to pour out
ekcheo describes sending contents outward, from coins, wine, bowls, and blood to Spirit and love in Scripture.
The dominant use depicts material being released or spilled: coins are scattered, wine escapes ruined skins, bowls are emptied toward specified places, and blood or bodily contents are shed. In other clauses, the same outward-giving image describes the Spirit and God’s love being given, while Jude 1:11 uses it in a figurative clause about entering error for Balaam’s wage.
Senses in use
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Releasing or spilling material contents · dominant
This use covers concrete contents leaving their source: in John 2:15 the APB renders coins being scattered from the moneychangers’ tables, and in Luke 5:37 it renders new wine escaping when wineskins burst. In Revelation 16:1 bowls are commanded to be emptied toward the earth, while blood is described as shed in Matthew 23:35 and Revelation 16:6.
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Giving forth Spirit or love · common
In Acts 2:17 and Acts 2:18, the future active form occurs in God’s statement that Spirit will be given upon all flesh and upon servants. Acts 2:33 places the aorist active form after receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit, and Romans 5:5 describes God’s love as present in hearts through the Holy Spirit.
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Figurative movement into error · rare
In Jude 1:11, the aorist passive plural form occurs in the clause concerning Balaam’s wage and error; the APB renders the people as having “poured themselves out” into error. The precise English contribution cannot be isolated from the translation, but the clause applies the outward-movement image figuratively.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “poured out” for the clauses, including coins, wine, bowls, Spirit, love, and blood; it also uses “shed” for blood in several verses and “poured themselves out” in Jude 1:11. These renderings indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent in every instance.