Word Study · Strong's G4014 · Greek
περιαιρέω
periaireo
per-ee-ahee-reh'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: periairéō
“to remove all around, i.e. unveil, cast off (anchor)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to remove all around, i.e. unveil, cast off (anchor); figuratively, to expiate
Rendered in the KJV as
take away (up).
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- περιελόντες2
- περιαιρεῖται1
- περιελεῖν1
- περιῃρεῖτο1
How it is rendered · 5
- having cut away1
- having taken off1
- is taken away1
- to take away1
- was abandoned1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · imperfect passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-2AAP-NPM · 2
- V-2AAN · 1
- V-IPI-3S · 1
- V-PPI-3S · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 27:20περιῃρεῖτοperiēreitoverb · imperfect passive, statement · 3rd person singularWhen neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.here: was abandoned
- Acts 27:40περιελόντεςperielontesverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralCutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.here: having cut away
- Acts 28:13περιελόντεςperielontesverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralFrom there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.here: having taken off