Aírō — G142

G142 · Greek — αἴρω

Pronunciation: ah'-ee-ro

Definition

verb

to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare

  1. to raise up
    1. to raise from the ground, take up
    2. to raise upward, elevate, lift up
    3. to draw up
  2. to take upon oneself and carry what has been raised, to bear
  3. to bear away what has been raised, carry off
    1. to move from its place
    2. to take off or away what is attached to anything
    3. to remove
    4. to carry off
    5. to appropriate what is taken
    6. to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force
    7. to take and apply to any use
    8. to take from among the living, either by a natural death
    9. of things

Usually translated as

take, bear, put away, away with, carry, make to doubt, lift up, loose, remove

Origin

a primary root

Hebrew equivalents

Occurrences

Aírō occurs 102 times in 98 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (20), Mark (21), Luke (20), John (23), Acts (8), 1 Corinthians (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (1), 1 John (1), Revelation (2)

Strong's Lexicon — A