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Definition and Context:
In biblical terms, "removal" can refer to the act of taking away or displacing something or someone from a particular place or position. This concept is often associated with divine intervention, judgment, or the fulfillment of God's will. The term can be applied to physical, spiritual, or metaphorical contexts within the Scriptures.

Old Testament References:
1. Exile and Displacement: One of the most significant instances of removal in the Old Testament is the exile of the Israelites. Due to their disobedience and idolatry, God allowed foreign nations to conquer and remove them from the Promised Land. In 2 Kings 17:23, it is stated, "So the Israelites were exiled from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day." This removal served as both punishment and a call to repentance.

2. Removal of Sin: The concept of removal is also seen in the sacrificial system, where the removal of sin is symbolized through the scapegoat. Leviticus 16:10 describes how the scapegoat is sent into the wilderness, symbolically carrying away the sins of the people: "But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as a scapegoat."

3. Removal of Leaders: God often removed leaders who were unfaithful or disobedient. In 1 Samuel 15:23, God rejects Saul as king: "Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king." This removal underscores the importance of obedience to God's commands.

New Testament References:
1. Removal of Barriers: In the New Testament, the removal of barriers between Jews and Gentiles is a significant theme. Ephesians 2:14 states, "For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility." This removal signifies the unification of all believers in Christ.

2. Removal of Sin through Christ: The ultimate removal of sin is accomplished through Jesus Christ. John 1:29 declares, "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" This removal is central to the message of salvation and redemption.

3. Removal of Obstacles to Faith: Jesus speaks of the removal of obstacles to faith in Matthew 17:20: "Truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." This metaphorical removal emphasizes the power of faith in overcoming challenges.

Theological Implications:
The concept of removal in the Bible often highlights God's sovereignty and justice. Whether it is the removal of sin, barriers, or unfaithful leaders, these acts serve to fulfill God's purposes and demonstrate His authority over creation. Removal can also be a means of purification and preparation for greater things, as seen in the refining of Israel through exile or the removal of sin through Christ's sacrifice.

Practical Application:
Believers are called to examine their lives for anything that may need removal, such as sin or distractions that hinder their relationship with God. Hebrews 12:1 encourages believers to "lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily entangles," emphasizing the importance of spiritual discipline and focus on Christ.

Conclusion:
The biblical theme of removal is multifaceted, encompassing judgment, redemption, and transformation. It serves as a reminder of God's active role in the world and His desire for holiness and unity among His people.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

Greek

3331. metathesis -- a change, removal
... a change, removal. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: metathesis Phonetic
Spelling: (met-ath'-es-is) Short Definition: change, transformation ...
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555. apekdusis -- a stripping off
... Word Origin from apekduomai Definition a stripping off NASB Word Usage removal
(1). removal, divestment. From apekduomai; divestment -- putting off. ...
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595. apothesis -- a putting away
... from 659 , "put away, let go") -- properly, a putting off (letting go) to (set
something aside); a from a previous obligation; (figuratively) removal, by the ...
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1807. exaireo -- to take out, to deliver
... 1807 (from 1537 , "completely out ," intensifying 138 , "personally choose, prefer") --
properly, remove ("totally from"), ie bring into a " (full removal).". ...
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387. anastatoo -- to stir up, unsettle
... From a derivative of anistemi (in the sense of removal); properly, to drive out
of home, ie (by implication) to disturb (literally or figuratively) -- trouble ...
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1581. ekkopto -- to cut off, cut down, cut out, fig. to frustrate
... 1581 (from 1537 , " and " and 2875 , "cut") -- properly, cut (out) and left the
inevitable : (figuratively) remove (cut off), emphasizing (removal, ). ...
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941. bastazo -- to take up, carry
... Perhaps remotely derived from the base of basis (through the idea of removal); to
lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc ...
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4061. peritome -- circumcision
... Cognate: 4061 -- properly, cut around, ie the removal of the male foreskin in
(the visible sign of God's covenant in the OT). See 4059 (). ...
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628. apolouo -- to wash off, wash away
... properly, wash . This strengthened form of 3068 ("to wash") refers to an
washing -- the removal of sin and its debt. Word Origin ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5799. azazel -- entire removal
... 5798, 5799. azazel. 5800 . entire removal. Transliteration: azazel Phonetic
Spelling: (az-aw-zale') Short Definition: scapegoat. ...
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5596. saphach -- to join, attach to
... Or saphach (Isaiah 3:17) {saw-fakh'}; a primitive root; properly, to scrape out,
but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association) -- abiding, gather ...
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6435. pen -- lest
... lest peradventure, that. From panah; properly, removal; used only (in the construction)
adverb as conjunction, lest -- (lest) (peradventure), that...not. ...
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4289. machtah -- a fireholder, censer, snuff dish
... censer, firepan, snuffdish. The same as mchittah in the sense of removal; a pan
for live coals -- censer, firepan, snuffdish. see HEBREW mchittah. 4288, 4289 ...
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2108. zulah -- except, only
... beside, but, only, save. From zuwl; probably scattering, ie Removal; used adverbially,
except -- beside, but, only, save. see HEBREW zuwl. 2107, 2108. ...
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5206. nidah -- impurity
... Word Origin from nadad Definition impurity NASB Word Usage unclean thing (1). removed.
Feminine of niyd; removal, ie Exile -- removed. see HEBREW niyd. ...
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Library

