Exaleipho is used for removing sins, a hostile written charge, tears, or a name from a record.

The occurrences show removal or erasure in several concrete contexts: sins are removed, a hostile certificate is canceled, tears are wiped away, and a name is not removed from a book. The clauses vary in object, but each presents something being taken away or erased.

1. Removing or erasing what stands present · dominant

   In Acts 3:19 the aorist passive infinitive occurs with repentance and turning; the APB renders the result as sins being "blotted out." In Colossians 2:14 the aorist active participle introduces the removal of a certificate of debt, which the APB renders as "Having canceled" it and taking it out of the way. In Revelation 3:5 the future active form is negated concerning a name and the book of life, while Revelation 21:4 and Revelation 7:17 use future active forms where the APB renders God’s action as wiping tears away.

   Acts 3:19Colossians 2:14Revelation 3:5Revelation 21:4Revelation 7:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies between "blotted out," "Having canceled," and "wipe away," and it also expresses the negated future as "never blot out." These renderings confirm the clauses' removal imagery without assigning a separate lexical meaning to each English phrase.