ἐκχέω ekcheō

Greek word for “to pour out” · Strong’s G1632 · used 27 times in 27 verses

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Meaning

ἐκ-χέω also Hellenistic, ἐκχύνω (in Th.: 4Ki.14:14 *), and ἐκχύννω (which see);

How it is translated

Glosses given for ekcheō in context, with how often each is used:

• poured out 12
• being poured out 4
• will pour out 2
• has been poured out 2
• will be spilled out 1
• gushed out 1
• has poured out 1
• shed 1
• rushed 1
• do pour out 1
• have poured out 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 16 (9), Acts 2 (3), Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 5 (1), Luke 11 (1), Luke 22 (1), John 2 (1)

Forms

• ἐξέχεεν 10
• ἐκχυννόμενον 4
• ἐκχεῶ 2
• ἐκκέχυται 2
• ἐκχεῖται 1
• ἐκχυθήσεται 1
• ἐκκεχυμένον 1
• ἐξεχύθη 1
• ἐξεχύννετο 1
• ἐκχέαι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ekcheō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• φιάλη phialē “bowl” 8
• αἷμα ahima “blood” 10
• γέ ge “indeed” 3
• διαθήκη diathēkē “covenant” 3
• ναός naos “temple” 3
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 5
• ἀσκός askos “wineskin” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 4
• ῥήγνυμι rhēgnumi “to throw violently” 2
• ἀπολλύω apolluō “to destroy” 3
• παλαιός palaios “old” 2
• ποταμός potamos “river” 2

Key verses

The verses using ekcheō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 23:35 — That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew…
• Matthew 26:28 — For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
• Acts 1:18 — Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
• Acts 2:17 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your…
• Acts 2:33 — Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see…
• Romans 5:5 — And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
• Jude 1:11 — Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
• Revelation 16:1 — And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
• Revelation 16:2 — And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon…
• Revelation 16:6 — For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
• Revelation 16:10 — And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
• Revelation 16:12 — And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.