Lexical Definition

‎περιαιρέω‎ periairéō (per-ee-ahee-reh'-o) to take away ^G:V
from ‎περί‎ and ‎αἱρέομαι‎ (including its alternate)

take away (up).

• to remove all around, i.e. unveil, cast off (anchor)
• figuratively, to expiate

Abbott-Smith

περι-αιρέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for סוּר hi.;]
to take away that which surrounds, take away, take off (τείχη, Hdt., Thuc.; χιτῶνα, Plat.; δακτύλιον, Ge 41:42, cf. σφρηγῖδα, Hdt., ii, 151): τ. κάλυμμα, pass., II Co 3:16; as nautical term (RV, cast off), ἀγκύρας, Ac 27:40; absol., to cast loose: Ac 28:13. Metaph., to take away entirely: ἐλπίς, pass., Ac 27:20; ἁμαρτίας, He 10:11.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

περιαιρέω-έω,

aorist περιεῖλον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—take away something that surrounds, strip off, remove, with accusative of things, τεῖχος Hdt.[same place],[Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸν κέραμον taking off the earthen jar into which the gold had been run, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δέρματα σωμάτων π. strip skins off from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, take away from, τῶν πολεμικῶν τὸ μελετᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, take off from oneself, π. τὴν κυνέην, τὴν σφρηγῖδα, take off one's helmet, one's signet-ring, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βυβλίον περιαιρέωεόμενος taking [the cover] off one's letter, i. e. opening it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but middle is frequently used like active, strip off, take away, τὸ περιελέσθαι αὐτῶν τὰ ὅπλα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be taken off, τοὐπίβλημ᾽ ἐπεὶ περιῃρέθη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦ ἄλλου περιῃρημένου when the rest has been taken away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 make void, cancel a vow, [LXX]
__3 strike off, cancel an item in an account, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II passive, with accusative of things, to be stripped of a thing, have a thing taken off or away from one, περιῃρημένοι χρήματα καὶ συμμάχους [περιαιρέωεθεὶς τὰ ὄντα [prev. author] 21.138; τοὺς στεφάνους περιῄρηνται [prev. author] 26.5: with \_accusative\_ understood, περιαιρέωεθήσεσθαι ἤμελλον 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 15.34. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Num.30.13*}