Bible Dictionary
AWAY WITH
“Away with” may mean endure or tolerate, as in refusing to accept sinful worship, or it may be a cry demanding that someone be removed or destroyed.
Definition
“Away with” can mean to endure or bear with something, or it can be a demand that a person be removed or destroyed.
Biblical Usage
In Isaiah it expresses God’s inability to tolerate the combination of iniquity and solemn worship. In Acts it is a cry for the removal of a person from the earth.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>(1) "To endure," "to bear with" (Isa 1:13), "I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting," i e. endure the combination of wickedness and worship. In the Hebrew merely, "I am unable iniquity and the solenm meeting."</p><p>(2) To destroy airo. Found in such expressions as Ac 22:22, "Away with such a fellow from the earth."</p>