Greek · Strong’s G138
αἱρέομαι
hairéomai
to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer
Derivation:
probably akin to G142 (αἴρω);
3
Times used
0
Old Testament
3
New Testament
Verses
Words derived from it
- G2309θέλω thélōto determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 (βούλομαι) properly denotes rather a passive ac
- G337ἀναιρέω anairéōto take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder
- G726ἁρπάζω harpázōto seize (in various applications)
- G851ἀφαιρέω aphairéōto remove (literally or figuratively)
- G2507καθαιρέω kathairéōto lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively)
- G139αἵρεσις haíresisproperly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion
- G1670ἑλκύω helkýōto drag (literally or figuratively)
- G1807ἐξαιρέω exairéōactively, to tear out; middle voice, to select; figuratively, to release
- G4686σπεῖρα speîraa coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Leviti
- G4951σύρω sýrōto trail
- G4014περιαιρέω periairéōto remove all around, i.e. unveil, cast off (anchor); figuratively, to expiate
- G355ἀναλίσκω analískōproperly, to use up, i.e. destroy
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.