Greek verb · G1869
ἐπαίρω
epairoep-ahee'-ro
to lift up
19 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epaírō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1869is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1869
to raise up (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: exalt self, poise (lift, take) 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
epairo is rendered "to lift up". It stands 19 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Six of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 17:8And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
Matthew 17:8ἐπάραντες
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's nineteen uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- having lifted up7
- do lift up2
- lifted up2
- exalts himself1
- having hoisted1
- he lifted up1
- He was taken up1
- lifting itself up1
- lifting up1
- they lifted up1
- to lift up1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔπαινος | epainos | praise | Uses11 |
| ἐπαισχύνομαι | epaischynomai | be ashamed of | Uses11 |
| ἐπαινέω | epaineo | to praise | Uses6 |
| ἐπαιτέω | epaiteo | to ask/beg | Uses2 |
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 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
- ἐπάρας5
- ἐπάραντες2
- ἐπάρατε2
- ἐπῆραν2
- ἐπῆρεν2
- ἐπαίρεται1
- ἐπαιρόμενον1
- ἐπαίροντας1
- ἐπᾶραι1
- ἐπάρασά1
- ἐπήρθη1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural2V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-AAP-NSF
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-PAP-APM
- verb · present middle, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PMI-3S
- verb · present middle, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular1V-PMP-ASN
Matthew
one use
And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
- ἐπάραντεςeparantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having lifted up
Luke
six uses
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
- ἐπάραςeparasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having lifted up
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
- ἐπάρασάeparasaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having lifted up
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- ἐπάραςeparasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having lifted up
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
- ἐπᾶραιeparaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lift up
When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
- ἐπάρατεeparateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do lift up
When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
- ἐπάραςeparasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having lifted up
John
four uses
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
- ἐπάρατεeparateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do lift up
When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
- Ἐπάραςeparasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having lifted up
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- ἐπῆρενeperenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: lifted up
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
- ἐπάραςeparasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having lifted up
Acts
five uses
After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
- ἐπήρθηepertheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was taken up
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.
- ἐπῆρενeperenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he lifted up
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
- ἐπῆρανeperanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: lifted up
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!”
- ἐπῆρανeperanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they lifted up
Cutting 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.
- ἐπάραντεςeparantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having hoisted
2 Corinthians
two uses
We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
- ἐπαιρόμενονepairomenonverb · present middle, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: lifting itself up
In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
- ἐπαίρεταιepairetaiverb · present middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: exalts himself
1 Timothy
one use
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
- ἐπαίρονταςepairontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: lifting up
Where it leads
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 family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.