ἐπαίρω
epaírō · G1869 · Greek · 19 occurrences
Meanings
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to raise
To cause to move up
ExamplesLuke 6:20 And He raised His eyes toward His disciples and began saying, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 24:50 And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
Acts 1:9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up, out of their sight.
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to have courage, to lift the head
(An idiom, literally: to raise up the head) To demonstrate courage in the face of danger or adversity
ExamplesLuke 21:28 “But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
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to turn against, to oppose
(An idiom, literally: to lift one’s heel against) To oppose someone by turning against such a person, possibly with focus upon the initial aspect of becoming opposed to
ExamplesJohn 13:18 “I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have chosen; but this is happening so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.’
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to notice, to look
(An idiom, literally: to lift up the eyes) To direct one’s attention to something by looking closely at
ExamplesMatthew 17:8 And raising their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone.
Luke 16:23 “And in Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his arms.
Luke 18:13 “But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
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to raise the voice, to cry out, to speak loudly
(An idiom, literally: to raise the voice) To increase the volume with which one speaks, so as to overcome existing noise or the speech of someone else
ExamplesLuke 11:27 While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that carried You, and the breasts at which You nursed!”
Acts 2:14 But Peter, taking his stand with the other eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this, and pay attention to my words.
Acts 14:11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us!”
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to rise up against
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐπαίρομαι ‘to rise up,’ not occurring in the NT) To rise up in opposition against
Examples2 Corinthians 10:5 We are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
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to be haughty, to be arrogant
To become haughty in one’s attitude toward others
Examples2 Corinthians 11:20 For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, if anyone devours you, if anyone takes advantage of you, if anyone exalts himself, if anyone hits you in the face.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
19 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated (participle) 10
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
16 occurrences in 6 groups
- ὀφθαλμόςeye 7
- φωνήvoice, sound 4
- χείρhand 2
- κεφαλήhead 1
- πτέρναheel 1
- ἀρτέμωνsail 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πνέωwind 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- εἰςto+ οὐρανόςheaven, sky 2
- εἰςto+ μαθητήςdisciple 1
- ἐπίon+ ἐγώI, we 1
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ γνῶσιςknowledge 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐδέand not, nor, neither 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 1
- λέγωto say 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- נָשָׂא nâsâʼ · H5375 · to become high, to be lifted up, to rise
- Greek ἐπαίρω (epaírō, G1869) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, H5375) in its core sense of physical or figurative elevation/lifting, with both terms sharing the semantic range of raising, bearing up, and exalting.
- רוּם rûwm · H7311 · to be high, to become high, to mount up
- Both denote the action of raising or lifting up, applicable to physical elevation and figurative exaltation; Greek ἐπαίρω emphasizes the upward direction with prefix ἐπι-, while Hebrew רוּם encompasses broader vertical motion including self-exaltation and high position.
Semantic domains 7 entries
- To raise15.105
- This verb describes the physical act of lifting something up, used of the disciples raising their eyes after the cloud of the transfiguration lifted and seeing only Jesus — "raising their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone" (Matthew 17:8).
- To notice, to look24.34
- It also describes lifting the eyes to look at and observe something, used of Jesus' instruction to the disciples to raise their eyes and observe the fields that are white for harvest — "raise your eyes and observe the fields, that they are white for harvest" (John 4:35).
- To have courage, to lift the head25.160
- It also describes an act signifying either confidence or, negatively, its absence, used of the tax collector who, in his humility, was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven — "was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but was beating his chest" (Luke 18:13).
- To raise the voice, to cry out, to speak loudly33.78
- It also describes the act of raising one's voice to speak, used of Peter raising his voice on the day of Pentecost to address the crowd — "Peter, taking his stand with the other eleven, raised his voice and declared to them" (Acts 2:14).
- To turn against, to oppose39.3
- It can also describe rising up in hostile opposition against someone, used of the Jerusalem crowd raising their voices against Paul, demanding that he not be allowed to live — "they raised their voices and said, 'Away with such a man from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!'" (Acts 22:22).
- To rise up against39.38
- It similarly describes an act of insurrection or rebellion, used of Paul's description of destroying arguments and every arrogant thing raised up against the knowledge of God — "we are destroying arguments and all arrogance raised against the knowledge of God" (2 Corinthians 10:5).
- To be haughty, to be arrogant88.212
- It also describes a prideful, self-exalting posture toward other people, used of Paul's rebuke of the Corinthians for tolerating anyone who exalts himself over them — "if anyone exalts himself, if anyone hits you in the face" (2 Corinthians 11:20).
Word family 26 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist ἐπῆρα, participle ἐπάρας, imperative 2 person plural ἐπάρατε, infinitive ἐπᾶραι;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 7 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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