Definition

to smear out, i.e. obliterate (erase tears, figuratively, pardon sin)

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G218 (ἀλείφω);

Where the KJV renders it

• blot out
• wipe away

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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