αἴρω,
[in LXX chiefly for נשׂא, also for לקח, etc. ;]
__1. to raise, take up, lift or draw up: Jhn.8:59 11:41, Act.27:17, al.
__2. to bear, carry: Mat.4:6 16:24, al.
__3. to bear or take away, carry off, remove: Mat.21:21, Jhn.19:31, 1Co.5:12 6:15 (see Lft., Notes, 216), al.; of the taking away sin by Christ, Jhn.1:29, 1Jn.3:5. (Cf. ἀπ᾽, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, μετ-, συν-, ὑπερ-αίρω). For exx. from π., see MM, VGT, see word)
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