- Original: αἴρω - Transliteration: Airo - Phonetic: ah'-ee-ro - Definition: 1. to raise up, elevate, lift up a. to raise from the ground, take up: stones b. to raise upwards, elevate, lift up: the hand c. to draw up: a fish 2. to take upon one's self and carry what has been raised up, to bear 3. to bear away what has been raised, carry off a. to move from its place b. to take off or away what is attached to anything c. to remove d. to carry off, carry away with one e. to appropriate what is taken f. to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force g. to take and apply to any use h. to take from among the living, either by a natural death, or by violence i. cause to cease - Origin: a primary root - TDNT entry: 04:05,3 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primary verb; to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice) keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (that is weigh anchor); by hebraism (compare [ H5375 ]) to expiate sin: - away with bear (up) carry lift up loose make to doubt put away remove take (away up). Total KJV Occurrences: 52 • away, 15 Luke 23:18; Joh 1:29; Joh 11:41; Joh 11:48; Joh 19:31; Joh 19:38; Joh 20:1; Joh 20:2; Joh 20:13; Joh 20:15; Act 8:33; Act 21:36; Act 22:22; Eph 4:31; 1 John 3:5 • bear, 2 Mat 27:32; Mar 15:21 • borne, 1 Mar 2:3 • carry, 1 Joh 5:10 • doubt, 1 Joh 10:24 • lifted, 1 Joh 11:41 • loosing, 1 Act 27:13 • take, 3 Mar 6:8; Mar 15:24; 1 Corinthians 6:15 • taken, 1 Act 8:33 • took, 3 Joh 19:38; Act 21:11; Colossians 2:14 • up, 21 Mat 4:6; Mat 14:12; Mat 14:20; Mat 15:37; Mar 2:12; Mar 6:29; Mar 6:43; Mar 8:8; Luke 4:11; Luke 5:25; Luke 9:17; Luke 17:13; Joh 5:9; Joh 5:11; Joh 5:12; Joh 8:59; Act 4:24; Act 20:9; Act 27:17; Revelation 10:5; Revelation 18:21 • with, 2 Joh 19:15(2)