airō · lift, take away

What it means

airō (αἴρω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lift, take away”.

Lift up, carry; also take away.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To lift something from the ground or take it in one's hands.
2. To bear something on oneself: "take up his cross".
3. To take something or someone away from its place.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To lift, to raise; hence to carry what is lifted, to take, and also to take away or remove something.

• Taking or carrying something: “pick up your mat”, “take up his cross” Mark 2:11Matthew 16:24
• Picking up what was left over Matthew 14:20
• Taking away: “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” John 1:29Matthew 25:29
• “Be lifted up and thrown into the sea” Matthew 21:21
• “Away with {him}” John 19:15

How we translate it

A verb of many uses, translated according to what is lifted and where it goes: “take” 27 times, “pick up” 10, “takes away” 7, “taken away” 6, “will be taken away” 6, “picked up” 5… “Away with” 4 in the crowd's cry (John 19:15), asking that he be taken away; “lifted” when it is the eyes (John 11:41).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• take ×27
• pick up ×10
• takes away ×7
• taken away ×6
• will be taken away ×6
• picked up ×5
• Away with ×4
• they picked up ×4
• carry ×3
• raised ×3
• others ×26

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×19
• Mark×20
• Luke×20
• John×26
• Acts×9
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Ephesians×1
• Colossians×1
• 1 John×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 4:6

  and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’”

• Matthew 9:6

  But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”— then he says to the paralytic— “Get up, pick up your bed, and go to your home.”

• Matthew 9:16

  And no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear results.

• Matthew 11:29

  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.

• Matthew 13:12

  For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

• Matthew 14:12

  And his disciples came and took the corpse and buried him, and they went and reported it to Jesus.

• Matthew 14:20

  And all ate and were satisfied; and they picked up what was left over of the pieces, twelve baskets full.

• Matthew 15:37

  And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

• Matthew 16:24

  Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

• Matthew 17:27

  But so that we do not cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a stater. Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

• Matthew 20:14

  Take what is yours and go. But I want to give to this last one as I gave also to you.

• Matthew 21:21

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

• Matthew 21:43

  Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its fruits.

• Matthew 24:17

  let the one on the housetop not come down to take the things out of his house;

• Matthew 24:18

  and let the one in the field not turn back to take his cloak.

• Matthew 24:39

  and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be also the coming of the Son of Man.

• Matthew 25:28

  So take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.

• Matthew 25:29

  For to everyone who has more will be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

• Matthew 27:32

  As they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross.

• Mark 2:3

  And they come, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four men.

• Mark 2:9

  Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your mat and walk’?

• Mark 2:11

  “I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go to your home.”

• Mark 2:12

  And he got up, and at once picking up the mat, he went out before all of them, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

• Mark 2:21

  No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.

• Mark 4:15

  And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; and when they hear, at once Satan comes and takes away the word that has been sown in them.

• Mark 4:25

  For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

• Mark 6:8

  And he instructed them that they should take nothing for the journey except a staff only; no bread, no bag, no copper coins in their belts,

• Mark 6:29

  And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.

• Mark 6:43

  And they picked up broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and of the fish.

• Mark 8:8

  And they ate and were filled; and they picked up the leftover pieces, seven baskets.

• Mark 8:19

  when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They say to him, “Twelve.”

• Mark 8:20

  “And when the seven for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” And they say to him, “Seven.”

• Mark 8:34

  And summoning the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

• Mark 11:23

  Truly I tell you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, it will be done for him.

• Mark 13:15

  let the one on the housetop not come down nor go in to take anything out of his house;

• Mark 13:16

  and let the one in the field not turn back to take his cloak.

• Mark 15:21

  And they compel a passerby, a certain Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

• Mark 15:24

  And they crucify him and divide his garments, casting lots for them, to see who would take what.

• Mark 16:18

  they will pick up snakes; and if they drink anything deadly, it will never harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

• Luke 4:11

  and: On their hands they will carry you, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.”

And 61 more times.