ekballo describes forcing or sending something out, especially the expulsion of demons, people, or material.

The verb most often marks the active removal of demons; it also describes driving people from places or communities, casting out material or bodily impediments, and sending persons out into a destination or task. Passive forms show persons or things being put outside, while active forms commonly name the agent who causes the removal.

1. Casting demons out · dominant

   Present, aorist, and infinitive forms repeatedly occur where demons are the item removed. In Luke 11:14 the APB renders the clause "he was casting out a deaf and mute demon," and Luke 11:20 places the first-person present form in the claim, "if I expel the demons by the finger of God."

   Luke 11:14Luke 11:20Mark 1:34Mark 3:15Matthew 10:8Mark 7:26
2. Driving people out or excluding them · common

   The verb marks compelled removal from a city, district, assembly, sacred place, or an outside place. In Acts 13:50 the APB renders the action "drove them out of their district"; in 3 John 1:10 it renders the present form "expels them from the assembly." Passive forms in Matthew 8:12 and Luke 13:28 depict people as being put outside.

   Acts 13:50Acts 7:583 John 1:10John 9:34Matthew 8:12Luke 13:28
3. Removing or throwing out material · common

   In these clauses the action concerns things rather than persons or demons. The aorist participle in Acts 27:38 accompanies lightening the boat by "throwing the grain into the sea," while Matthew 15:17 uses a present passive form for what is "expelled into the latrine." Commands in Luke 6:42 and Mark 9:47 apply the same removal language to an eye obstruction or the eye itself.

   Acts 27:38Matthew 15:17Luke 6:42Mark 9:47John 2:15Matthew 22:13
4. Sending someone out · occasional

   Some clauses present the verb as directing persons outward rather than excluding them. In Luke 10:2 the APB renders the aorist subjunctive "send out workers into his harvest," and John 10:4 describes a shepherd who has "driven out all his own" before going ahead of the sheep. James 2:25 likewise places the aorist participle with Rahab sending the messengers out by another way.

   Luke 10:2John 10:4James 2:25Mark 1:12Acts 9:40

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB variously uses "cast out," "expel," "drive out," "throwing," "remove," and "send out." These renderings reflect the clauses' different objects and settings.