Lexical Definition

‎ἀφαιρέω‎ aphairéō (af-ahee-reh'-o) to remove ^G:V
from ‎ἀπό‎ and ‎αἱρέομαι‎

cut (smite) off, take away.

• to remove (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

ἀφ-αιρέω, -ῶ, [in LXX (Cremer, 615 f.) for סור, עבר, רום, כּרת, etc. (35 words in all);]
to take from, take away, take off: c. acc., τὸ ὠτίον, Mt 26:51, Mk 14:47 (ὠτάριον, WH), Lk 22:50 (οὖς); ὄνειδος, Lk 1:25; seq. ἀπό, Re 22:19, Lk 16:3 (mid.); pass., c. gen., Lk 10:42; ἀ. ἁμαρτίος, He 10:4, Ro 11:27 (mid.) (MM, s.v.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀφαιρέω-έω,

Ionic dialect ἀπαιρέω, future -ήσω: perfect ἀφῄρηκα, Ionic dialect ἀπαραίρηκα: aorist ἀφεῖλον, later infinitive ἀφέλαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—take away from:—Constr.: mostly ἀ. τί τινι, σῖτον μέν σφιν ἀφεῖλε took it from him, [Refs 8th c.BC+] codices, etc. (but also, relieve one of a duty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τινά τι probably [Refs 5th c.BC+], see infr. II. I, III: with genitive, take from, τιμῆς οὔτ᾽ ἀφελὼν οὔτ᾽ ἐπορεξάμενος[Refs 6th c.BC+]; μηδὲν ἀφαιρέωῶμεν τοῦ ἀδίκου (from the unjust man) ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ πλήθους diminish the number, [Refs 5th c.BC+] having taken them off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]took away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 set aside, κρέα[Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.b exclude, separate, τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ὡς ἓν ἀπὸ πάντων ἀφαιρέωοῦντες χωρίς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to προστιθέναι, [Refs]
__3 in Mathematics texts, ἀ. ἀπὸ.. subtract from, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; of ratios, divide out from both sides of an equation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; intercept, in passive, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__4 in Logic, abstract, with accusative, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II middle, future ἀφαιρέωήσομαι (in passive sense, variant for{ἀπαιρε-θήσεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἀφειλόμην, later ἀφειλάμην [Refs 1st c.AD+] 116: perfect ἀφῄρημαι (in middle sense) [Refs 8th c.BC+] downwards more frequently than active, take away for oneself; also in reciprocal sense, ἀφαιρέωεῖσθον τύχην ye have received each the fortune of the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Constr. like active, ἀφαιρέωεῖσθαί τί τινι, as καὶ δή μοι γέρας.. ἀφαιρέωήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς[Refs 8th c.BC+]: with double accusative of things et person, bereave or deprive of, μήτε σὺ τόνδ᾽.. ἀποαίρεο κούρην[Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in Attic dialect and Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 with accusative of things, ἀ. ψήφισμα cancel or rescind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀφελομένης τῆς νυκτὸς τὸ ἔργον having broken off the action, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 followed by μή with infinitive, prevent, hinder from doing, τί μ᾽ ἄνδρα.. ἀφείλου μὴ κτανεῖ;[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἄκτεινας, ἤ τις συμφορά σ᾽ ἀφείλετο [μὴ κτεῖναι]; [Refs]; with infinitive passive, τὸν τὰ ὕστερον ἀφείλετο ἀδικήματα εὐεργέτην μὴ ὀνομασθῆναι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; with infinitive only, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: simply, obstruct, ἀρχήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 ἀ. τινὰ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν, Latin vindicare in libertatem, claim as free, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III passive, future -αιρεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] -ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἀφῄρημαι, Ionic dialect ἀπαραίρημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—to be robbed or deprived of a thing, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τι πρός or ὑπό τινος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκ χερῶν ἀφῃρέθην had them taken out of my hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ἀφῃρέθη Σκίρωνος ἀκτὰς ὄμμα τοὐμὸν εἰσορᾶν was deprived of, hindered from seeing them, [ἀφαιρέωεθέντος ἀλλὰ σοῦ αὐξηθέντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155b. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 ὁ ἀφαιρέωεθείς, in Law, the person from whom a slave has been claimed, [Refs]