Word study · Greek

exaleíphō

wipe out

Say it: ex-al-I-fo (approximate)

ἐξαλείφω

What it means

To wipe out, erase, blot out. In 2:14, God wiped out the record of debt. In Acts 3:19, sins are "blotted out," and in Revelation 3:5 a name is not blotted from the book of life.

Range of meaning

  • Wipe outErase.
  • Blot outRemove a record.

In Colossians

  • Chapter 2

    "Wiping out the handwriting" (2:14).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G1813 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources