271 occurrences in 12 translations

'Remove' in the Bible

then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.

He said to them, “Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors. Remove everything impure from the holy place.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For God

Didn’t Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before one altar, and you must burn incense on it”?

Verse ConceptsHigh Places

Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

Verse ConceptsOrdinances

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In the twelfth year of his reign, he began to remove the high places, Asherim, carved images, and cast images from Judah and Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPurgingYouthful Devotionteenager

and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, 'Remove me, for I have become very sick.'

Verse ConceptsArchers, Men Shot By

And his servants remove him from the chariot, and cause him to ride on the second chariot that he hath, and cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he dieth, and is buried in the graves of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem are mourning for Josiah,

But I warned them and said, "Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!" From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath.

Then Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.

Verse ConceptsClothing, Need OfAnxiety, Examples OfPeople Giving Clothes

“Let Him remove His rod from me,And let not dread of Him terrify me.

Verse ConceptsStriking People With A StaffThose Frightened Of God

if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—

Verse ConceptsTentsForsaking SinSteadfastnessInjustice

Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.

Verse ConceptsChaosPeople Possessing Other Things

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

Verse ConceptsAs Long As Life LastsFar Be It!Man Vindicates

For I do not know how to give such titles;otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.

Verse ConceptsSkillPeople Ended

In a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

Verse ConceptsMidnightSudden Death

He does not remove His gaze from the righteous,but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,and they are exalted.

Verse ConceptsRighteous, TheGod Seeing The RighteousPeople Of The Kingdom

Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Receiving God'sStraight PathsWalking In The Ways Of GodChrist Our Righteousnessguidance

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

Verse ConceptsFeetExcommunicationProud Peoplearrogance

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Verse ConceptsMisersRootsPlucking OutGod KillingPsalm InterjectionsGod Killing Individuals

Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove it.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodRestraintRight Hand Of GodGod's Hand

You removed a vine from Egypt;You drove out the nations and planted it.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtPlanting VineyardsThe Lord Drove Them Out

But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.

Verse ConceptsBetrayalBetrayal, God Never WillLovingkindnessGod Shows His Lovingkindness

Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsEvildoersEvery Morningwickedness

They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.

Verse ConceptsDecayClothing The EarthClean ClothesThings Wearing OutAbrasion

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

Verse ConceptsI Keep The Commandments

Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments are good.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGood Words

You remove all the wicked on earthas if they were dross;therefore, I love Your decrees.

Verse ConceptsdrossWicked Described AsUseless PeopleLoving God's Things

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesBanishmentCrookednessEvildoersTwisted Ways

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Verse ConceptsLasciviousnessEvil AssociationsFar From One

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialCivic RighteousnessAuthorityRemoving People From Your Lifewickedness

lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfKings, How They Should ActForgetting Things

I will turn My hand against youand will burn away your dross completely;I will remove all your impurities.

Verse ConceptsTestingPurgingRefining Influences Of AfflictionClean Objects

Observe this: The Lord God of Hostsis about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judahevery kind of security:the entire supply of bread and water,

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfFamine Coming From GodNo Water For PeopleSupport

At that time the sovereign master will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments,

Verse ConceptsShoesThe Moonjewelryfootball

And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, 'Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.'

Verse ConceptsSevenCoping With DeathSeven PeoplePeople Naming PeopleHelp In ShortageEliminating ShameWomen Workingwomanhood

Now I will tell youwhat I am about to do to My vineyard:I will remove its hedge,and it will be consumed;I will tear down its wall,and it will be trampled.

Verse ConceptsWallsFigurative Fields

Those who acquit the guilty because of a bribe and remove [the] justice of [the] innocent from him.

Verse ConceptsAcquittalGuiltAcquitting The Guilty

On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria—to shave the head, the hair on the legs, and to remove the beard as well.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsHairsHiringLegsShavingRazorsThe Hair Of The BodyTrimming Facial HairCutting HairBeyond The EuphratesHair

For he hath said, 'By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,

Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfWisdom, Human NatureFalse WisdomActing For Oneself

At that time the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large.

Verse ConceptsAnointingFatnessAnointing With OilCivil LibertyYokesShouldersRemoving BurdensRemoving People From Your LifeBreaking Chainsliberation

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

Verse ConceptsGod ShakingThe Universe DestroyedThe Coming Day Of God's Wrath

to break Assyria in my land, and I will trample him down on my mountains; and he shall remove his yoke from them, and he shall remove his burden from his shoulders."

Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyYokesTrampling PeopleRemoving Burdens

For before the harvest, when the blossoming is overand the blossom becomes a ripening grape,He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife,and tear away and remove the branches.

Verse ConceptsPruningKnivesToolsCutting Off Branches

during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did so, going naked and barefoot—

Verse ConceptsBodyBarefeet

I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationDeposing

Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel."

Verse ConceptsConfrontationUnhearing

And the Lord hath given to you bread of adversity, And water of oppression. And thy directors remove no more, And thine eyes have seen thy directors,

Verse ConceptsBread, Figurative OfTeachersWaters Of AfflictionGod HidingWater, As A Symbol Of AfflictionHard TimesHealing A Broken HeartHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesoppressionhiding

And indeed, he [is] wise, and he brings disaster, and he does not remove his words, and he will rise against [the] house of evildoers and against [the] help of workers of iniquity.

