Strong's Lexicon airó: To lift, to take up, to raise, to remove, to carry away. Original Word: αἴρω Word Origin: A primary root word in Greek. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H5375 (נָשָׂא, nasa): To lift, bear, carry, take. - H7311 (רוּם, rum): To be high, exalted, to lift up. Usage: The Greek verb "αἴρω" (airó) primarily means to lift or raise something physically. It can also imply taking up or carrying away, often used metaphorically to describe removing or taking away sins, burdens, or responsibilities. In the New Testament, it is frequently used in contexts where Jesus or His followers are instructed to take up their cross, symbolizing the acceptance of suffering or responsibility for the sake of following Christ. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of lifting or carrying was often associated with physical labor or the bearing of burdens. In Jewish culture, the idea of lifting or taking away was significant in religious rituals, such as the removal of sins through sacrifices. The metaphorical use of "airó" in the New Testament reflects these cultural understandings, emphasizing the spiritual act of bearing one's cross or the removal of sin through Christ's atonement. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. verb Definition to raise, take up, lift NASB Translation away (5), bear (4), carried (1), carry (1), get (4), hoisted (1), keep (1), lifted (2), pick (9), picked (11), pulls away (2), put away (1), raised (2), remove (1), removed (3), suspense* (1), take (13), take away (5), take...away (4), taken (3), taken...away (1), taken away (12), takes away (7), taking (1), took (2), took...away (1), took away (3), weighed anchor (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 142: αἴρωαἴρω (contracted from the poetic ἀείρω); future ἀρῶ 1 aorist ἦρα, infinitive ἆραι, impv ἆρον; perfect ἠρκα (Colossians 2:14); passive, (present αἴρομαι); perfect ἤρμαι (John 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 נָשָׂא; to lift up, raise. 1. to raise up; a. to raise from the ground, take up: stones, John 8:59; serpents, Mark 16:18; a dead body, Acts 20:9. b. to raise upward, elevate, lift up: the hand, Revelation 10:5; the eyes, John 11:41; the voice, i. e., speak in a loud tone, cry out, Luke 17:13; Acts 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 John 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, Matthew 17:27 (ἀνασπᾶν, Habakkuk 1:15); σκάφην, Acts 27:17; anchors from the bottom of the sea, Acts 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, Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:11 (Psalm 90:12 3. to bear away what has been raised, carry off; a. to move from its place: Matthew 21:21; Mark 11:23 (ἄρθητι be thou taken up, removed (Buttmann, 52 (45)), namely, from thy place); Matthew 22:13 (Rec.); John 2:16; John 11:39, 41; John 20:1. b. to take off or away what is attached to anything: John 19:31, 38f; to tear away, Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21; to rend away, cut off, John 15:2. c. to remove: 1 Corinthians 5:2 (cast out from the church, where ἀρθῇ should be read for Rec. ἐξαρθῇ); tropically: faults, Ephesians 4:31; τήν ἁμαρτίαν, John 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, 1 Samuel 15:25; ἀνόμημα, 1 Samuel 25:28, i. e. to grant pardon for an offence); but in 1 John 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. 1 John 3:6. d. to carry off; carry away with one: Matthew 14:12, 20; Matthew 15:37; Matthew 20:14; Matthew 24:17; Mark 6:29, 43; Mark 8:8, 19; Mark 13:15; Luke 9:17; Luke 17:31; John 20:2, 13, 15; Acts 20:9. e. to appropriate what is taken: Luke 19:21; Mark 15:24. f. to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force: Luke 6:30; Luke 11:52; τί ἀπό with the genitive of person, Matthew 13:12; Matthew 21:43; Matthew 25:28; Luke 8:12, 18; Luke 19:24, 26; (Matthew 25:29); Mark 4:( g. to take and apply to any use: Acts 21:11; 1 Corinthians 6:15. h. to take from among the living, either by a natural death, John 17:15 (ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου take away from contact with the world), or by violence, Matthew 24:39; Luke 23:18; John 19:15; Acts 21:36; with the addition of ἀπό τῆς γῆς, Acts 22:22; αἴρεται ἀπό τῆς γῆς ἡ ζῶν αὐτοῦ, of a bloody death inflicted upon one, Acts 8:33 (Isaiah 53:8). i. of things; to take out of the way, destroy: χειρόγραφον, Colossians 2:14; cause to cease: τήν κρίσιν, Acts 8:33 (Isaiah 53:8). (Compare: ἀπαίρω, ἐξαίρω, ἐπαίρω, μεταίρω, συναίρω, ὑπεραίρω.) A primary root; 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 nasa') to expiate sin -- away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up). see HEBREW nasa' Englishman's Concordance Matthew 4:6 V-FIA-3PGRK: ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε μή NAS: YOU'; and 'ON [their] HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO KJV: thee up, lest at any time INT: in [their] hands will they bear up you lest Matthew 9:6 V-AMA-2S Matthew 9:16 V-PIA-3S Matthew 11:29 V-AMA-2P Matthew 13:12 V-FIP-3S Matthew 14:12 V-AIA-3P Matthew 14:20 V-AIA-3P Matthew 15:37 V-AIA-3P Matthew 16:24 V-AMA-3S Matthew 17:27 V-AMA-2S Matthew 20:14 V-AMA-2S Matthew 21:21 V-AMP-2S Matthew 21:43 V-FIP-3S Matthew 24:17 V-ANA Matthew 24:18 V-ANA Matthew 24:39 V-AIA-3S Matthew 25:28 V-AMA-2P Matthew 25:29 V-FIP-3S Matthew 27:32 V-ASA-3S Mark 2:3 V-PPM/P-AMS Mark 2:9 V-AMA-2S Mark 2:11 V-AMA-2S Mark 2:12 V-APA-NMS Mark 2:21 V-PIA-3S Mark 4:15 V-PIA-3S Strong's Greek 142 |
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