Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

αἴρω

Vocabulary form: 
ai[rw
Definition: 

I raise, take up, take away

Frequency: 
101
GK: 
149
Root: 
ajr
Forms: 
ajrw:, h\ra, h\rka, h\rmai, h[rqhn
Notes: 

See the explanation in #20.24 #2b for the changes to the tense stem. ai[rw can take a direct object in the genitive.

Biblical Concordance

Luke 11:52 Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken (ērate | ἤρατε | aor act ind 2 pl) away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and have hindered those who wanted to enter.”
Luke 17:13 They raised (ēran | ἦραν | aor act ind 3 pl) their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
Luke 17:31 “On that day the one who is on the housetop, and his belongings are in the house, must not go down to get (arai | ἆραι | aor act inf ) them, and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.
Luke 19:21 for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man: you take (aireis | αἴρεις | pres act ind 2 sg) up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’
Luke 19:22 He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew, did you, that I am an exacting man, taking (airōn | αἴρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?
Luke 19:24 Then he said to his attendants, ‘Take (arate | ἄρατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) from him the mina and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’
Luke 19:26 I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given; but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken (arthēsetai | ἀρθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) away.
Luke 22:36 He said to them, “But now let (aratō | ἀράτω | aor act imperative 3 sg) the one who has a moneybag take (aratō | ἀράτω | aor act imperative 3 sg) it, and likewise a knapsack. And the one who has no sword, let him sell his cloak and buy one.
Luke 23:18 But they cried out together, saying, “Take (aire | αἶρε | pres act imperative 2 sg) this man away! (aire | αἶρε | pres act imperative 2 sg) Release for us Barabbas!”
John 1:29 On the following day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, the one who takes (airōn | αἴρων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) away the sin of the world!
John 2:16 To those who were selling doves he said, “Take (arate | ἄρατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) those out of here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
John 5:8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick (aron | ἆρον | aor act imperative 2 sg) up your mat and walk.”
John 5:9 And immediately the man was healed, and he picked (ēren | ἦρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.
John 5:10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry (arai | ἆραι | aor act inf ) your mat.
John 5:11 But he answered them, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick (aron | ἆρον | aor act imperative 2 sg) up your mat and walk.’”
John 5:12 They questioned him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick (aron | ἆρον | aor act imperative 2 sg) up your mat and walk’?”
John 8:59 Then they picked (ēran | ἦραν | aor act ind 3 pl) up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 10:18 No one takes (airei | αἴρει | pres act ind 3 sg) it away (airei | αἴρει | pres act ind 3 sg) from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it back again. This command I received from my Father.”
John 10:24 The Jews surrounded him and asked, “How much longer will (aireis | αἴρεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you (aireis | αἴρεις | pres act ind 2 sg) provoke (aireis | αἴρεις | pres act ind 2 sg) us to (aireis | αἴρεις | pres act ind 2 sg) anger? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
John 11:39 Jesus said, “Take (arate | ἄρατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by now the body will smell because it has been buried for four days.”
John 11:41 So they took (ēran | ἦραν | aor act ind 3 pl) away the stone. Then Jesus lifted (ēren | ἦρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
John 11:48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy (arousin | ἀροῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) both our holy place and our nation.”
John 15:2 Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts (airei | αἴρει | pres act ind 3 sg) off, but every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.
John 16:22 So for now you have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will (airei | αἴρει | pres act ind 3 sg) take (airei | αἴρει | pres act ind 3 sg) your joy from you.
John 17:15 I am not asking that you take (arēs | ἄρῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.
John 19:15 But they shouted, “Away (aron | ἆρον | aor act imperative 2 sg) with him! Away (aron | ἆρον | aor act imperative 2 sg) with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
John 19:31 Then, since it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and their bodies taken (arthōsin | ἀρθῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl) down.
John 19:38 After this Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (though a secret one due to his fear of the Jews) asked Pilate if he could remove (arē | ἄρῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed (ēren | ἦρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the body.
John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and she saw the stone removed (ērmenon | ἠρμένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg masc) from the tomb.
John 20:2 So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken (ēran | ἦραν | aor act ind 3 pl) our Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!”
John 20:13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken (ēran | ἦραν | aor act ind 3 pl) away my Master, and I do not know where they have put him.”
John 20:15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who is it that you are looking for?” Thinking that he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you are the one who carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will (arō | ἀρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) take (arō | ἀρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) him away.” (arō | ἀρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg)
Acts 4:24 When they heard this, they lifted (ēran | ἦραν | aor act ind 3 pl) their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them,
Acts 8:33 In humiliation justice was (ērthē | ἤρθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) taken (ērthē | ἤρθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) from him. His family history who will declare? For his life is taken (airetai | αἴρεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) away from the earth.”
Acts 20:9 And a young man, named Eutychus, sitting on the window ledge, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul continued to speak on and on. Overcome by sleep, he fell from the third floor and was picked (ērthē | ἤρθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) up for dead.
Acts 21:11 He came to us and, taking (aras | ἄρας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) Paul’s belt, he tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says this: ‘This is how the Jews will tie up in Jerusalem the man whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
Acts 21:36 for the crowd of people kept following and shouting, “Away (aire | αἶρε | pres act imperative 2 sg) with him!”
Acts 22:22 They listened to him until this word, but then they raised their voices saying, saying “Away (aire | αἶρε | pres act imperative 2 sg) with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not right for him to live!”
Acts 27:13 Now when the south wind blew gently, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed (arantes | ἄραντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore.
Acts 27:17 After (arantes | ἄραντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) hoisting (arantes | ἄραντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) it up (arantes | ἄραντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc), they passed cables under the ship to hold it together. Then, fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, and thus they let the ship be driven along.
1 Corinthians 5:2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to have mourned, so that the man who did this deed would be removed (arthē | ἀρθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) from your midst?
1 Corinthians 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take (aras | ἄρας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
Ephesians 4:31 Let (arthētō | ἀρθήτω | aor pass imperative 3 sg) all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be removed (arthētō | ἀρθήτω | aor pass imperative 3 sg) from you, along with all malice.
Colossians 2:14 having canceled the against us, certificate of debt with its legal demands against us, which was hostile to us. He (ērken | ἦρκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) has (ērken | ἦρκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) taken (ērken | ἦρκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) it away by nailing it to the cross.
1 John 3:5 And you know that he appeared to take (arē | ἄρῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) away (arē | ἄρῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) our sins, and that there is no sin in him.
Revelation 10:5 Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised (ēren | ἦρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) his right hand to heaven
Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up (ēren | ἦρεν | aor act ind 3 sg) a stone the size of a huge millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying, “With this kind of violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and never again will it be found!

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