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstGod, Wisdom OfEvildoersGod ArisingGod Changing His Mind

I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you."

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseMistMorningOffenceRepentance, Importance OfSin, Deliverance From GodSin BearerWeather, As God's JudgmentRepentanceGod Has Forgivenredeemed

They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessHearingProtection, Not Found InShouldersCarrying IdolsIdolatryOthers Not AnsweringSalvation By Other Things

Take millstones and grind meal;remove your veil,strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,wade through the streams.

Verse ConceptsGrindingLegsPassing ThroughVeilsPeople Stripping OffGrinding Food

Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!Take your seat, Jerusalem.Remove the bonds from your neck,captive Daughter Zion.”

Verse ConceptsdaughtersNecksChainsGet Up!Beauty And Self WorthBreaking Chainsdiscriminationdustfreejerusalemziondignity

For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one -- Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersTrusting In God's LoveAssurance, nature ofGod, The EternalHeart, DivineLoyaltyLove, Nature OfMountainsReliabilityTendernessGod Will Show MercyGod Keeps CovenantMoving Onhealthcaresteadfast

No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.

Verse ConceptsYokesHow To FastPeople Releasing OthersInjusticeFastingFasting And PrayerBreaking Chainsliberation

“Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’If you remove the yoke from your midst,The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

Verse ConceptsFingersCalling upon GodAnswered PromisesGod Will AnswerBehold Me!rumors

Go through, go through the gates,Clear the way for the people;Build up, build up the highway,Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples.

Verse ConceptsHighwayComing To GatesFlagsMaking RoadsHighwaysRemoving People From Your Life

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Results OfReturning To GodStanding FirmRepenting Of Abominations

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;remove the foreskin of your hearts,men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fireand burn with no one to extinguish itbecause of your evil deeds.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsCircumcision, spiritualFire Of God's AngerTrue CircumcisionLake Of Fire

Go up through her vineyards and destroy, but you must not make complete destruction. Remove her branches, for they [are] not to Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsDestroying VineyardsBattlementsDestruction Of PlantsNot Destroyed

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste.

Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesMarriage, Customs ConcerningVoicesWeddingsCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicing

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts,“Behold, I will refine them [through suffering] and test them;For how else should I deal with the daughter of My people?

Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfdrossProving, Through TestingMeltingRefining Influences Of AfflictionGod Testing People

“What right has My beloved [to be] in My houseWhen she has done many vile things and acted treacherously [over and over again]?Can vows and the meat of your sacrifices remove your wickedness from you and cancel the consequences of your sin,So that you can [escape your judgment and] rejoice?”

Verse ConceptsAmbivalence

Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying, "Let's destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let's remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more."

Verse ConceptsLambsBeing Killed Like An AnimalForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleKilled Like An Animal

But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?

Verse ConceptsLeopardAfrican AmericansGood WorksHabitsSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfSkinAnimals, Figurative UsePeople TransformedHuman SkinNothing GoodBlack And WhiteChangeSportsColorChanging Yourself

For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentWicked ProphetsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "I'm about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you will die because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.'"

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against GodNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearRebellion against Godrebellion

For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Jerusalem

for Baruch son of Neriah is moving thee against us, in order to give us up into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put us to death, and to remove us to Babylon.'

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesOut Of The NorthBoth Men And Animals Affected

Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonComing Out From Evil

Completed is thy iniquity, daughter of Zion, He doth not add to remove thee, He hath inspected thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He hath removed thee because of thy sins!

Verse ConceptsSin Made Known

Then he said to me, "Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply in Jerusalem. They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

Verse ConceptsBreaking SticksDrinking WaterFamine ComingFear Will ComePeople AppalledFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearDespairweight

I will shoot against them deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will shoot to destroy you. I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfArrows, Described AsArchers, Likened To GodFamine Coming From God

“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I will remove you from it.

Verse ConceptsCaldronsBringing People Out Of Other PlacesPots For Cooking And EatingKilling Israelites

“When they arrive there, they will remove all its detestable things and practices from it.

Verse ConceptsRepenting Of AbominationsRemoving People From Your Life

Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

Verse ConceptsUsing The DayBaggageExile In ProspectSeeing SituationsUnderstanding God's WordPreparationMoving OnMoving To A New Placerebellion

Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.

Verse ConceptsPeople As SignsExile In Prospect

"I'll also deliver you into their control, and they'll break down your mounds, tear down your high places, strip off your clothes, remove your fine jewels, and then they'll leave you stark naked!

Verse ConceptsNakednessDestruction Of Satan's WorksPeople Stripping PeopleTo Be Given Into One's Handsjewelry

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping PeoplePutting Things DownThings Lifted UpThings On HighAbasementcrowns

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Absent (17 instances)
Dispatch (5 instances)
Elicit (1 instance)
Eliminate (48 instances)
Transfer (17 instances)
Withdraw (65 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
κινέω 
Kineo 
Usage: 6

μεθίστημι μεθιστάνω 
methistemi 
Usage: 4

μεταβαίνω 
metabaino 
depart , remove , pass , go
Usage: 8

μετάθεσις 
metathesis 
Usage: 3

μετατίθημι 
metatithemi 
Usage: 6

μετοικίζω 
metoikizo 
Usage: 2

παραφέρω 
Paraphero 
Usage: 0

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