Quick Definition
I throw, cast, put out, banish, bring forth, produce
Strong's Definition
to eject (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G906 (βάλλω);
KJV Usage: bring forth, cast (forth, out), drive (out), expel, leave, pluck (pull, take, thrust) out, put forth (out), send away (forth, out)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκβάλλω; imperfect 3 person plural ἐξέβαλλον (Mar_6:13 (Tr marginal reading aorist)); future ἐκβάλω; pluperfect ἐκβεβλήκειν (without augment, Mar_16:9; cf. Winers Grammar, § 12, 9; Buttmann, 33 (29)); 2 aorist ἐξέβαλον; (passive and middle present ἐκβάλλομαι); 1 aorist passive ἐξεβλήθην; future passive ἐκβληθήσομαι; (from Homer down); the Sept. generally for βΘΜψΗωΡ, occasionally for δεφΔιΰ, δεψΔιωΡ, δΔωΐΡμΔικ; to cast out; to drive out; to send out;
1. with the included notion of more or less violence;
a. to drive out, (cast out): a person, Mat_21:12; Mar_9:15; Joh_2:15 (ἐκ); Luk_20:12, etc.; passive Mat_8:12 (T WH (rejected) marginal reading ἐξελεύσονται); δαιμόνια, Mat_7:22; Mat_8:16; Mat_8:31; Mat_9:33; Mar_1:34; Mar_1:39; Luk_11:20; Luk_13:32, etc.; ἐκ τίνος, Mar_7:26; ἀπό, Mar_16:9 (L WH Tr text παρά); ἐν τίνι, by, through (Winer's Grammar, 389 (364)), Mat_9:34; Mat_12:24; Mat_12:27; Mar_3:22; Luk_11:15; Luk_11:19 f; τῷ ὀνόματι τίνος, Mat_7:22; (Mar_9:38 Rst G); ἐπί τῷ ὀνόματι τίνος, Luk_9:49 (WH Tr marginal reading ἐν; ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Mar_9:38 Relz L T Tr WH); λόγῳ, Mat_8:16; τινα ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, Luk_4:29; Act_7:58.
b. to cast out: τινα followed by ἔξω, Joh_6:37; Joh_9:34; Joh_12:31 (namely, out of the world, i. e. be deprived of the power and influence he exercises in the world); Luk_13:28; ἔξω with the genitive, Mat_21:39; Mar_12:8; Luk_20:15. a thing: excrement from the belly into the sink, Mat_15:17; middle ἐκβαλλόμενοι (i. e. for themselves, that they might the more easily save the ship and thereby their lives) τόν σῖτον εἰς τήν θάλασσαν, Act_27:38.
c. to expel a person from a society: to banish from a family, Gal_4:30 (Gen_21:10); ἐκ (Tdf. omits ἐκ) τῆς ἐκκλησίας, 3Jn_1:10.
d. to compel one to depart: ἀπό τῶν ὁρίων, Act_13:50; to bid one depart, in stern though not violent language, Mat_9:25; Mar_5:40; Act_9:40; Act_16:37 (where distinguished from ἐξάγειν); to bid one go forth to do some business, Mat_9:38; Luk_10:2.
e. so employed that the rapid motion of the one going is transferred to the one sending forth; to command or cause one to depart in haste: Mar_1:43; Jas_2:25; τά πάντα (namely, πρόβατα), to let them out of the fold so that they rush forth (others, to thrust them forth by laying hold of them), Joh_10:4.
f. to draw out with force, tear out: τί, Mar_9:47.
g. with the implication of force overcoming opposing force; to cause a thing to move straight on to its intended goal: τήν κρίσιν εἰς νῖκος, Mat_12:20. h. to reject with contempt; to cast off or away: τό ὄνομα τίνος ὡς πονηρόν, Luk_6:22 (Plato, Crito, p. 46 b.; de rep. 2, p. 377 c.; Sophocles O. C. 636,646; of actors driven from the stage, hissed and hooted off, Demosthenes, p. 449, 19).
