αἴρω in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) to raise up, elevate, lift up
1a) to raise from the ground, take up: stones
1b) to raise upwards, elevate, lift up: the hand
1c) to draw up: a fish
2) to take upon one's self and carry what has been raised up, to bear
3) to bear away what has been raised, carry off
3a) to move from its place
3b) to take off or away what is attached to anything
3c) to remove
3d) to carry off, carry away with one
3e) to appropriate what is taken
3f) to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force
3g) to take and apply to any use
3h) to take from among the living, either by a natural death, or by violence
3i) cause to cease
Part of Speech: verb
Citing in TDNT: 1:185, 28

Strong

G142
A primary verb; to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (that is, weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare [H5375]) to expiate sin: - away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
a carry15.203
b destroy20.43
c execute20.65
(αἴρω τὸν σταυρόν) suffer unto death24.83
(αἴρω τὴν ψυχήν τινος) keep in suspense30.36
d withdraw57.218
(αἴρω ἀπό) cause to no longer experience90.96

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBL (also Westcott and Hort; Tischendorf; Byzantine)

3
8
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
6
2
5
5
4
5
1
1
6
2
1
1
1
9
2
2
1
12
3
1
5
3
1
1
Total101

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