Pluck
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
is used of "plucking off ears of corn," Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1 . In the Sept., Isaiah 18:7 .
"to seize, snatch," is rendered "pluck" in John 10:28,29 , AV, RV, "snatch." For the meaning, see Catch , No. 1.
"to take out" (ex for ek, "out," haireo, "to take"), is translated "pluck out," of the eye as the occasion of sin, in Matthew 5:29; 18:9 , indicating that, with determination and promptitude, we are to strike at the root of unholy inclinations, ridding ourselves of whatever would stimulate them. Cp. Note (2) below. See Deliver , No. 8.
"to dig out or up," is rendered "ye would have plucked out (your eyes)" in Galatians 4:15 , an indication of their feelings of gratitude to, and love for, the Apostle. The metaphor affords no real ground for the supposition of a reference to some weakness of his sight, and certainly not to the result of his temporary blindness at his conversion, the recovery from which must have been as complete as the infliction. There would be some reason for such an inference had the pronoun "ye" been stressed; but the stress is on the word "eyes;" their devotion prompted a readiness to part with their most treasured possession on his behalf. For Mark 2:4 see Break , No. 14, DIG, No. 1, Note (2). In the Sept., 1—Samuel 11:2; Proverbs 29:22 .
"to pluck up by the roots" (ek, "out," rhiza, "a root"), is so translated in Jude 1:12 (figuratively), and in the AV in Luke 17:6 , RV, "rooted up;" "root up," Matthew 13:29; "shall be rooted up," Matthew 15:13 . See Root.
Mark 5:4 Mark 9:47
King James Dictionary [2]
1. To pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off, out or from, with a twitch. Thus we say, to pluck feathers from a fowl to pluck hair or wool from a skin to pluck grapes or other fruit.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast. Job 24
2. To strip by plucking as, to pluck a fowl.
They that pass by do pluck her. Psalms 80
The sense of this verb is modified by particles.
To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling to tear away.
He shall pluck away his crop with his feathers. Leviticus 1
To pluck down, to pull down to demolish or to reduce to a lower state.
To pluck off, is to pull or tear off as, to pluck off the skin. Micah 3
To pluck on, to pull or draw on.
pluck up, to tear up by the roots or from the foundation to eradicate to exterminate to destroy as, to pluck up a plant to pluck up a nation. Jeremiah 12
To pluck out, to draw out suddenly or to tear out as, to pluck out the eyes to pluck out the hand from the bosom. Psalms 74
To pluck up, to resume courage properly, to pluck up the heart. Not elegant.
PLUCK, n. The heart, liver and lights of an animal.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; - usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
(2): ( v. t.) To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
(3): ( n.) The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
(4): ( n.) Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
(5): ( n.) The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
(6): ( v. t.) The lyrie.
(7): ( v. t.) To pull; to draw.
(8): ( v. t.) To reject at an examination for degrees.
(9): ( n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
(10): ( v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
