Strong's Greek · G142
G142 aírō
αἴρω
ah'-ee-ro
to take up
Looking for Hebrew H142 ʼâdar? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G142. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
aírō appears 101 times in Scripture, including Matthew 4:6 and Mark 4:15. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
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 H5375 (נָשָׂא)) to expiate sin
In the King James Version
away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up)
Derivation
a primary root;
Appears 101 times in Scripture
““If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’””
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
“Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.”
“Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.”
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.”
“Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.”
“They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.”
“Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
““Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.”
“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
