ἐπαίρω
epairō (G1869)
to lift up
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Based on the provided lexicon data, the Greek word ἐπαίρω (epairō) means "to lift up." This verb falls within the semantic domain of Movement & Travel, suggesting its primary function is to convey a sense of elevation or transfer from one location to another. Occurrences of ἐπαίρω in the Bible total 19, indicating its moderate usage throughout various texts. Without additional information, it is challenging to pinpoint the specific contexts in which ἐπαίρω is used. However, its inclusion among the 4,943 entries in the Strong's Concordance underscores its importance within the Greek vocabulary. The significance of ἐπαίρω lies in its potential to describe movement, whether literal or figurative, involving a lifting or elevation of objects or individuals. While its specific meanings may only become apparent in the context of each biblical passage, its presence highlights the complexities of movement and the various ways in which the authors of scripture choose to express these ideas.
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Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.
It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
But when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”
He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest?’ Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”
I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’
Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”
Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.
I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.