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Strong's G1813 ἐξαλείφω (exaleipho)

Exaleipho means “blot out” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1813 — dalphon in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1813
Language Greek
Linked Usages 50
Books 22

Strong's G1813 Quick Answer

Strong's G1813 ἐξαλείφω (exaleipho) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. exaleipho (ex-al-ei'-fo) v. 1. to rub out, i.e. obliterate, erase 2. (figuratively) to pardon sin It has 50 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include out and wipe. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
exaleipho (ex-al-ei'-fo) v. 1. to rub out, i.e. obliterate, erase 2. (figuratively) to pardon sin
Usage
50 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
out and wipe

Meaning and Definition

exaleipho (ex-al-ei'-fo) v. 1. to rub out, i.e. obliterate, erase 2. (figuratively) to pardon sin [from G1537 and G218] KJV: blot out, wipe away Root(s): G1537, G218

Original Word
ἐξαλείφω
Transliteration
exaleipho
Derivation
Root: αλείφω R1: 1537 R2: 218
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1813. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to blot out

Usage: ἐξ-αλείφω [in LXX for טוּחַ, Lev.14:42, al.; metaphorically, מָחָה, שָׁחַת, etc. ;] __1. to plaster, wash over (LXX). __2. to wipe off, wipe out: δάκρυον, Rev.7:17 21:4; metaphorically, χειρόγραφον, Col.2:14; τ. ὄνομα, before ἐκ, Rev.3:5 (MM, Exp., xiii); pass., ἀμαρτίαι (ἐξαλιφθῆναι, WH), Act.3:19 (cf. Psa.51:11 Psa.109:13, Isa.43:25, Sir.46:20 (ἁμ. ἀπαλ-), 3Ma.2:19).† (AS)

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How Strong's G1813 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render exaleipho, 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.

out Acts 3:19 wipe Revelation 7:17

How Strong's G1813 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 34 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1813 (ἐξαλείφω) appears 47 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1813 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1813 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 3:19 KJV

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

Colossians 2:14 KJV

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

Revelation 3:5 KJV

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Strong's G1813 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 7:4 Septuagint / Brenton

For yet seven days having passed I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth.

Genesis 7:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And God blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noah was left alone, and those with him in the ark.

Genesis 9:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.

Strong's G1813 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

10 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 4:19 Septuagint / Brenton

Bless the Lord thy God always, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself giveth all good things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind.

2 Maccabees 12:42 Septuagint / Brenton

betook themselves unto prayer, and besought him that the sin committed might wholly be put out of remembrance. Besides, that noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forsomuch as they saw before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that were slain.

Wisdom of Sirach 23:26 Septuagint / Brenton

She shall leave her memory to be cursed, And her reproach shall not be blotted out.

Strong's G1813 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 10:20 Septuagint / Brenton

ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth

Usage Excerpts

First 50 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1813.

Genesis 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For yet seven days having passed I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth.
Genesis 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noah was left alone, and those with him in the ark.
Genesis 9:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.
Exodus 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and speak this in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalek from under heaven.
Exodus 32:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now if thou wilt forgive their sin, forgive it; and if not, blot me out of thy book, which thou hast written.
Exodus 32:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, If anyone has sinned against me, I will blot them out of my book.
Leviticus 14:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take other scraped stones, and put them in the place of the former stones, and they shall take other plaster and plaster the house.
Leviticus 14:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the plague should return again, and break out in the house after they have taken away the stones and after the house is scraped, and after it has been plastered,
Leviticus 14:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest shall arrive and enter and see, and behold the plague be not at all spread in the house after the house has been plastered, then the priest shall declare the house clean, because the plague is healed.
Numbers 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the water of the conviction that brings the curse.
Numbers 27:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses brought their case before the Lord.
Deuteronomy 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of thee a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this.
Deuteronomy 25:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel.
Deuteronomy 25:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass whenever the Lord thy God shall have given thee rest from all thine enemies round about thee, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, thou shalt blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven, and shalt not forget to do it.
Deuteronomy 29:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:
Judges 15:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, For with the jawbone of an ass I have smitten a thousand men.
Judges 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, There must be an inheritance of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and so a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel.
4 Kingdoms 14:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said that he would not blot out the seed of Israel from under heaven; so he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
1 Chronicles 29:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Three thousand talents of gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the sanctuary:
Nehemiah 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
Psalms 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; Thou hast blotted out their name forever, even forever and ever.
Psalms 50:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; And according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression.
Psalms 50:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Turn away thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities.
Psalms 68:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And let them not be written with the righteous.
Psalms 108:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let his children be given up to utter destruction: In one generation let his name be blotted out.
Psalms 108:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Proverbs 6:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his reproach shall never be wiped off.
Isaiah 43:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I, even I, am he that blots out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and thy sins; and I will not remember them.
Jeremiah 18:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, Lord, knowest all their deadly counsel against me: account not their iniquities guiltless, and blot not out their sins from before thee: let their weakness come before thee; deal with them in the time of thy wrath.
Ezekiel 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass as they were smiting, that I fell upon my face, and cried out, and said, Alas, O Lord! wilt thou destroy the remnant of Israel, in pouring out thy wrath upon Jerusalem?
Ezekiel 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet mine eyes spared them, so as not to destroy them utterly, and I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 22:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I sought from among them a man behaving uprightly, and standing before me perfectly in the time of wrath, so that I should not utterly destroy her: but I found him not.
Ezekiel 25:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Because the Philistines have wrought revengefully, and raised up vengeance rejoicing from their heart to destroy the Israelites to a man;
Hosea 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will not act according to the fury of my wrath, I will not abandon Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One within thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Acts 3:19 New Testament, KJV
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
Colossians 2:14 New Testament, KJV
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Revelation 3:5 New Testament, KJV
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation 7:17 New Testament, KJV
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Revelation 21:4 New Testament, KJV
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Tobit 4:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Bless the Lord thy God always, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself giveth all good things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind.
2 Maccabees 12:42 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
betook themselves unto prayer, and besought him that the sin committed might wholly be put out of remembrance. Besides, that noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forsomuch as they saw before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that were slain.
Wisdom of Sirach 23:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
She shall leave her memory to be cursed, And her reproach shall not be blotted out.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Many shall commend his understanding; And so long as the world endureth, it shall not be blotted out; His memorial shall not depart away, And his name shall live from generation to generation.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
All bribery and injustice shall be blotted out: But true dealing shall endure forever.
Wisdom of Sirach 41:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The mourning of men is about their bodies: But an ill name of sinners shall be blotted out.
Wisdom of Sirach 44:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Their seed shall remain forever, And their glory shall not be blotted out.
Wisdom of Sirach 44:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
An everlasting covenant was made with him, That all flesh shall perish no more by the flood.
Wisdom of Sirach 46:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And after his death he prophesied, And showed the king his end, And lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, To blot out the wickedness of the people.
Wisdom of Sirach 47:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, Neither shall any of his works perish, Neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, And the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away: Wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob, And out of him a root unto David.
1 Enoch 10:20 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1813, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 3 usages, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1813 FAQ

What does exaleipho (ἐξαλείφω) mean?

Exaleipho (Strong's G1813) is a Greek word most simply glossed "blot out". exaleipho (ex-al-ei'-fo) v. 1. to rub out, i.e. obliterate, erase 2. (figuratively) to pardon sin

How many times is exaleipho (ἐξαλείφω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 50 linked usages for Strong's G1813 across 22 books.

Where can I study exaleipho (ἐξαλείφω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1813 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate exaleipho (ἐξαλείφω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as out and wipe. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1813 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 34 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 10 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1813, with linked reader references where each row is available.