Strong's Greek Concordance

G1856: ἐξωθέω

exōthéō · “to expel”

Definition

to expel; by implication, to propel

KJV translates it as: drive out, thrust in

Word origin: from G1537 (ἐκ) and (to push);

Extended definition

ἐξ-ωθέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for נָדָה hi. ;]
1. to thrust out: Act.7:45.
2. to drive out of the sea, drive on shore: Act.27:39 (WH, txt., ἐκσῶσαι).†
*ἐκ-σώζω,
to preserve from danger, bring safe: Act.27:39 (ἐξῶσαι, WH, mg., R, txt., see: ἐξωθέω).†
ἐξ-ωθέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for נָדָה hi. ;]
1. to thrust out: Act.7:45.
2. to drive out of the sea, drive on shore: Act.27:39 (WH, txt., ἐκσῶσαι).†
*ἐκ-σώζω,
to preserve from danger, bring safe: Act.27:39 (ἐξῶσαι, WH, mg., R, txt., see: ἐξωθέω).†
(AS)

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How G1856 is translated

  • drove out ×1
  • to drive aground ×1

Bible verses with G1856 (exōthéō)

Exōthéō appears in 2 verses.

  • Acts 7:45

    Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

  • Acts 27:39

    And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.