Strong's Number G142

αἴρω

airo · ah'-ee-ro

Transliteration:

airo{ah'-ee-ro}

Word Origin:

a primary root

TDNT:

1:185,28

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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 H05375) to expiate sin

Usage in the KJV:

take up 14, take away 4, take 17, away with 4, lift up 4, bear 4, misc 8

Total: 102
Occurs 101 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to raise up, elevate, lift up
1. to raise from the ground, take up: stones
2. to raise upwards, elevate, lift up: the hand
3. to draw up: a fish
to take upon one's self and carry what has been raised up, to bear
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, carry away with one
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, or by violence
9. cause to cease