Strong's Lexicon
G142 — αἴρω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G142 |
|---|---|
| Word: | αἴρω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primary root |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 101 |
| Transliteration: | airo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ai'-ro |
| Meaning: | 1. to lift up 2. (by implication) to take up or away 3. (figuratively) to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind) 4. (specially) to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor) 5. (by Hebraism) to atone for sin |
| KJV Renderings: | away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἴρω (contracted from the poetic ἀείρω); future ἀρῶ 1 aorist ἦρα, infinitive ἆραι, impv ἆρον; perfect ἠρκα (Col 2:14); passive, (present αἴρομαι); perfect ἤρμαι (Joh 20:1); 1 aorist ἤρθην; (on the rejection of the iota subscript in these tenses see Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., pp. 413, 439; (Winer’s Grammar, 47 (46))); 1 future ἀρθήσομαι; (from Homer down); in the Sept. generally equivalent to ðÈùÈÒà; to lift up, raise.
1. to raise up;
a. to raise from the ground, take up: stones, Joh 8:59; serpents, Mar 16:18; a dead body, Act 20:9.
b. to raise upward, elevate, lift up: the hand, Rev 10:5; the eyes, Joh 11:41; the voice, i. e., speak in a loud tone, cry out, Luk 17:13; Act 4:24 (also in secular writings); τήν ψυχήν, to raise the mind, equivalent to excite, affect strongly (with a sense of fear, hope, joy, grief, etc.); in Joh 10:24 to hold the mind in suspense between doubt and hope, cf. Lucke (or Meyer) at the passage,
c. to draw up: a fish, Mat 17:27 (ἀνασπᾶν, Hab 1:15); σκάφην, Act 27:17; anchors from the bottom of the sea, Act 27:13, where supply τάς ἀγκύρας; cf. Kuinoel at the passage; (Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, 146 (127)).
2. to take upon oneself and carry what has been raised, to bear: τινα ἐπί χειρῶν, Mat 4:6; Luk 4:11 (Psa 90:12 ()); a sick man, Mar 2:3; ζυγόν, Mat 11:29 (Lam 3:27); a bed, Mat 9:6; Mar 2:9; Mar 2:11; Luk 5:24; Joh 5:8-12; τόν σταυρόν, Matt. ( Lachmann marginal reading); ; Luk 9:28; Mar 8:34; Mar 10:21 (in R L brackets); Mar 15:21; (λίθον) Rev 18:21; to carry with one, (A. V. take): Mar 6:8; Luk 9:3; Luk 22:36. Both of these ideas are expressed in classical Greek by the middle αἴρεσθαι.
3. to bear away what has been raised, carry off;
a. to move from its place: Mat 21:21; Mar 11:23 (ἄρθητι be thou taken up, removed (Buttmann, 52 (45)), namely, from thy place); Mat 22:13 (Rec.); Joh 2:16; Joh 11:39; Joh 11:41; Joh 20:1.
b. to take off or away what is attached to anything: Joh 19:31; Joh 19:38 f; to tear away, Mat 9:16; Mar 2:21; to rend away, cut off, Joh 15:2.
c. to remove: 1Co 5:2 (cast out from the church, where ἀρθῇ should be read for Rec. ἐξαρθῇ); tropically: faults, Eph 4:31; τήν ἁμαρτίαν, Joh 1:29 (36 Lachmann in brackets), to remove the guilt and punishment of sin by expiation, or to cause that sin be neither imputed nor punished (αἴρειν ἁμάρτημα, 1Sa 15:25; ἀνόμημα, 1Sa 25:28, i. e. to grant pardon for an offence); but in 1Jn 3:5 τάς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν αἴρειν is to cause our sins to cease, i. e., that we no longer sin, while we enter into fellowship with Christ, who is free from sin, and abide in that fellowship, cf. 1Jn 3:6.
d. to carry off; carry away with one: Mat 14:12; Mat 14:20; Mat 15:37; Mat 20:14; Mat 24:17; Mar 6:29; Mar 6:43; Mar 8:8; Mar 8:19; Mar 13:15; Luk 9:17; Luk 17:31; Joh 20:2; Joh 20:13; Joh 20:15; Act 20:9.
e. to appropriate what is taken: Luk 19:21; Mar 15:24.
f. to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force: Luk 6:30; Luk 11:52; τί ἀπό with the genitive of person, Mat 13:12; Mat 21:43; Mat 25:28; Luk 8:12; Luk 8:18; Luk 19:24; Luk 19:26; (Mat 25:29); Mar 4:1-41:(),; Joh 10:18; Joh 16:22; perhaps also with the mere genitive of the person from whom anything is taken, Luk 6:29; Luk 11:22; Joh 11:48, unless one prefer to regard these as possessive genitive,
g. to take and apply to any use: Act 21:11; 1Co 6:15.
