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Strong's G142 · Greek

αἴρω

airo · ah'-ee-ro

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 5375) to expiate sin


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

αἴρω (G142)

101 αἴρω , [in LXX chiefly for נשׂא , also for לקח , etc.;] to raise , take up , lift or draw up : Jo 8:59 11:41 , Ac 27:17 , al. to bear , carry : Mt 4:6 16:24 , al. to bear or take away , carry off , remove : Mt 21:21 , Jo 19:31 , I Co 5:12 6:15 (v. Lft., Notes , 216), al.; of the taking away sin by Christ, Jo 1:29 , I Jo 3:5 . (Cf. ἀπ’ , ἐξ- , ἐπ- , μετ- , συν- , ὑπερ-αίρω ). For exx. from π. , v. MM, VGT , s.v.)

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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