Definition
I raise, take up, take away
Vocabulary Form
αἴρω
Erasmian
Modern
Root
ἀρ
Frequency
101
GK
149
Forms
ἀρῶ, ἦρα, ἦρκα, ἦρμαι, ἤρθην
Notes
See the explanation in #20.24 #2b for the changes to the tense stem. αἴρω 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. |