h. to take from among the living, either by a natural death, Joh 17:15 (ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου take away from contact with the world), or by violence, Mat 24:39; Luk 23:18; Joh 19:15; Act 21:36; with the addition of ἀπό τῆς γῆς, Act 22:22; αἴρεται ἀπό τῆς γῆς ἡ ζῶν αὐτοῦ, of a bloody death inflicted upon one, Act 8:33 (Isa 53:8).
i. of things; to take out of the way, destroy: χειρόγραφον, Col 2:14; cause to cease: τήν κρίσιν, Act 8:33 (Isa 53:8). (Compare: ἀπαίρω, ἐξαίρω, ἐπαίρω, μεταίρω, συναίρω, ὑπεραίρω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
αἴρω (away with)
Matthew 4:6
- KJV: And saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down for it is written He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ ει υιός ει του θεού βάλε σεαυτόν κάτω γέγραπται γαρ ότι τοις αγγέλοις αυτού εντελείται περί σου και επί χειρών αρούσί σε μήποτε προσκόψης προς λίθον τον πόδα σου
Matthew 9:6
- KJV: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins then saith he to the sick of the palsy Arise take up thy bed and go unto thine house
- GK: ίνα δε ειδήτε ότι εξουσίαν έχει ο υιός του ανθρώπου επί της γης αφιέναι αμαρτίας τότε λέγει τω παραλυτικώ εγερθείς άρόν σου την κλίνην και ύπαγε εις τον οίκόν σου
Matthew 9:16
- KJV: No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment and the rent is made worse
- GK: ουδείς δε επιβάλλει επίβλημα ράκους αγνάφου επί ιματίω παλαιώ αίρει γαρ το πλήρωμα αυτού από του ιματίου και χείρον σχίσμα γίνεται
Matthew 11:29
- KJV: Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls
- GK: άρατε τον ζυγόν μου εφ΄ υμάς και μάθετε απ΄ εμού ότι πράός ειμι και ταπεινός τη καρδία και ευρήσετε ανάπαυσιν ταις ψυχαίς υμών
Matthew 13:12
- KJV: For whosoever hath to him shall be given and he shall have more abundance but whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away even that he hath
- GK: όστις γαρ έχει δοθήσεται αυτώ και περισσευθήσεται όστις δε ουκ έχει και ο έχει αρθήσεται απ΄ αυτού
Matthew 14:12
- KJV: And his disciples came and took up the body and buried it and went and told Jesus
- GK: και προσελθόντες οι μαθηταί αυτού ήραν το σώμα και έθαψαν αυτό και ελθόντες απήγγειλαν τω Ιησού
Matthew 14:20
- KJV: And they did all eat and were filled and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full
- GK: και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν και ήραν το περισσεύον των κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις
Matthew 15:37
- KJV: And they did all eat and were filled and they took up of the broken that was left seven baskets full
- GK: και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν και ήραν το περισσεύον των κλασμάτων επτά σπυρίδας πλήρεις
Matthew 16:24
- KJV: Then said Jesus unto his disciples If any will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me
- GK: τότε ο Ιησούς είπεν τοις μαθηταίς αυτού ει θέλει οπίσω μου ελθείν απαρνησάσθω εαυτόν και αράτω τον σταυρόν αυτού και ακολουθείτω μοι
Matthew 17:27
- KJV: Notwithstanding lest we should offend them go thou to the sea and cast an hook and take up the fish that first cometh up and when thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt find a piece of money that take and give unto them for me and thee
- GK: ίνα δε μη σκανδαλίσωμεν αυτούς πορευθείς εις την θάλασσαν βάλε άγκιστρον και τον αναβαίνοντα πρώτον ιχθύν άρον και ανοίξας το στόμα αυτού ευρήσεις στατήρα εκείνον λαβών δος αυτοίς αντί εμού και σου
Matthew 20:14
- KJV: Take thine and go thy way I will give unto this last even as unto thee
- GK: άρον το σον και υπάγε θέλω τούτω τω εσχάτω δούναι ως και σοι
Matthew 21:21
- KJV: Jesus answered and said unto them Verily I say unto you If ye have faith and doubt not ye shall not only do this to the fig tree but also if ye shall say unto this mountain Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea it shall be done
- GK: αποκριθείς δε ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς αμήν λέγω υμίν εάν έχητε πίστιν και μη διακριθήτε ου μόνον το της συκής ποιήσετε αλλά καν τω όρει τούτω είπητε άρθητι και βλήθητι εις την θάλασσαν γενήσεται
