From ek and aleipho; to smear out, i.e. Obliterate (erase tears, figuratively, pardon sin) -- blot out, wipe away.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK aleipho
1. (εξ( denoting completeness (cf. ἐκ, VI. 6)), to anoint or wash in every part, hence, to besmear: equivalent to cover with lime (to whitewash or plaster), τό τεῖχος, Thucydides 3, 20; τούς τοίχους τοῦ ἱεροῦ (here to overlay with gold etc.), 1 Chronicles 29:4; τήν οἰκίαν, Leviticus 14:42 (for טוּחַ).
2. (εξ( denoting removal (cf. ἐκ, VI. 2)), to wipe off, wipe away: δάκρυον ἀπό (G L T Tr WH ἐκ) τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:4 (R G WH marginal reading, others ἐκ); to obliterate, erase, wipe out, blot out, (Aeschylus, Herodotus, others; the Sept. for מָחָה): τί, Colossians 2:14; τό ὄνομα ἐκ τῆς βίβλου, Revelation 3:5 (Ps. 68(69):