ἘΞΑΛΕΙΦΟΥΣΑΙ, ἐξαλειφουσαι
EXALEIPHOUSAI, exaleiphousai
Sounds Like: eks-ah-LEE-foo-sai
Translations: erasing, wiping out, blotting out, obliterating, effacing, destroying
From the root: ἘΞΑΛΕΙΦΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'erasing' or 'wiping out'. It describes an action that is currently happening or ongoing. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and the verb ἀλείφω (aleiphō), meaning 'to anoint' or 'to smear'. When combined, it takes on the meaning of 'wiping off' or 'erasing completely'. It functions like an adjective, modifying a noun, or can act as a noun itself, referring to 'those who are erasing'.
Inflection: Feminine, Nominative or Vocative, Plural, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G1813 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 2:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΞΑΛΕΙΦΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΦΕΙΝ — to wipe out, to blot out, to erase, to obliterate, to destroy
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΦΕΙΣ — you will wipe out, you will blot out, you will erase, you will obliterate
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΦΘΗ — to be blotted out, to be wiped away, to be erased, to be abolished, to be destroyed
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΦΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be wiped out, will be blotted out, will be erased, will be abolished, will be destroyed
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΦΘΗΤΩ — let it be blotted out, let it be wiped away, let it be erased, let it be abolished
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΦΩ — to wipe out, to blot out, to erase, to efface, to obliterate, to destroy, to remove
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΨΑΣ — having blotted out, having wiped away, having erased, having abolished
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΨΕΙ — he will wipe out, he will blot out, he will erase
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΨΕΙΣ — you will wipe out, you will blot out, you will erase, you will obliterate
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΨΙΣ — wiping out, blotting out, effacing, erasure, obliteration, a wiping away
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΨΟΥΣΙΝ — they will wipe out, they will blot out, they will erase, they will abolish, they will destroy
- ἘΞΑΛΕΙΨΩ — blot out, wipe away, erase, destroy, abolish
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