2. without the notion of violence;
a. to draw out, extract, one thing inserted in another: τό κάρφος τό ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ, Luk_6:42; ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ibid. and Mat_7:5; ἀπό τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ 4 (where L T Tr WH ἐκ).
b. to bring out of, to draw or bring forth: τί ἐκ τοῦ θησαυροῦ, Mat_12:35; Mat_13:52; money from a purse, Luk_10:35.
e. to except, to leave out, i. e. not receive: τί, followed by ἔξω (or ἔξωθεν), Rev_11:2 (leave out from the things to be measured, equivalent to μή αὐτήν μετρήσῃς).
d. followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, to lead one forth or away somewhere with a force which he cannot resist: Mar_1:12. (On the pleonastic phrase ἐκβάλλειν ἔξω (or ἔξωθεν) cf. Winers Grammar, § 65, 2.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκβάλλω ekballō 81x
pluperfect, ἐκβεβλήκειν ,
to cast out, eject by force, Mat_15:17 ; Act_27:38 ;
to expel, force away, Luk_4:29 ; Act_7:58 ;
to refuse, Joh_6:37 ;
to extract, Mat_7:4 ;
to reject w ith contempt, despise, contemn, Luk_6:22 ;
in NT
to send forth, send out, Mat_9:38 ; Luk_10:2 ;
to send away, dismiss, Mat_9:25 ; Mar_1:12 ;
met.
to spread abroad, Mat_12:20 ;
to bring out, produce, Mat_12:35 ; Mat_13:52 drive out; eject; expel.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ -βάλλω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1644 pi ., also for H7993 hi ., H3318 hi ., H3423 hi ., etc.;]
1. to drive, cast or send out, to expel: c . acc rei , mid . (σῖτον ), seq . εἰς , Act_27:38 ; pass ., Mat_15:17 ; c . acc pers ., Mat_21:12 , Mar_11:15 , al. ; δαιμόνια , Mat_7:22 , Mar_1:34 , al. ; id . seq . ἐκ , Mar_7:26 ; παρά , Mar_16:9 ; ἐν , Mar_3:22 ; (ἐν ) τ . ὀνόματι , Mat_7:22 , Mar_9:38 ; λόγῳ , Mat_8:16 ; seq . ἔξω , Joh_6:37 ; id . c . gen ., Mar_12:8 , al. ; of expulsion from home, Gal_4:30 ; from the Church, 3Jn_1:10 .
2. In LXX and NT (like Heb . H3318 and Aram. δΗπΐτΜΕχ ), to command or cause to depart: Mat_9:38 , Mar_1:12 ( v. Swete , in l ), ib. Mar_1:43 ; Mar_5:40 , Luk_10:2 , Jas_2:25 ; τ . κρίσιν εἰς νῖκος (to cause to proceed to its goal), Mat_12:20 ( LXX ).
3. to reject ( cl .): τ . ὄνομα ὑμῶς ὡς πονηρόν ( cf. Deu_25:14 ), Luk_6:22 ; to leave out, Rev_11:2 .
4. to take, draw or pluck out;
(a) with violence: Mat_7:5 , Mar_9:47 , Luk_6:42 ;
(b) to bring forth or out of: Mat_12:35 , Luk_10:35 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκβάλλω [page 191]
In P Ryl II. 80 .1 (i/A.D.), in view of danger threatening the Nile banks, the village elders are ordered ἐκβάλετε εἰς τὰ χώματα [τοῦ Πατεμίτου ] Ἄνωι ὑδροφύλακας , send out irrigation-guards on to the banks of the Upper Patemite district (Edd.). With its use, no fewer than 11 times in Mk, in connexion with the driving out of demons may be compared the heading of the magical incantation in P Par 574 .1227 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 113) πρᾶξις γενναία ἐκβάλλουσα δαίμονας , and for the literal usage, as in Mat_21:12 , cf. the early P Lond 887 .6 (iii/B.C.) (= III. p. 1) ἐγβέβληκέ με ἐκ τῶν ἐμῶν μερῶν τῆς αἰλῆς τῆι βίαι χρώμενος , P Magd 12 .11 (B.C. 217) ἐγβαλεῖν με ἐκ τῶν κλήρων , and P Flor III. 319 .5 (A.D. 132 7) ὧν ( sc. ἀρουρῶν ) ἐξέβαλόν με ο̣ἱ ἐν γιτνίᾳ μου ὄντες . The sense of banishment from a family or society, as in Gal_4:30 (from Gen_21:10 ), 3Jn_1:10 , may be paralleled from BGU IV. 1050 .15 , a marriage-contract of the time of Augustus, where