αἴρω airō

Greek word for “to take up” · Strong’s G142 · used 101 times in 97 verses

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Meaning

αἴρω; 1. to raise, take up, lift or draw up: 11:41, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for airō in context, with how often each is used:

• do take 8
• took up 8
• do take up 6
• will be taken away 6
• takes away 5
• take 4
• having taken up 4
• should take up 3
• took away 3
• may take 3
• taking away 3
• have taken away 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 2 (5), John 5 (5), Mark 8 (4), Luke 19 (4), John 20 (4), Matthew 24 (3), Mark 6 (3), Luke 9 (3), John 11 (3), John 19 (3)

Forms

• ἦραν 12
• ἆρον 9
• αἴρει 8
• ἀρθήσεται 6
• ἦρεν 6
• ἄρατε 5
• ἆραι 5
• ἄρῃ 5
• ἄρας 5
• ἀράτω 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with airō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κλάσμα klasma “fragment” 7
• κράββατος krabbatos “bed” 7
• σταυρός stauros “cross” 7
• λίθος lithos “stone” 7
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 7
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 11
• ὀπίσω opisō “after” 6
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 9
• τίθημι tithēmi “to place” 7
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 7
• κόφινος kophinos “basket” 4
• θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 6

Key verses

The verses using airō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 11:29 — Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
• Matthew 16:24 — Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Mark 8:34 — And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his…
• Luke 8:18 — Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
• John 1:29 — The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• John 8:59 — Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
• John 15:2 — Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
• John 16:22 — And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
• Acts 21:11 — And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind…
• Ephesians 4:31 — Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
• 1 John 3:5 — And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
• Revelation 18:21 — And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.