Thanksgiving for the Removal of the Cholera from Sheffield, 1832
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCXCII. Thanksgiving for the Removal of the Cholera from Sheffield,
1832. ... Thanksgiving for the Removal of the Cholera from Sheffield, 1832. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn ccxcii thanksgiving for the.htm

Of the Removal of the Remains of John and of the Faith of ...
... Book V. Chapter XXXVI."Of the removal of the remains of John and of the
faith of Theodosius and his sisters. At a later time the ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xxxvi of the removal of.htm

Removal of the Body from Nicomedia to the Palace at Constantinople ...
... Book IV. Chapter LXVI."Removal of the Body from Nicomedia to the Palace
at Constantinople. After this the soldiers lifted the ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter lxvi removal of the body.htm

Removal to Stamford-Hill, and Commencement of the Fifth ...
... CHAPTER XVI. REMOVAL TO STAMFORD-HILL, AND COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIFTH
CONTINENTAL JOURNEY. 1843-48. The tour which John and Martha ...
/.../chapter xvi removal to stamford-hill.htm

The Removal of Joseph's Father with all his Family, to Him, on ...
... From The Death Of Isaac To The Exodus Out Of Egypt. CHAPTER 7. The Removal Of Joseph's
Father With All His Family, To Him, On Account Of The Famine. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 the removal of.htm

The Removal of Our Children by Such Awful Strokes May Warn us of ...
... 2. THE Removal of our Children by such awful Strokes may warn us of the
Approach of our own Death. HEREBY GOD doth very sensibly ...
/.../2 the removal of our.htm

The World's Consternation at the Sudden and Secret Removal of the ...
... Chapter Nine The Worldward Results of the Redeemer's Return 1. The World's
Consternation at the sudden and secret Removal of the Church. ...
/.../pink/the redeemers return/1 the worlds consternation at.htm

Birth and Ancestors. Family Circumstances. "Fist and Skull" ...
... "Fist and Skull" Entertainment. Removal to Ohio and Return. Fight with his Mother.
Gets Lost. ... "Fist and Skull" Entertainment. Removal to Ohio and Return. ...
/.../chapter i birth and ancestors.htm

Proceedings of Macedonius in Mantinium. His Removal from his See ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXI."Proceedings of Macedonius in Mantinium. His Removal from his
See when he attempted to remove the Coffin of Constantine the Great. ...
/.../chapter xxi proceedings of macedonius in.htm

From his Commission to Reside Abroad in 1820 to his Removal to ...
... CHAPTER III. FROM HIS COMMISSION TO RESIDE ABROAD IN 1820 TO HIS REMOVAL TO GERMANY
IN 1822. In 1822 John Yeardley went to reside in Germany. ...
/.../chapter iii from his commission.htm

Thesaurus

Removal (42 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Removal (42 Occurrences). Matthew 1:11 Josiah of Jeconiah
and his brothers at the period of the Removal to Babylon. (WEY YLT). ...
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Babylonian (10 Occurrences)
... See CAPTIVITY. Multi-Version Concordance Babylonian (10 Occurrences). Matthew
1:11 and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, at the Babylonian removal. (YLT). ...
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Appeal (30 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior
judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged ...
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Azazel (3 Occurrences)
... representing the atonement made, and the other, that "for Azazel," as representing
the effect of the great work of atonement (viz., the complete removal of sin ...
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Daytime (18 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 12:3 And thou, son of man, make to thee vessels of removal, and remove by
day before their eyes, and thou hast removed from thy place unto another ...
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Cleanse (75 Occurrences)
... Blood, the vehicle and emblem of life, plays a large part in the major cleansings,
in which propitiation for sin, as well as the removal of ceremonial ...
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Red (124 Occurrences)
... have, "water of sprinkling." the English Revised Version margin, "water of impurity,"
is right, but ambiguous.) This water was employed in the removal of the ...
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Jehoi'achin (11 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 52:31 And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal
of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and fifth ...
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Jeconiah (9 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Jeconiah (9 Occurrences). Matthew 1:11 Josiah of Jeconiah
and his brothers at the period of the Removal to Babylon. (WEY YLT NAS NIV). ...
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Relief (32 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial
removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which ...
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Removal (42 Occurrences)

Matthew 1:11
Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers at the period of the Removal to Babylon.
(WEY YLT)

Matthew 1:12
After the Removal to Babylon Jeconiah had a son Shealtiel; Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel;
(WEY YLT)

Matthew 1:17
There are therefore, in all, fourteen generations from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Removal to Babylon; and fourteen from the Removal to Babylon to the Christ.
(WEY YLT)

Colossians 2:11
in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
(See NAS)

Hebrews 12:27
Here the words "Yet again, once for all" denote the removal of the things which can be shaken--created things--in order that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
(WEY YLT RSV)

