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ἄρῃς ἐκ

To take up · literal or figurative; direct or remote)

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αἴρω G142 to take up
Pronunciation aírō
Encompasses lifting, bearing, and removing; distinctively includes taking away sin through Christ's sacrifice.
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ἐκ G1537 literal or figurative; direct or remote)
Pronunciation ek
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What does ἄρῃς ἐκ (arēs ek) mean in the Bible?

αἴρω · ἐκ is a Greek word meaning "take out, remove from".

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Meaning

take out, remove from
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Present Future Perfect
Voices
Active Passive
Indicative states a fact or reality 47×
Aorist Active Matt 14:12 · Matt 14:20 · Matt 15:37 · Mark 6:29 · Mark 6:43 · Mark 8:8 · Luke 17:13 · John 8:59 · John 11:41 · John 20:2 · John 20:13 · Acts 4:24 · Matt 24:39 · John 5:9 · John 19:38 · Rev 10:5 21×
Present Active Matt 9:16 · Mark 2:21 · Mark 4:15 · Luke 8:12 · Luke 11:22 · John 10:18 · John 15:2 · John 16:22 · Luke 19:21 · John 10:24 10×
Future Passive Matt 13:12 · Matt 21:43 · Matt 25:29 · Mark 4:25 · Luke 8:18 · Luke 19:26 6×
Future Active Matt 4:6 · Mark 16:18 · Luke 4:11 · John 11:48 · John 20:15 5×
Aorist Passive Luke 9:17 · Acts 8:33 · Acts 20:9 3×
Present Passive Acts 8:33 1×
Perfect Active Col 2:14 1×
Imperative command or strong request 26×
Aorist Active Matt 9:6 · Matt 17:27 · Matt 20:14 · Mark 2:9 · Mark 2:11 · John 5:8 · John 5:11 · John 5:12 · John 19:15 · Matt 11:29 · Matt 25:28 · Luke 19:24 · John 2:16 · John 11:39 · Matt 16:24 · Mark 8:34 19×
Present Active Luke 23:18 · Acts 21:36 · Acts 22:22 · Luke 9:3 4×
Aorist Passive Matt 21:21 · Mark 11:23 · Eph 4:31 3×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 6×
Aorist Active Matt 24:17 · Matt 24:18 · Mark 13:15 · Mark 13:16 · Luke 17:31 · John 5:10 6×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 9×
Aorist Active Matt 27:32 · Mark 15:21 · Mark 15:24 · John 19:38 · 1 John 3:5 · John 17:15 6×
Aorist Passive John 19:31 · 1 Cor 5:2 2×
Present Active Mark 6:8 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 13×
Aorist Active Mark 2:12 · Luke 5:24 · Luke 5:25 · Acts 21:11 · 1 Cor 6:15 · Acts 27:13 · Acts 27:17 7×
Present Active Luke 6:29 · Luke 6:30 · Luke 19:22 · John 1:29 4×
Present Passive Mark 2:3 1×
Perfect Passive John 20:1 1×
101 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 101 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 24 ongoing 11 prospective 11 resultant 1 imperative 26 subjunctive 9 infinitive 6 participle 13
Tense
aorist 67 present 21 future 11 perfect 2
Voice
active 84 passive 17
Mood
indicative 47 imperative 26 participle 13 subjunctive 9 infinitive 6
NT Occurrences
Matthew 4:6 ἀροῦσίν future active indicative prospective Matthew 9:16 αἴρει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 9:6 ἆρόν aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 11:29 ἄρατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 13:12 ἀρθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 14:12 ἦραν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 14:20 ἦραν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 15:37 ἦραν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 16:24 ἀράτω aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 17:27 ἆρον aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 20:14 ἆρον aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 21:21 Ἄρθητι aorist passive imperative imperative Matthew 21:43 ἀρθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 24:17 ἆραι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 24:18 ἆραι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 24:39 ἦρεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:28 ἄρατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 25:29 ἀρθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 27:32 ἄρῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 2:11 ἆρον aorist active imperative imperative Mark 2:12 ἄρας aorist active participle participle Mark 2:21 αἴρει present active indicative ongoing Mark 2:3 αἰρόμενον present passive participle participle Mark 2:9 ἆρον aorist active imperative imperative Mark 4:15 αἴρει present active indicative ongoing Mark 4:25 ἀρθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Mark 6:29 ἦραν aorist active indicative completed Mark 6:43 ἦραν aorist active indicative completed Mark 6:8 αἴρωσιν present active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 8:19 ἤρατε aorist active indicative completed Mark 8:20 ἤρατε aorist active indicative completed Mark 8:34 ἀράτω aorist active imperative imperative Mark 8:8 ἦραν aorist active indicative completed Mark 11:23 Ἄρθητι aorist passive imperative imperative Mark 13:15 ἆραι aorist active infinitive infinitive Mark 13:16 ἆραι aorist active infinitive infinitive Mark 15:21 ἄρῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 15:24 ἄρῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 16:18 ἀροῦσιν future active indicative prospective Luke 4:11 ἀροῦσίν future active indicative prospective +61 more occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Cross-Language Connections

Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.

נָשָׂא nose H5375 Related Hebrew
to lift , in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 13 — The More Excellent Way of Love 1 Corinthians 5 — Purge the Evil, Keep the Feast, and Guard the Holiness of the Church Acts 21 — Paul Goes to Jerusalem and Is Seized in the Temple John 11 — The Resurrection and the Life, the Raising of Lazarus, and the Plot to Kill Jesus John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 24 — The Olivet Discourse: Temple Desolation, Coming Judgment, the Son of Man, and Watchful Readiness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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