Greek · Strong's G1856
G1856
to expel
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to expel; by implication, to propel
Rendered in the KJV as
drive out, thrust in.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- ἐξῶσαι1
- ἐξῶσεν1
How it is rendered · 2
- drove out1
- to drive [aground]1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)1
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- V-AAI-3S · 1
- V-AAN · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 7:45ἐξῶσενexōsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularAnd our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,here: drove out
- Acts 27:39ἐξῶσαιexōsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.here: to drive [aground]