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)

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

101 total
  1. Matthew 4:6ἀροῦσίν · they will lift You up
    “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
  2. Matthew 9:6ἆρόν · pick up
    But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
  3. Matthew 9:16αἴρει · will pull away
    No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
  4. Matthew 11:29ἄρατε · Take
    Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  5. Matthew 13:12ἀρθήσεται · will be taken away
    Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
  6. Matthew 14:12ἦραν · took
    Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.
  7. Matthew 14:20ἦραν · [the disciples] picked up
    They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
  8. Matthew 15:37ἦραν · [the disciples] picked up
    They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
  9. Matthew 16:24ἀράτω · take up
    Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
  10. Matthew 17:27ἆρον · take
    “But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
  11. Matthew 20:14ἆρον · Take
    Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
  12. Matthew 21:21Ἄρθητι · Be lifted up
    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
  13. Matthew 21:43ἀρθήσεται · will be taken away
    Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
  14. Matthew 24:17ἆραι · to retrieve
    Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
  15. Matthew 24:18ἆραι · for
    And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
  16. Matthew 24:39ἦρεν · swept them all away
    And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
  17. Matthew 25:28Ἄρατε · take
    Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
  18. Matthew 25:29ἀρθήσεται · will be taken away
    For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
  19. Matthew 27:32ἄρῃ · carry
    Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
  20. Mark 2:3αἰρόμενον · carried
    Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
  21. Mark 2:9ἆρον · pick up
    “Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
  22. Mark 2:11ἆρον · pick up
    “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
  23. Mark 2:12ἄρας · picked up
    And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
  24. Mark 2:21αἴρει · will pull away
    No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
  25. Mark 4:15αἴρει · takes away
    Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
  26. Mark 4:25ἀρθήσεται · will be taken away
    For whoever has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
  27. Mark 6:8αἴρωσιν · take
    He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—
  28. Mark 6:29ἦραν · took
    When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
  29. Mark 6:43ἦραν · [the disciples] picked up
    …and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
  30. Mark 8:8ἦραν · [the disciples] picked up
    The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
  31. Mark 8:19ἤρατε · did you collect
    When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
  32. Mark 8:20ἤρατε · did you collect
    “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.
  33. Mark 8:34ἀράτω · take up
    Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
  34. Mark 11:23Ἄρθητι · Be lifted up
    “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.
  35. Mark 13:15ἆραι · to retrieve
    Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
  36. Mark 13:16ἆραι
    And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
  37. Mark 15:21ἄρῃ · carry
    Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
  38. Mark 15:24ἄρῃ · would take
    And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.
  39. Mark 16:18ἀροῦσιν · they will pick up
    …they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
  40. Luke 4:11ἀροῦσίν · they will lift
    …and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
  41. Luke 5:24ἄρας · pick up
    But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
  42. Luke 5:25ἄρας · took
    And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
  43. Luke 6:29αἴροντός · takes
    If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
  44. Luke 6:30αἴροντος · takes
    Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
  45. Luke 8:12αἴρει · takes away
    The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
  46. Luke 8:18ἀρθήσεται · will be taken away
    Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
  47. Luke 9:3αἴρετε · Take
    “Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
  48. Luke 9:17ἤρθη · picked up
    They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
  49. Luke 9:23ἀράτω · take up
    Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
  50. Luke 11:22αἴρει · he takes away
    But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.