ἐξαιρέω

ἐξαιρέω fut. ἐξελῶ LXX (s. B-D-F §74, 3); 2 aor. ἐξεῖλον, impv. ἔξελε. Mid.: fut. ἐξελοῦμαι; 2 aor. ἐξειλάμην (-όμην v.l.; s. αἱρέω), inf. ἐξελέσθαι Ac 7:34 (=Ex 3:8; s. B-D-F §81, 3); pf. 2 sg. ἐξῄρησαι Ezk 33:9. Pass.: 1 fut. 3 sg. ἐξαιρεθήσεται Eccl 7:26, 3 pl. ἐξαιρεθήσονται Job 5:5 cod. A ; pf. ptc. ἐξῃρημένης (Ath., R. 75, 29), inf. ἐξῃρῆσθαι (Ath., R. 77, 28) (Hom.+).

① to remove someth. from its place, take out, tear out, act., τὶ someth. an eye (Heliod. 2, 16, 1 τ. ὀφθαλμὸν ἐξεῖλε τὸν δεξιόν; Heraclid., Pol. 30; Phalaris, Ep. 147, 3; Plut., Mor. 373e) Mt 5:29; 18:9 (cp. Just. A I, 15, 1 ἔκκκοψον; on the topic Jos., Ant. 6, 71). τί τινος someth. fr. someone B 6:14.

② to deliver someone from peril or confining circumstance, set free, deliver, rescue, mid. (Aeschyl., Suppl. 924; Polyb. 1, 11, 11; LXX), τινά someone Ac 7:34; 23:27; 1 Cl 52:3 (Ps 49:15). τινὰ ἔκ τινος someone fr. someth. (Demosth. 18, 90; PPetr III, 36 [a] recto, 21 ἐξελοῦ με ἐκ τῆς ἀνάγκης; Wsd 10:1; Sir 29:12; Bar 4:18, 21 al.) Ac 7:10; 12:11 (ἐκ χειρός Ex 18:4 and oft. in OT, but also Aeschin. 3, 256; see on ἐκ 1a); Gal 1:4; 1 Cl 56:8 (Job 5:19). Abs. 1 Cl 39:9 (Job 5:4).—Ac 26:17 is also prob. to be rendered deliver, save (w. HHoltzmann, Wendt, Preuschen, Zahn, Steinmann, Eng. trs., against Overbeck, Knopf, Beyer who render ‘select, choose out [for oneself]’ as Od. 14, 232; Hdt. 3, 150; LXX) τινὰ ἔκ τινος (cp. X., An. 2, 5, 20).—M-M. TW. Spicq.