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Ephesians 4

Eph. 4:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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airo (Greek #142)
to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare 05375) to expiate sin
KJV usage: away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Pronounce: ah'-ee-ro
Origin: a primary root
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
bitterness
pikria (Greek #4088)
acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: bitterness.
Pronounce: pik-ree'-ah
Origin: from 4089
y, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
wrath
thumos (Greek #2372)
passion (as if breathing hard)
KJV usage: fierceness, indignation, wrath. Compare 5590.
Pronounce: thoo-mos'
Origin: from 2380
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
anger
orge (Greek #3709)
properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment
KJV usage: anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.
Pronounce: or-gay'
Origin: from 3713
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
clamor
krauge (Greek #2906)
an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief)
KJV usage: clamour, cry(-ing).
Pronounce: krow-gay'
Origin: from 2896
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
evil speaking
blasphemia (Greek #988)
vilification (especially against God)
KJV usage: blasphemy, evil speaking, railing.
Pronounce: blas-fay-me'-ah
Origin: from 989
z, be put away
airo (Greek #142)
to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare 05375) to expiate sin
KJV usage: away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Pronounce: ah'-ee-ro
Origin: a primary root
from
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
you
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
, with
sun (Greek #4862)
with or together (but much closer than 3326 or 3844), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
KJV usage: beside, with. In composition it has similar applications, including completeness.
Pronounce: soon
Origin: a primary preposition denoting union
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
malice
kakia (Greek #2549)
badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
KJV usage: evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.
Pronounce: kak-ee'-ah
Origin: from 2556
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Col. 3:8• 8But now do ye also put off the whole: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. (Col. 3:8)
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Titus 3:2• 2to speak evil of no one, to be uncontentious, gentle, showing all meekness toward all men. (Titus 3:2)

