ἐξέβαλον

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐξέβαλον

   ek-SE-ba-lon

   drove out
2. sentence🔊 οἱ δὲ Ἰουδαῖοι παρώτρυναν τὰς σεβομένας γυναῖκας τὰς εὐσχήμονας καὶ τοὺς πρώτους τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἐπήγειραν διωγμὸν ἐπὶ τὸν Παῦλον καὶ Βαρναβᾶν καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν.

   hoi de iou-DAI-oi pa-RO-trü-nan tas se-bo-ME-nas gy-NAI-kas tas eu-SKHÊ-mo-nas kai tous PRÔ-tous tês PO-le-os kai e-PÊ-gei-ran di-ôg-MON e-PI ton PAU-lon kai bar-na-BAN kai ek-SE-ba-lon au-TOUS a-PO tôn ho-RI-ōn au-TÔN

   the but Jews incited the devout women the well-placed and the leading of the city and stirred up persecution against the Paul and Barnabas and drove out them from the boundaries of them

Exegesis

The narrative concludes with exebalon autous apo ton horion auton {ἐξέβαλον αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν | e-xé-ba-lon au-toùs a-pò tôn ho-rí-ōn au-tôn}, where the aorist exebalon presents a decisive act of expulsion, and apo plus the genitive phrase emphasizes removal from the community’s territorial boundaries. In translation, separate finite verbs (“incited,” “stirred up,” “expelled”) are preserved to reflect the sequence of escalating opposition, while “district” and “region” render horion in a way that communicates civic jurisdiction in contemporary English.