Greek verb · G142
αἴρω
airoah'-ee-ro
to raise, take up, lift or draw up; to bear, carry; to bear or take away, carry off, remove
100 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aírō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G142is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 27New Testament books
- 34spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G142
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 ) to expiate sin
The King James renders it: away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
airo is rendered "to raise, take up, lift or draw up; to bear, carry; to bear or take away, carry off, remove". It stands 100 times in the Greek text, across ten books.
- Twenty-six of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to raise, take up, lift or draw up".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:6“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.
The first use
“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
Matthew 4:6ἀροῦσίν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-six of the word's one hundred uses are in John.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: to raise, take up, lift or draw up, and to bear, carry, and to bear or take away, carry off, remove.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to raise, take up, lift or draw upJhn.8:59 11:41 | Tagged as
and 42 more, 93 uses in all | WhereJohn 8:59At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him… |
| to bear, carryMat.4:6 16:24 | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 4:6“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down… |
| to bear or take away, carry off, removeMat.21:21 | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 21:21“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 100, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
34 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἦραν12
- ἆρον9
- αἴρει8
- ἀρθήσεται6
- ἦρεν6
- ἆραι5
- ἄρας5
- ἄρατε5
- ἄρῃ5
- ἀράτω4
- αἶρε3
- ἤρατε3
and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural12V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular10V-AAM-2S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular8V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)6V-AAN
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-FPI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural5V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular5V-AAS-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singular4V-AAM-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural3V-AAI-2P
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-API-3S
Matthew
nineteen uses
“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- ἀροῦσίνarousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will they bear up
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
- ἆρόνaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take up
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
- αἴρειaireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: tears away
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- ἄρατεarateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
- ἀρθήσεταιarthesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be taken away
Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: took
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they took up
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they took up
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- ἀράτωaratoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should take up
“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
- ἆρονaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take
Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
- ἆρονaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
- ἄρθητιarthetiverb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do be taken away
Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
- ἀρθήσεταιarthesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will be taken away
Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
- ἆραιaraiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
- ἆραιaraiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- ἦρενerenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took away
Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
- ἄρατεarateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
- ἀρθήσεταιarthesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be taken away
Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
- ἄρῃareverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may carry
Mark
nineteen uses
Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
- αἰρόμενονairomenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: being carried
“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
- ἆρονaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take up
“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
- ἆρονaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take up
And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
- ἄραςarasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken up
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
- αἴρειaireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: tears away
Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
- αἴρειaireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: takes away
For whoever has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
- ἀρθήσεταιarthesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be taken away
He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—
- αἴρωσινairosinverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may take
When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they took up
and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they took up
The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they took up
When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
- ἤρατεerateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: took you up
“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.
- ἤρατεerateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: took you up
Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- ἀράτωaratoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should take up
“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.
- ἄρθητιarthetiverb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do be taken away
Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
- ἆραίaraiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
- ἆραιaraiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
- ἄρῃareverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may carry
And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.
- ἄρῃareverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may take
Luke
twenty uses
and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- ἀροῦσίνarousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will they bear
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
- ἄραςarasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken up
And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
- ἄραςarasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken up
If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
- αἴροντόςairontosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: taking away
Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
- αἴροντοςairontosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: taking away
The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
- αἴρειaireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: takes away
Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
- ἀρθήσεταιarthesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will be taken away
“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
- αἴρετεaireteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- ἤρθηertheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was taken up
Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
- ἀράτωaratoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should take up
But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
- αἴρειaireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he takes away
Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
- ἤρατεerateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have taken away
and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: lifted up
On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
- ἆραιaraiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take away
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
- αἴρειςaireisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You take up
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
- αἴρωνaironverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: taking up
Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
- ἄρατεarateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
- ἀρθήσεταιarthesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be taken away
“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.
- ἀράτωaratoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should take
But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
- αἶρεaireverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do remove
John
twenty-six uses
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- αἴρωνaironverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is taking away
To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
- ἄρατεarateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
- ἆρονaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take up
Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
- ἦρενerenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he took up
so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
- ἆραιaraiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take up
But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
- ἆρονaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take up
“Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
- ἆρονaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take up
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They took up
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
- αἴρειaireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: takes away
So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
- αἴρειςaireisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: hold You in suspense
“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
- ἄρατεarateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take away
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They took away
- ἦρενerenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: lifted
If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
- ἀροῦσινarousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will take away
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
- αἴρειaireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He takes away
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
- αἴρειaireiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: do take
I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
- ἄρῃςaresverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: You may take
At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
- ἆρονaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: away
- ἆρονaronverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: away
It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
- ἀρθῶσινarthosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may be taken away
Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
- ἄρῃareverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may take away
- ἦρενerenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he took away
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
- ἠρμένονermenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: removed
So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They have taken away
“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have taken away
“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
- ἀρῶaroverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will take away
Acts
nine uses
When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
- ἦρανeranverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they lifted up
In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
- ἤρθηertheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was taken away
- αἴρεταιairetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is removed
And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
- ἤρθηertheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was picked up
Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
- ἄραςarasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
- αἶρεaireverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: Away
The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
- αἶρεaireverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: Away
When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.
- ἄραντεςarantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having weighed
After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
- ἄραντεςarantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken up
1 Corinthians
two uses
And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
- ἀρθῇartheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be taken
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
- ἄραςarasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having taken
Ephesians
one use
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- ἀρθήτωarthetoverb · aorist passive, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should be removed
Colossians
one use
having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
- ἦρκενerkenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has taken
1 John
one use
But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
- ἄρῃareverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may take away
Revelation
two uses
Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.
- ἦρενerenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: lifted up
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
- ἦρενerenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took up
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
