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Lexicon :: Strong's G1869 - epairō

Aa
ἐπαίρω
Transliteration
epairō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ahee'-ro
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:186,28

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπαίρω epaírō, ep-ahee'-ro; from G1909 and G142; to raise up (literally or figuratively):—exalt self, poise (lift, take) up.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G1869 in the following manner: lift up (15x), exalt (one's) self (2x), take up (1x), hoisted up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G1869 in the following manner: lift up (15x), exalt (one's) self (2x), take up (1x), hoisted up (1x).

  1. to lift up, raise up, raise on high

  2. metaph. to be lifted up with pride, to exalt one's self

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπαίρω epaírō, ep-ahee'-ro; from G1909 and G142; to raise up (literally or figuratively):—exalt self, poise (lift, take) up.
STRONGS G1869:
ἐπαίρω; 1 aorist ἐπῆρα, participle ἐπάρας, imperative 2 person plural ἐπάρατε, infinitive ἐπᾶραι; perfect ἐπῆρκα (John 13:18 Tdf.); [passive and middle, present ἐπαίρομαι]; 1 aorist passive ἐπήρθην; (on the omission of the iota subscript, see αἴρω at the beginning); from Herodotus down; Sept. chiefly for נָשָׂא, also for הֵרִים; to lift up, raise up, raise on high: τὸν ἀρτέμονα, to hoist up, Acts 27:40 (τὰ ἱστία, Plutarch, mor., p. 870 [de Herod. malign. § 39]); τὰς χεῖρας, in offering prayer, 1 Timothy 2:8 (Nehemiah 8:6; Psalm 133:2 (Ps. 134:2)); in blessing, Luke 24:50 [cf. Winer's Grammar § 65, 4 c.] (Leviticus 9:22 [yet here ἐξάρας]; Sir. 50:20); τὰς κεφαλάς, of the timid and sorrowful recovering spirit, Luke 21:28 (so αὐχένα, Philo de secular § 20); τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, to look up, Matthew 17:8; Luke 16:23; John 4:35; John 6:5; εἴς τινα, Luke 6:20; εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, Luke 18:13; John 17:1; τὴν φωνήν, Luke 11:27; Acts 2:14; Acts 14:11; Acts 22:22, (Demosthenes 449, 13; Sept. Judges 2:4; Judges 9:7; 2 Samuel 13:36); τὴν πτέρναν ἐπί τινα, to lift the heel against one (see πτέρνα), John 13:18. Passive ἐπήρθη, was taken up (of Christ, taken up into heaven), Acts 1:9; reflexively and metaphorically, to be lifted up with pride, to exalt oneself: 2 Corinthians 11:20 (Jeremiah 13:15; Psalm 46:10 (Ps. 47:10); Sir. 11:4; Sir. 35:1 (Sir. 32:1); 1 Macc. 1:3 1 Macc. 2:63; Aristophanes nub. 810; Thucydides 4, 18; Aeschines 87, 24; with the dative of the thing of which one is proud, Proverbs 3:5; Zephaniah 1:11; Herodotus 9, 49; Thucydides 1, 120; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 5, 24); — on 2 Corinthians 10:5 see ὕψωμα.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
9:22
Judges
2:4; 9:7
2 Samuel
13:36
Nehemiah
8:6
Psalms
46:10; 47:10; 133:2; 134:2
Proverbs
3:5
Jeremiah
13:15
Zephaniah
1:11
Matthew
17:8
Luke
6:20; 11:27; 16:23; 18:13; 21:28; 24:50
John
4:35; 6:5; 13:18; 13:18; 17:1
Acts
1:9; 2:14; 14:11; 22:22; 27:40
2 Corinthians
10:5; 11:20
1 Timothy
2:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1869 matches the Greek ἐπαίρω (epairō),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:8 - And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20 - And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27 - As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:23 - and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 - But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:28 - Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:50 - And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35 - Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:5 - Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:18 - I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled,[fn] ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:1 - When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:9 - And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:14 - But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:11 - And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:22 - Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40 - So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:5 - We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:20 - For you bear it if someone makes slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8 - I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
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