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ἈΦΕΙΛΑΝ, ἀφειλαν

APHEILAN, apheilan

Sounds Like: ah-FEI-lan

Translations: they took away, they removed, they cut off, they abolished

From the root: ἈΦΑΙΡΈΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the third person plural aorist active indicative form of the verb aphairéō, meaning 'to take away,' 'to remove,' or 'to cut off.' It is a compound verb formed from 'apo' (away from) and 'haireō' (to take). It describes an action that was completed in the past, indicating that a group of people performed the action of taking something away or removing it.

Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural

Strong’s number: G0851 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
  • 1 Maccabees — 7:47

From the same root

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