Ekrizoo means “pluck up by the root” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1610 — gaph (“himself”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1610 ἐκριζόω (ekrizoo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ekrizoo (ek-rid-zoh'-o) v. 1. to uproot [from G1537 and G4492] It has 13 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include plucked. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
ekrizoo (ek-rid-zoh'-o) v. 1. to uproot [from G1537 and G4492] KJV: pluck up by the root, root up Root(s): G1537, G4492
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1610. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to uproot
Usage: ἐκ-ριζόω, -ῶ [in LXX: Jdg.5:14 (שֶׁרֶשׁ), Jer.1:10 (נָתַשׁ), Zep.2:4 (גָּרַשׁ A, עָקַר BS), Dan.7:8 (עָקַר), Dan LXX 4:11, 23, Wis.4:4, Sir.3:9 49:7, 1Ma.5:51, 2Ma.12:7 * ;] to root out, pluck up by the roots: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.13:29 15:13 Luk.17:6, Ju 12.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ekrizoo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1610 (ἐκριζόω) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Ephraim rooted them out in Amalek, Behind thee was Benjamin among thy people: The inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, And from Zebulun came they that draw with the scribe’s pen of record.
Behold, I have appointed thee this day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to rebuild, and to plant.
I noticed his horns, and, behold, another little horn came up in the midst of them, and before it three of the former horns were rooted out: and, behold, there were eyes as the eyes of a man in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
who then slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and razed the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through the city over them that were slain.
And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppa.
For though they flourish in branches for a time; Yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, And through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1610.
Ephraim rooted them out in Amalek, Behind thee was Benjamin among thy people: The inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, And from Zebulun came they that draw with the scribe’s pen of record.
Behold, I have appointed thee this day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to rebuild, and to plant.
I noticed his horns, and, behold, another little horn came up in the midst of them, and before it three of the former horns were rooted out: and, behold, there were eyes as the eyes of a man in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.
For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ashkelon shall be destroyed; and Ashdod shall be cast forth at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
who then slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and razed the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through the city over them that were slain.
And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppa.
For though they flourish in branches for a time; Yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, And through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.
For the blessing of the father establisheth the houses of children; But the curse of the mother rooteth out foundations.
For they entreated him evil, Who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother’s womb, That he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; And that he might build up also, and plant.
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Ekrizoo (Strong's G1610) is a Greek word most simply glossed "pluck up by the root". ekrizoo (ek-rid-zoh'-o) v. 1. to uproot [from G1537 and G4492]
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G1610 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1610 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as plucked. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1610, with linked reader references where each row is available.