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bitterness.
Psa. 64:3•  (Psa. 64:3)
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Rom. 3:14• 14whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; (Rom. 3:14)
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Col. 3:8,19• 8But now do ye also put off the whole: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.
 19Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter against them. (Col. 3:8,19)
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James 3:14‑15• 14But if ye have bitter emulation and faction in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal. (James 3:14‑15)
wrath.
Eph. 4:26• 26Be angry and sin not: let not the sun set upon your wrath, (Eph. 4:26)
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Prov. 14:17•  (Prov. 14:17)
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Prov. 19:12•  (Prov. 19:12)
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Eccl. 7:9•  (Eccl. 7:9)
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2 Cor. 12:20• 20For I fear lest by any means on coming I find you not such as I wish, and I be found by you such as ye wish not; lest by any means [there be] strife, jealousy, wraths, feuds, slanderings, whisperings, swellings, confusions; (2 Cor. 12:20)
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Gal. 5:20• 20idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, bursts of passion, contentions, divisions, parties, (Gal. 5:20)
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Col. 3:8• 8But now do ye also put off the whole: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. (Col. 3:8)
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2 Tim. 2:23• 23But foolish and ignorant questionings avoid, knowing that they beget contentions. (2 Tim. 2:23)
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Titus 1:7• 7For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not passionate, not quarrelsome, not a striker, not a seeker of base lucre; (Titus 1:7)
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James 1:19• 19Ye know [it], my brethren beloved, but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; (James 1:19)
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James 3:14‑18• 14But if ye have bitter emulation and faction in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.
 16For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed.
 17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, uncontentious, impartial.
 18And righteousness' fruit in peace is being sown for those that make peace. (James 3:14‑18)
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James 4:1‑2• 1Whence [are] wars and whence fightings among you? [Are they] not hence, from your pleasures that combat in your members?
 2Ye lust and have not; ye kill and are jealous, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not; (James 4:1‑2)
clamour.
2 Sam. 19:43•  (2 Sam. 19:43)
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2 Sam. 20:1‑2•  (2 Sam. 20:1‑2)
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Prov. 29:9,22•  (Prov. 29:9,22)
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Acts 19:28‑29• 28And when they heard they were filled with wrath and kept crying out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
 29And the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, (Acts 19:28‑29)
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Acts 21:30• 30And the whole city was moved, and the people ran together, and they laid hold on Paul and dragged him out of the temple; and forthwith the doors were shut. (Acts 21:30)
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Acts 22:22‑23• 22And they gave him audience unto this word, and they lifted up their voices and said, Away with such [a fellow] from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live.
 23And as they cried out and threw off their garments and cast dust into the air, (Acts 22:22‑23)
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1 Tim. 3:3• 3not given to wine, no striker, but gentle, not contentious, not fond of money, (1 Tim. 3:3)
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1 Tim. 6:4‑5• 4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questionings and word-disputes, out of which cometh envy, strife, revilings, evil suspicions,
 5wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that piety is gain. (1 Tim. 6:4‑5)
evil speaking.
Lev. 19:16•  (Lev. 19:16)
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2 Sam. 19:27•  (2 Sam. 19:27)
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Psa. 15:3•  (Psa. 15:3)
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Psa. 50:20•  (Psa. 50:20)
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Psa. 101:5•  (Psa. 101:5)
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Psa. 140:11•  (Psa. 140:11)
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Prov. 6:19•  (Prov. 6:19)
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Prov. 10:18•  (Prov. 10:18)
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Prov. 18:8•  (Prov. 18:8)
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Prov. 25:23•  (Prov. 25:23)
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Prov. 26:20•  (Prov. 26:20)
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Jer. 6:28•  (Jer. 6:28)
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Jer. 9:4•  (Jer. 9:4)
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Rom. 1:29‑30• 29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, ill-will; whisperers,
 30slanderers, God-hated, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, (Rom. 1:29‑30)
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1 Tim. 3:11• 11Women likewise [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. (1 Tim. 3:11)
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1 Tim. 5:13• 13And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about the houses; and not only idle but also tattlers and busy-bodies, speaking things that are not fitting. (1 Tim. 5:13)
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2 Tim. 3:3• 3without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, uncontrolled, fierce, haters of good, (2 Tim. 3:3)
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Titus 2:3• 3that aged women likewise be in deportment reverent, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good; (Titus 2:3)
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Titus 3:2• 2to speak evil of no one, to be uncontentious, gentle, showing all meekness toward all men. (Titus 3:2)
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James 4:11• 11Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against law and judgeth law; but if thou judgest law, thou art not a doer of law but a judge. (James 4:11)
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1 Peter 2:1• 1Putting away therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil-speakings, (1 Peter 2:1)
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2 Peter 2:10‑11• 10and especially those that walk after flesh in lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not speaking railingly of dignities,
 11when angels, being greater in might and power, bring not against them before [the] Lord a railing charge. (2 Peter 2:10‑11)
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Jude 8‑10• 8Yet likewise, these dreamers also defile flesh, and set at nought lordship and rail at dignities.
 9But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
 10But these rail at whatever things they know not; but whatever they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, in these things they corrupt themselves. (Jude 8‑10)
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Rev. 12:10• 10And I heard a loud voice in the heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast {i}out{/i} that accused them before our God day and night. (Rev. 12:10)
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Gen. 4:8•  (Gen. 4:8)
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Gen. 27:41•  (Gen. 27:41)
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Gen. 37:4,21•  (Gen. 37:4,21)
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Lev. 19:17‑18•  (Lev. 19:17‑18)
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2 Sam. 13:22•  (2 Sam. 13:22)
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Prov. 10:12•  (Prov. 10:12)
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Prov. 26:24‑25•  (Prov. 26:24‑25)
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Eccl. 7:9•  (Eccl. 7:9)
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Rom. 1:29• 29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, ill-will; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)
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1 Cor. 5:8• 8Wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth. (1 Cor. 5:8)
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1 Cor. 14:20• 20Brethren, be not children in mind, but in malice be infantine, but in mind be of full age. (1 Cor. 14:20)
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Col. 3:8• 8But now do ye also put off the whole: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. (Col. 3:8)
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Titus 3:3• 3For at one time even we were foolish, disobedient, gone astray, in slavery to divers lusts and pleasures, passing time in malice and envy, abominable, hating one another. (Titus 3:3)
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1 John 3:12,15• 12not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and for what did he slay him? Because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.
 15Every one that hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath life eternal abiding in him. (1 John 3:12,15)
• If we come to particulars, “all bitterness;” I think, denotes every form of the sharp, unsparing mood which repels instead of winning souls, and makes the most of the real or imagined faults of others. The “wrath and anger,” next following, refer to the outburst of passion and the more settled, vindictive resentment, to which the indulgence of acrimony gives rise, as “clamor and evil speaking” are their respective counterparts in words: all flowing from the deep-seated fountain of “all malice,” which is finally condemned in our verse. (“Remarks on Ephesians 4:31-32” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

W. Kelly Translation

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Let all bitterness and passion and wrath and clamour and evil-speaking be removed from you with all malice;