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Greek G1610 ekrizóō

Original: ἐκριζόω

Meaning:
from ἐκ and ῥιζόω; to uproot:--pluck up by the root, root up.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to uproot:--pluck up by the root, root up.

Greek G4491 rhíza

Original: ῥίζα

Meaning:
apparently a primary word; a "root" (literally or figuratively):--root.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: a "root" (literally or figuratively):--root.

Greek G4492 rhizóō

Original: ῥιζόω

Meaning:
from ῥίζα; to root (figuratively, become stable):--root.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to root (figuratively, become stable):--root.

Hebrew H5255 nâçach

Original: נָסַח

Meaning:
a primitive root; to tear away; destroy, pluck, root.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: destroy, pluck, root.

Hebrew H5423 nâthaq

Original: נָתַק

Meaning:
a primitive root; to tear off; break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.

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Hebrew H5428 nâthash

Original: נָתַשׁ

Meaning:
a primitive root; to tear away; destroy, forsake, pluck (out, up, by the roots), pull up, root out (up), [idiom] utterly. s

Hebrew H6131 ʻâqar

Original: עָקַר

Meaning:
a primitive root; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate; dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.

Hebrew H8327 shârash

Original: שָׁרַשׁ

Meaning:
a primitive root; to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it; (take, cause to take) root (out).

Hebrew H8328 sheresh

Original: שֶׁרֶשׁ

Meaning:
from שָׁרַשׁ; a root (literally or figuratively); bottom, deep, heel, root.

Hebrew H8330 shôresh

Original: שֹׁרֶשׁ

Meaning:
(Aramaic) corresponding to שֶׁרֶשׁ; {a root (literally or figuratively)}; root.

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^{Deuteronomy 29:18} Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; Open

^{Judges 5:14} Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. Open

^{1 Kings 14:15} For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. Open

^{2 Kings 19:30} And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. Open

^{Job 5:3} I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. Open

^{Job 14:8} Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Open

^{Job 19:28} But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? Open

^{Job 29:19} My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. Open

^{Job 31:12} For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. Open

^{Psalm 52:5} God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. Open

^{Psalm 80:9} Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. Open

^{Proverbs 12:3} A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. Open

^{Proverbs 12:12} The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. Open

^{Isaiah 5:24} Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Open

^{Isaiah 11:10} And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. Open

^{Isaiah 14:29} Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. Open

^{Isaiah 14:30} And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. Open

^{Isaiah 27:6} He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. Open

^{Isaiah 37:31} And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: Open

^{Isaiah 40:24} Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. Open

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^{Isaiah 53:2} For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Open

^{Jeremiah 1:10} See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. Open

^{Jeremiah 12:2} Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. Open

^{Ezekiel 31:7} Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. Open

^{Hosea 9:16} Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. Open

^{Malachi 4:1} For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. Open

^{Matthew 3:10} And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Open

^{Matthew 13:6} And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. Open

^{Matthew 13:21} Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. Open

^{Matthew 13:29} But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Open

^{Mark 4:6} But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. Open

^{Mark 4:17} And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. Open

^{Luke 3:9} And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Open

^{Luke 8:13} They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. Open

^{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, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. Open

^{Romans 11:16} For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. Open

^{Romans 11:17} And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Open

^{Romans 11:18} Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Open

^{Romans 15:12} And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. Open

^{1 Timothy 6:10} For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Open

^{Hebrews 12:15} Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Open

^{Revelation 5:5} And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. Open

^{Revelation 22:16} I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. Open

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