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Lexicon :: Strong's G1621 - ektinassō

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ἐκτινάσσω
Transliteration
ektinassō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-tin-as'-so
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἐκ (G1537) and tinasso (to swing)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐκτινάσσω ektinássō, ek-tin-as'-so; from G1537 and tinasso (to swing); to shake violently:—shake (off).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1621 in the following manner: shake off (3x), shake (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1621 in the following manner: shake off (3x), shake (1x).

  1. to shake off so that something adhering shall fall

    1. by this symbolic act a person, expresses extreme contempt for another and refuses to have any further dealings with him

    2. to shake off for (the cleansing of) one's self

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκτινάσσω ektinássō, ek-tin-as'-so; from G1537 and tinasso (to swing); to shake violently:—shake (off).
STRONGS G1621:
ἐκτινάσσω: 1 aorist imperative ἐκτινάξατε; 1 aorist middle participle ἐκτιναξάμενος; to shake off, so that something adhering shall fall: τὸν χοῦν, Mark 6:11; τὸν κονιορτόν, Matthew 10:14 (where the genitive τῶν ποδῶν does not depend on the verb but on the substantive [L T WH marginal reading, however, insert ἐκ]); by this symbolic act a person expresses extreme contempt for another and refuses to have any further contact with him [B. D. American edition under the word Dust]; middle to shake off for (the cleansing of) oneself: τ. κονιορτὸν... ἐπί τινα, against one, Acts 13:51; τὰ ἱμάτια, dust from garments, Acts 18:6; [cf. B. D. as above; Nehemiah 5:13]. (to knock out, τοὺς ὀδόντας, Homer, Iliad 16, 348; Plutarch, Cat. maj. 14.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Nehemiah
5:13
Matthew
10:14
Mark
6:11
Acts
13:51; 18:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1621 matches the Greek ἐκτινάσσω (ektinassō),
which occurs 19 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - But from then on, only half my men worked while the other half stood guard with spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. The leaders stationed themselves behind the people of Judah

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I shook out the folds of my robe and said, “If you fail to keep your promise, may God shake you like this from your homes and from your property!”
The whole assembly responded, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - The former governors, in contrast, had laid heavy burdens on the people, demanding a daily ration of food and wine, besides forty pieces[fn] of silver. Even their assistants took advantage of the people. But because I feared God, I did not act that way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23 - I am fading like a shadow at dusk;
I am brushed off like a locust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:4 - Children born to a young man
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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 - but he hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.
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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:27 - A heavy sledge is never used to thresh black cumin;
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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 - Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem.
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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:14 - The messenger shouted, “Cut down the tree and lop off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Chase the wild animals from its shade and the birds from its branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - I also asked about the ten horns on the fourth beast’s head and the little horn that came up afterward and destroyed three of the other horns. This horn had seemed greater than the others, and it had human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly.

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