιρούμενος); 2 aorist
ἐξειλόμην and in
Alex. form (
L T Tr WH)
ἐξειλάμην (
Acts 7:10 (so Griesbach);