Lexical Definition

‎αἴρω‎ aírō (ah'-ee-ro) to take up ^G:V
a primary root

away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).

• 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 ‎נָשָׂא‎) to expiate sin

Abbott-Smith

αἴρω, [in LXX chiefly for נשׂא, also for לקח, etc.;]
1. to raise, take up, lift or draw up: Jo 8:59 11:41, Ac 27:17, al.
2. to bear, carry: Mt 4:6 16:24, al.
3. to bear or take away, carry off, remove: Mt 21:21, Jo 19:31, I Co 5:12 6:15 (v. Lft., Notes, 216), al.; of the taking away sin by Christ, Jo 1:29, I Jo 3:5. (Cf. ἀπ’, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, μετ-, συν-, ὑπερ-αίρω). For exx. from π., v. MM, VGT, s.v.)

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

αἴρω,

Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and poetry; αἴρω (once in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect and Trag. (except [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect ἀέρρω, [Refs 7th c.BC+]imperfect ἤειρον (συν-) [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἄειρον[Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect and Trag. ᾖρον: future ἀρῶ [ᾱ], contraction for ἀερῶ (which is not found), [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἤειρα (συν-) [Refs 8th c.BC+], (παρ-) [Refs 7th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἄειρα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect imperative ἀέρρατε[Refs 7th c.BC+]; subjunctive ἀέρσῃ[Refs]; participle ἀείρας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦρα[Refs 5th c.BC+], 3rd.pers.plural ἤροσαν[LXX+3rd c.BC+], infinitive ἆραι[Refs 3rd c.BC+], participle ἄρας[Refs 5th c.BC+] in all moods]: perfect ἦρκα[Refs 4th c.BC+], (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἤρκεσαν (ἀπ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle ἀείρομαι (ἀπ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἴρομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 imperative ἀείραο[Refs 3rd c.BC+]infinitive ἀείρασθαι (ἀντ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+], participle -άμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+]; also ἠράμην [ᾱ- in all moods] [Refs 8th c.BC+], Doric dialect ἄρατο[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἦρμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀρθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἠέρθην[Refs 3rd c.BC+], (παρ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἀέρθην[Refs 8th c.BC+], 3rd.pers.plural ἄερθεν[Refs 8th c.BC+], subjunctive ἀερθῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle ἀερθείς[Refs 8th c.BC+], participle ἀρθείς[Refs 8th c.BC+], (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἤερμαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]pluperfect 3rd.pers.singular ἄωρτο (for ἤορτο) [αἴρω">Refs 8th c.BC+] has ᾰ, except in late poetry, as [αἴρω ={ἀ-ϝερ-} yω,compare αὐειρομέναι 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.63">Refs 7th c.BC+]; αἴρω (oncein [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἀρόμην, ἤρετο, etc., infinitive ἀρέσθαι [ᾰ], belong to ἄρνυμαι, which see; ἤρᾰτο may have displaced ἤρετο in Hom,[Refs 8th c.BC+]. The sense attach found in compounds συν-, παρ-αείρω is probably derived from the use see.[Refs]

__I active, lift, raise up, νέκυν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑψόσ᾽ ἀείρας [κυνέην[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ γῆς αἴ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱστία στεῖλαν ἀείραντες furled by brailing them up, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἀ. ἱστία hoist sail, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κοῦφον αἴ. βῆμα walk lightly, trip, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴ. σκέλη, of a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄρασα μύξας, of a deer, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἴ. σημεῖον make a signal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴ. μηχανήν, in the theatre, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεῖχος ἱκανὸν αἴ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] —frequently in participle, ἄρας ἔπαισε he raised [them] and struck, [NT+5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐς αἰθέρα δῖαν ἀέρθη[Refs 8th c.BC+]; mount up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνω ἀρθῆναι, of the sun, to be high in heaven, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be seized, snatched up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 take up, in various uses: draw water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; gather food, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; pluckherbs, [Refs]
__I.3 take up and carry or bring, ἐκ βελέων Σαρπηδόνα δῖον ἀείρας[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄχθος ἀ. convey, of ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῆλα ἐξ᾽ Ιθάκης ἄειραν νηυσί carried them off, [Refs]; μή μοι οἶνον ἄειρε bring me not wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.4 take up and bear, as a burden, μόρον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4.b wear clothes, [LXX]
__I.5 of armies or fleets, τὰς ναῦς αἴ. get the ships under sail, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially intransitive, get under way, set out, ἆραι τῷ στρατῷ[Refs]:—passive, ἀερθῆναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἀερθείς carried too far, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.6 raise, levy, λεκτὸν ἀροῦμεν στόλον[Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.7 rear a child, τοῖς τοκεῦσί σ᾽ ἤειρα[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II raise up, exalt, ἀπὸ σμικροῦ δ᾽ ἂν ἄρειας μέγαν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄλβον ὅν Δαρεῖος ἦρεν [Refs]:—especially of pride and passion, exalt, excite, ὑψοῦ αἴ. θυμόν grow excited, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴ. θάρσος pluck up courage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be raised, increased, ἡ δύναμις ᾔρετο[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤρθη μέγας rose to greatness, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀρθῆναι φόβῳ, δείμασι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 raise by words, hence, praise, extol, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴ. λόγῳ to exaggerate, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III lift and take away, remove, ἀπό με τιμᾶν ἦραν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, take away, put an end to, κακά[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραπέζας αἴ. clear away dinner, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; deny (opposed to τίθημι posit), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Delph. and Locrian dialect perfect passive participle ἀρμένος cancelled, null and void, ὠνὰ ἀ. καὶ ἄκυρος[Refs]
__III.2 make away with, destroy, [NT]away with him! [NT]; ἐκ τῶν ζώντων αἴ. [Refs]
__IV middle, lift, take up for oneself or what is one's own, [πέπλων] ἕν᾽ ἀειραμένη[Refs 8th c.BC+]; hence, carry off, win, πάντας ἀειράμενος πελέκεας[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2 ὄγκον ἄρασθαι to be puffed up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.3 raise, lift, τύπωμα ἠρμένοι χεροῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κανοῦν αἴ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥόθιον raise a surging cheer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀείρεσθαι τὰ ἱστία hoist sail, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.4 raise, stir up, νεῖκος ἀειράμενος[Refs 6th c.BC+]; begin, undertake, πόλεμον[Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive, πόλεμος αἴρεται[Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυγὴν αἴρεσθαι take to flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.5 take upon oneself, undergo, πόνον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.6 absolutely, βαρὺς ἀ. slow to undertake anything, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.7 take away, remove, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hence, kill or destroy, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__V passive, to be suspended, hang, [μάχαιρα] πὰρ ξίφεος μέγα κουλεὸν αἰὲν ἄωρτο[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__V.2 in Medicine texts, to be swollen, [σπλὴν] ἀερθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Josh.3.14 ☩ 1Cor.6.15 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.2.28 ☩ Matt.24.39 ☩ John.19.15}