ἀφαιρέω

ἀφαιρέω — aphairéō

ἀφαιρέω, ἀφαίρω; future ἀφαιρήσω (Rev 22:19 Rec. (from Erasmus, apparently on no Ms. authority; see Tdf.'s note)), and ἀφελῶ (ibid. G L T Tr WH; on this rarer future cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 100); 2 aorist ἀφεῖλον; 1 future passive ἀφαιρεθήσομαι; middle, present ἀφαιροῦμαι; 2 aorist ἀφειλομην; (see αἱρέω); in Greek writings from Homer down; to take from, take away, remove, carry off: τί, Luk 1:25; to cut off, τό ὠτίον, Mat 26:51; Mar 14:47 (L T Tr WH τό ὠτάριον); Luk 22:50 (τό οὖς) (τήν κεφαλήν τίνος, 1Ma 7:47; for כָּרַת, 1Sa 17:51); to take away, τί ἀπό with the genitive of a thing, Rev 22:19; τί ἀπό with the genitive of person Luk 10:42 (T WH omit; L Tr brackets ἀπό) (Gen 31:31; Job 36:7; Pro 4:16 (Alex.), etc.); middle (properly, to take away or bear off for oneself), Luk 16:3 (Lev 4:10; Mic 2:8; in Greek writings with a simple genitive for ἀπό τίνος); ἀφαιρεῖν τάς ἁμαρτίας to take away siins, of victims expiating them, Heb 10:4 (Jer 11:15; Sir 47:11); middle of God putting out of his sight, remembering no more, the sins committed by men, i. e., granting pardon for sins (see ἁμαρτία, 2 a.): Rom 11:27.