Ekrizóō — G1610

Definition

verb

to uproot

1. to root out, pluck up by the roots

Usually translated as

pluck up by the root, root up

Origin

from G1537 and G4492

• ek (G1537)
• rhizóō (G4492)

Occurrences

Ekrizóō occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Luke (1), Jude (1)

• Matthew 13:29 — But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up (ἐκριζώσητε) also the wheat with them.
• Matthew 15:13 — But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up (ἐκριζωθήσεται).
• Luke 17:6 — And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root (ἐκριζώθητι), and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
• Jude 1:12 — These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots (ἐκριζωθέντα);