1 Peter 3:21
This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you-not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 19:9
"A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water for impurity: it is a sin offering.
(See RSV)

Judges 18:30
And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of 'the people' of the land.
(YLT)

2 Kings 24:15
And he removeth Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs, and the mighty ones of the land -- he hath caused a removal to go from Jerusalem to Babylon,
(YLT)

2 Kings 25:27
And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and seventh of the month hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint,
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 5:22
for many have fallen pierced, for of God 'is' the battle; and they dwell in their stead till the removal.
(YLT)

Ezra 1:11
All the vessels of gold and of silver 'are' five thousand and four hundred; the whole hath Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the removal from Babylon to Jerusalem.
(YLT)

Ezra 2:1
And these 'are' sons of the province who are going up -- of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they turn back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city --
(YLT)

Ezra 8:35
Those coming in of the captives -- sons of the removal -- have brought near burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, bullocks twelve, for all Israel, rams ninety and six, lambs seventy and seven, young he-goats for a sin-offering twelve -- the whole a burnt-offering to Jehovah;
(YLT)

Ezra 9:4
and unto me are gathered every one trembling at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of the removal, and I am sitting astonished till the present of the evening.
(YLT)

Ezra 10:6
And Ezra riseth from before the house of God, and goeth unto the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; yea, he goeth there, bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the removal.
(YLT)

Ezra 10:7
And they cause a voice to pass over into Judah and Jerusalem, to all sons of the removal, to be gathered to Jerusalem,
(YLT)

Ezra 10:8
and every one who cometh not in by the third day, according to the counsel of the heads and of the elders, all his substance is devoted, and himself separated from the assembly of the removal.
(YLT)

Ezra 10:16
And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, 'and' men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter;
(YLT)

Nehemiah 7:6
These 'are' sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed -- and they turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city --
(YLT)

Esther 2:6
who had been removed from Jerusalem with the removal that was removed with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed --
(YLT)

Isaiah 27:9
So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.
(See RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 1:3
and it is in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the completion of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the removal of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 28:6
Yea, Jeremiah the prophet saith, 'Amen! so may Jehovah do; Jehovah establish thy words that thou hast prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the house of Jehovah and all the removal from Babylon, unto this place.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 29:1
And these 'are' words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the remnant of the elders of the removal, and unto the priests, and unto the prophets, and unto all the people -- whom Nebuchadnezzar removed from Jerusalem to Babylon,
(YLT)

Jeremiah 29:4
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, to all the removal that I removed from Jerusalem to Babylon,
(YLT)

Jeremiah 29:16
Surely thus said Jehovah concerning the king who is sitting on the throne of David, and concerning all the people that is dwelling in this city, your brethren who went not forth with you in the removal;
(YLT)

Jeremiah 29:31
Send unto all the removal, saying, Thus said Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah prophesied to you, and I -- I have not sent him, and he doth cause you to trust on falsehood,
(YLT)

Jeremiah 40:1
The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, hath sent him from Ramah, in his taking him -- and he a prisoner in chains -- in the midst of all the removal of Jerusalem and of Judah, who are removed to Babylon.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 46:19
Goods for removal make for thee, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph becometh a desolation, And hath been burnt up, without inhabitant.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 48:7
For, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 52:31
And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and fifth of the month, hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reign, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and bringeth him out from the house of restraint,
(YLT)

Ezekiel 1:2
In the fifth of the month -- it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin --
(YLT)

Ezekiel 12:3
And thou, son of man, make to thee vessels of removal, and remove by day before their eyes, and thou hast removed from thy place unto another place before their eyes, it may be they consider, for a rebellious house they 'are'.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 12:4
And thou hast brought forth thy vessels as vessels of removal by day before their eyes, and thou, thou dost go forth at even before their eyes, as the goings forth of a removal.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 12:7
And I do so, as I have been commanded; my vessels I have brought forth as vessels of removal by day, and at even I have dug for me through the wall with the hand; in the darkness I have brought forth, on the shoulder I have borne away, before their eyes.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 12:11
Say: I 'am' your type; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a captivity, they do go.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 25:3
and thou hast said to the sons of Ammon: Hear ye a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy saying, Aha, to My sanctuary, Because it hath been polluted, And unto the ground of Israel, Because it hath been desolate, And unto the house of Judah, Because they have gone into a removal:
(YLT)

Ezekiel 33:21
And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year -- in the tenth 'month', in the fifth of the month -- of our removal, come in unto me doth one who is escaped from Jerusalem, saying, 'The city hath been smitten.'
(YLT)

Ezekiel 40:1
In the twenty and fifth year of our removal, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in this self-same day hath a hand of Jehovah been upon me, and He bringeth me in thither;
(YLT)

Amos 1:15
And gone hath their king in a removal, He and his heads together, said Jehovah!
(YLT)

Zechariah 14:2
And I have gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle, And captured hath been the city, And spoiled have been the houses, And the women are lain with, Gone forth hath half the city in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city.
(YLT)

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