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αἴρω

airōto take upHow to read Greek
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Definition

αἴρω,

[in LXX chiefly for נשׂא, also for לקח, etc. ;]

1. to raise, take up, lift or draw up: John 8:59; 11:41, Acts 27:17, al.

2. to bear, carry: Matthew 4:6; 16:24, al.

3. to bear or take away, carry off, remove: Matthew 21:21, John 19:31, 1 Corinthians 5:12; 6:15 (see Lft., Notes, 216), al.; of the taking away sin by Christ, John 1:29, 1 John 3:5. (Cf. ἀπ᾽, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, μετ-, συν-, ὑπερ-αίρω). For exx. from π., see MM, VGT, see word)

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as αἴρω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

101 total
  1. Luke 11:52ἤρατε · you have taken away
    Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
  2. Luke 17:13ἦραν · raised
    …and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
  3. Luke 17:31ἆραι · to retrieve
    On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
  4. Luke 19:21αἴρεις · You withdraw
    For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
  5. Luke 19:22αἴρων · withdrawing
    His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
  6. Luke 19:24Ἄρατε · Take
    Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
  7. Luke 19:26ἀρθήσεται · will be taken away
    He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
  8. Luke 22:36ἀράτω · should take [it]
    “Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.
  9. Luke 23:18Αἶρε · Away with
    But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
  10. John 1:29αἴρων · takes away
    The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
  11. John 2:16Ἄρατε · Get
    To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
  12. John 5:8ἆρον · pick up
    Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
  13. John 5:9ἦρεν · he picked up
    Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
  14. John 5:10ἆραι · to carry
    …so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
  15. John 5:11Ἆρον · Pick up
    But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
  16. John 5:12Ἆρον · to pick [it] up
    “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
  17. John 8:59Ἦραν · they picked up
    At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
  18. John 10:18αἴρει · takes
    No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
  19. John 10:24αἴρεις · will You keep us in suspense
    So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
  20. John 11:39Ἄρατε · Take away
    “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
  21. John 11:41Ἦραν · they took away; ἦρεν · lifted
    So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
  22. John 11:48ἀροῦσιν · take away
    If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
  23. John 15:2αἴρει · He cuts off
    He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
  24. John 16:22αἴρει · will take
    So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
  25. John 17:15ἄρῃς · You take
    I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
  26. John 19:15Ἆρον · Away; ἆρον · Away [with Him]
    At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
  27. John 19:31ἀρθῶσιν · removed
    It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
  28. John 19:38ἄρῃ · let him remove; ἦρεν · removed
    Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
  29. John 20:1ἠρμένον · had been removed
    Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
  30. John 20:2Ἦραν · They have taken
    So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”
  31. John 20:13Ἦραν · they have taken
    “Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”
  32. John 20:15ἀρῶ · will get Him
    “Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
  33. Acts 4:24ἦραν · they lifted up
    When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
  34. Acts 8:33ἤρθη · was deprived; αἴρεται · was removed
    In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
  35. Acts 20:9ἤρθη · was picked up
    And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
  36. Acts 21:11ἄρας · he took
    Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
  37. Acts 21:36Αἶρε · Away with
    For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
  38. Acts 22:22Αἶρε · Rid
    The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
  39. Acts 27:13ἄραντες · [So] they weighed [anchor]
    When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.
  40. Acts 27:17ἄραντες · After hoisting it up
    After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
  41. 1 Corinthians 5:2ἀρθῇ · have removed
    And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
  42. 1 Corinthians 6:15ἄρας · Shall I then take
    Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
  43. Ephesians 4:31ἀρθήτω · Get rid of
    Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
  44. Colossians 2:14ἦρκεν · He took
    …having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
  45. 1 John 3:5ἄρῃ · take away
    But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
  46. Revelation 10:5ἦρεν · lifted up
    Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.