a man is bound over not to ill-treat his wife, μηδ᾽ ἐγβάλλειν μηδ᾽ ἄλλην γυναῖκα ἐπεισάγειν , nor to put her away, nor to marry another woman in addition to her : cf. P Tebt I. 104 .22 (B.C. 92) and ib. 105 .31 (B.C. 103) where in a lease of land provision is made that it shall not be in the power of the lessee to let the land to others μηδ᾽ ἐγβάλλειν τὸν Πτολεμαῖον πρὸ τοῦ χρόνου , nor to expel P. before the proper period, also P Sa id Khan I. A .21 f (B.C. 88) (= JHS xxxv. p. 28). In P Oxy IV. 744 .10 (B.C. I) (= Selections , p. 33) a man writes to his wife with reference to the expected birth of a child ἐὰν ἦν θήλεα , ἔκβαλε , if it is a female, expose it ; cf. Syll 737 .95 ( c. A.D. 175) ἐπιτείμια δὲ ἔστω τὰ αὐτὰ τῷ εὐκόσμῳ μὴ ἐκβαλόντι τοὺς μαχομένους . For the meaning bring forth, produce, as in Mat_12:35 , we may point to BGU I. 197 .12 (A.D. 17) de agrorum proventu, τῶν ἐγβαλ [λομένων ] καθ᾽ ἔτος ἐκ τοῦ κλήρου γενημάτων καὶ ἐπιγενημάτω [ν . A similar weakened force of the verb is found in such NT passages as Mat_13:52 , Luk_10:35 , Joh_10:4 , Jas_2:25 . MGr βγάλλω .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐκβάλλω fut. -βα^λῶ perf. -βέβληκα aor2 ἐξέβα^λον "to throw or cast out of" a place, c. gen., Il. , etc.; or absol. "to throw out, throw overboard", Od. : also, like Lat. ejicere, to throw ashore, id=Od. , Hdt. ; but, ἐκβ. ἐς τὸ πέλαγος "carry out" to sea, id=Hdt. :—Mid. "to put ashore", id=Hdt. "to cast out" of a place, "banish", id=Hdt. , etc. "to expose" on a desert island, Soph. ; "to expose" a dead body, id=Soph. "to divorce" a wife, Dem. "to cast out of" his seat, "depose" a king, Aesch. , etc. "to strike out of", Lat. excutere, χειρῶν ἔκβαλλε κύπελλα Od. ;—absol., δοῦρα ἐκβ. "to fell" trees (properly, "to cut" them "out of" the forest), id=Od. "to strike open, break in", πύλας Eur. "to let fall", χειρὸς ἔκβαλεν ἔγχος Il. :—metaph., ἔπος ἐκβ. "to let fall" a word, Hom. , etc.; so, δάκρυα ἔκβ. Od. ; ἐκβ. ὀδόντας "to cast" one's teeth, Eur. "to throw away, reject", Soph. , etc.:— "to reject" a candidate for office, Dem. ; "to drive" an actor "from the stage", Lat. explodere, id=Dem. "to lose", properly by one's own fault, Soph. , etc. "to produce", of women, Plut. ; so, of wheat, ἐκβ. στάχυν Eur. intr. (sub. ἑαυτόν) "to go out, depart", id=Eur. ; of a river, "to empty, discharge itself", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-βάλλω
[in LXX chiefly for גָּרַשׁ pi., also for שָׁלַךְ hi., יָצָא hi., יָרַשׁ hi., etc. ;]
__1. to drive, cast or send out, to expel: with accusative of thing(s), mid. (σῖτον), before εἰς, Act.27:38; pass., Mat.15:17; with accusative of person(s), Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15, al.; δαιμόνια, Mat.7:22, Mrk.1:34, al.; id. before ἐκ, Mrk.7:26; παρά, Mrk.16:9; ἐν, Mrk.3:22; (ἐν) τ. ὀνόματι, Mat.7:22, Mrk.9:38; λόγῳ, Mat.8:16; before ἔξω, Jhn.6:37; id. with genitive, Mrk.12:8, al.; of expulsion from home, Gal.4:30; from the Church, III Jn 10.
__2. In LXX and NT (like Heb. יָצָא and Aram. הַנְפֵּק), to command or cause to depart: Mat.9:38, Mrk.1:12 (see Swete, in l.), ib. Mrk.1:43 5:40, Luk.10:2, Jas.2:25; τ. κρίσιν εἰς νῖκος (to cause to proceed to its goal), Mat.12:20 (LXX).
__3. to reject (cl.): τ. ὄνομα ὑμῶς ὡς πονηρόν (cf. Deu.25:14), Luk.6:22; to leave out, Rev.11:2.
__4. to take, draw or pluck out;
__(a) with violence: Mat.7:5, Mrk.9:47, Luk.6:42;
__(b) to bring forth or out of: Mat.12:35, Luk.10:35.
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