Matthew 21:43
- KJV: Therefore say I unto you The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof
- GK: διά τούτο λέγω υμίν ότι αρθήσεται αφ΄ υμών η βασιλεία του θεού και δοθήσεται έθνει ποιούντι τους καρπούς αυτής
Matthew 22:13
- KJV: Then said the king to the servants Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth
- GK: τότε είπεν ο βασιλεύς τοις διακόνοις δήσαντες αυτού πόδας και χείρας άρατε αυτόν και εκβάλετε εις το σκότος το εξώτερον εκεί έσται ο κλαυθμός και ο βρυγμός των οδόντων
Matthew 24:17
- KJV: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house
- GK: ο επί του δώματος μη καταβαινέτω άραί τι εκ της οικίας αυτού
Matthew 24:18
- KJV: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes
- GK: και ο εν τω αγρώ μη επιστρεψάτω οπίσω άραι τα ιμάτια αυτού
Matthew 24:39
- KJV: And knew not until the flood came and took them all away so shall also the coming of the Son of man be
- GK: και ουκ έγνωσαν έως ήλθεν ο κατακλυσμός και ήρεν άπαντας ούτως έσται και η παρουσία του υιού του ανθρώπου
Matthew 25:28
- KJV: Take therefore the talent from him and give unto him which hath ten talents
- GK: άρατε ουν απ΄ αυτού το τάλαντον και δότε τω έχοντι τα δέκα τάλαντα
Matthew 25:29
- KJV: For unto every one that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath
- GK: τω γαρ έχοντι παντί δοθήσεται και περισσευθήσεται από δε του μη έχοντος και ο έχει αρθήσεται απ΄ αυτού
Matthew 27:32
- KJV: And as they came out they found a man of Cyrene Simon by name him they compelled to bear his cross
- GK: εξερχόμενοι δε εύρον άνθρωπον Κυρηναίον ονόματι Σίμωνα τούτον ηγγάρευσαν ίνα άρη τον σταυρόν αυτού
Mark 2:3
- KJV: And they come unto him bringing one sick of the palsy which was borne of four
- GK: και έρχονται προς αυτόν παραλυτικόν φέροντες αιρόμενον υπό τεσσάρων
Mark 2:9
- KJV: Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy sins be forgiven thee or to say Arise and take up thy bed and walk
- GK: τι εστιν ευκοπώτερον ειπείν τω παραλυτικώ αφέωνταί σου αι αμαρτίαι η ειπείν έγειραι και άρόν σου τον κράββατον και περιπάτει
Mark 2:11
- KJV: I say unto thee Arise and take up thy bed and go thy way into thine house
- GK: σοι λέγω έγειραι και άρον τον κράββατόν σου και ύπαγε εις τον οίκόν σου
Mark 2:12
- KJV: And immediately he arose took up the bed and went forth before them all insomuch that they were all amazed and glorified God saying We never saw it on this fashion
- GK: και ηγέρθη ευθέως και άρας τον κράββατον εξήλθεν εναντίον πάντων ώστε εξίστασθαι πάντας και δοξάζειν τον θεόν λέγοντας ότι ουδέποτε ούτως είδομεν
Mark 2:21
- KJV: No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old and the rent is made worse
- GK: και ουδείς επίβλημα ράκους αγνάφου επιρράπτει επί ιματίω παλαιώ ει αίρει το πλήρωμα αυτού το καινόν του παλαιού και χείρον σχίσμα γίνεται
Mark 4:15
- KJV: And these are they by the way side where the word is sown but when they have heard Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts
- GK: ούτοι δε εισιν οι παρά τη οδόν όπου σπείρεται ο λόγος και όταν ακούσωσιν ευθέως έρχεται ο σατανάς και αίρει τον λόγον τον εσπαρμένον εν ταις καρδίαις αυτών
Mark 4:25
- KJV: For he that hath to him shall be given and he that hath not from him shall be taken even that which he hath
- GK: ος γαρ αν έχη δοθήσεται αυτώ και ος ουκ έχει και ο έχει αρθήσεται απ΄ αυτού
Mark 6:8
- KJV: And commanded them that they should take nothing for journey save a staff only no scrip no bread no money in purse
- GK: και παρήγγειλεν αυτοίς ίνα μηδέν αίρωσιν εις οδόν ει ράβδον μόνον μη πήραν μη άρτον μη εις την ζώνην χαλκόν
Mark 6:29
- KJV: And when his disciples heard they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb
- GK: και ακούσαντες οι μαθηταί αυτού ήλθον και ήραν το πτώμα αυτού και έθηκαν αυτό εν τω μνημείω
Mark 6:43
- KJV: And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes
- GK: και ήραν κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις και από των ιχθύων