Strong G1869ἐπαίρω
to lift up
- Transliteration
- epairō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ahee'-ro
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπ-αίρω
[in LXX for נָשָׂא, רוּם, etc.;]
to lift up, raise: τ. ἀρτέμονα, Act.27:40; χεῖρας, Luk.24:50, 1Ti.2:8; κεφαλάς, Luk.21:28; ὀφθαλμούς, Mat.17:8, Luk.6:20 16:23 18:13, Jhn.4:35 6:5 17:1; φωνήν, Luk.11:27, Act.2:14 14:11 22:22; τ. πτέρναν (figuratively), Jhn.13:18. Pass., Act.1:9; metaphorically, to be lifted up with pride: 2Co.10:5 11:20.†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָשָׂא, רוּם, etc.;]
to lift up, raise: τ. ἀρτέμονα, Act.27:40; χεῖρας, Luk.24:50, 1Ti.2:8; κεφαλάς, Luk.21:28; ὀφθαλμούς, Mat.17:8, Luk.6:20 16:23 18:13, Jhn.4:35 6:5 17:1; φωνήν, Luk.11:27, Act.2:14 14:11 22:22; τ. πτέρναν (figuratively), Jhn.13:18. Pass., Act.1:9; metaphorically, to be lifted up with pride: 2Co.10:5 11:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1869 appears in 19 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lift15
- exalt1
- exalteth1
- hoised1
- take1
First verses
- Matthew 17:8And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
- Luke 6:20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
- Luke 11:27And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
- Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
- Luke 18:13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
- Luke 21:28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
- Luke 24:50And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
- John 4:35Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
- John 6:5When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
- John 13:18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
- John 17:1These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
- Acts 1:9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
- Acts 2:14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
- Acts 14:11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
- Acts 22:22And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
- Acts 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
- 2 Corinthians 11:20For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
- 1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπαίρω,
Ionic dialect and poetry ἐπᾰείρω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204 and always in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]: future ἐπᾱρῶ (contraction from ᾰερ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 125 (_anapaest meter_), “Supp.” 581 (probable reading), X “Mem.” 3.6.2)]: aorist ἐπῆρα, participle ἐπάρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87, etc.)]: perfect ἐπῆρκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 13, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 8.114b:)] —passive, aorist ἐπήρθην, participle ἐπαρθείς: lift up and set on, [αὐτὸν] ἀμαξάων ἐπάειρραν lifted and set him upon.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.426; ὀβελοὺς.. κρατευτάων ἐπάειρας 9.214.)]
2 lift, raise, κεφαλὴν ἐπαείρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (10.80; καί μ᾽ ἔπαιρε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 889; ἐπαίρων βλέφαρα [prev. author] “OT” 1276 codices; ἐπάειρε δέρην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 99 (_anapaest meter_); ἔπαιρε σαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 996; σεμνῶς ἐπηρκὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus [same place])]; πάντες ἐπῆραν (i.e. τὴν χεῖρα) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1109.24; οὐδεὶς ἐπῆρε “IG” 3.1132; ἐπάρας τὴν φωνήν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.291)]; ἐπαιρόμενα ἱστία, opposed to ὑφιέμενα, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 3:)] —middle, με τεῷ ἐπαείραο μαζῷ didstliftand put me to thy breast, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.734)]; [λόγχην] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1484; ὅπλ᾽ ἐπαίρεσθαι θεῷ [prev. author] “Ba.” 789; ἱστούς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.61.7; βακτηρίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.185b: _metaphorically_, τί.. στάσιν γλώσσης ἐπήρασθ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 635; πολλοὺς καὶ θρασεῖς τῇ πόλει λόγους ἐπαιρόμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.222; κοινὸν ἡ πόλις ἐπήρατο πένθος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34.17.)]
3 exalt, magnify, ἐπαείρειν Αοκρῶν ματέρ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.20; ἐπαρεῖς τὸν πατρῷον οἶκον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.2.)]
4 intransitive, lift up one's leg or rise up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.162)]; rise from table, [Refs (Euangelus Comicus 1.10.)]
5 passive, swell up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὑγρῶν χρήσιος” 2, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.264, 18(2).119)]; ἐπῆρται τοῦτό γε, in mal. participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 937; ὁ καυλὸς ἐπαίρεται “Hippiatrica” 54.)]
6 Grammars, ἐ. τὴν προσῳδίαν make the accent acute, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.636.)]
II stir up, excite, πολλά τέ μιν καὶ μεγάλα τὰ ἐπαείροντα.. ἦν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204; τίς σ᾽ ἐπῆρε δαιμόνω; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1328; πέρα τοῦ καιροῦ τοὺς ἑτέρους ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 16.23; ἐ. θυμόν τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 125; τοῦτό σε ψυχὴν ἐπαίρει [prev. author] “Heracl.” 173; ἑαυτὸν ἐπίτινι 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 64; ἵππον)]urge on, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 1.13c)]; induce, persuade to do, c.infinitive, εἰρωτᾶν εἰ οὔτι ἐπαισχύνεται ἐπάρας Κροῖσον στρατεύεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.108, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.192; ἥτις με γῆμ᾽ ἐπῆρε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 42, compare “Ra.” 1041; ἐ. τινὰ ὥστε.. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 581)]; ὅστις μ᾽ ἐπάρας ἔργον (i.e. πρᾶξαι) [Refs ([prev. author] “Or.” 286)]:—passive, to be roused, led on, excited, τῷ μαντηΐῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, compare 5.91; τοῖσι δωρήμασι [prev. author] 7.38; τοῖς τῆς πόλεως κακοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.37; ὑπὸ τῆς τύχης 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.10)]; πλούτῳ, τιμῇ, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 434b, 608b; ὑπὸ λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1448; τῇ ἐλπίδι ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.21; τοῖς λόγοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.121; δεινότητι καὶ ξυνέσεως ἀγῶνι [prev. author] 3.37 (so τὸ ἐπαιρόμενον τοῦ λόγου τῇ δεινότητι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 25); ὑπὸ μεγάλου μισθοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.13; ἐ. ἐς τὸ νεωτερίζειν [prev. author] 4.108; ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν LXX.3Ki.12. [24])]: with infinitive, ἐπήρθην γράψαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.10)]; τῷ or τὸ λέγειν (uncertain reading) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232a (but ναυτικῷ προύχειν -όμενοι)] flattering themselves that they were superior.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25))]: absolutely, to be excited, on tiptoe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 810; and so Ἑλλὰς τῇ ὁρμῇ ἐπῆρται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11.)]
II.2 passive, also, to be elated at a thing, εὐδαιμονίῃ μεγάλῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.81; ψυχρῇ νίκῃ [prev. author] 9.49, compare 1.212, 4.130; ἐπὶ πλούτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.25; πρός τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11, 8.2; ἐκ τοῦ γεγονότος προτερήματος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.29.4: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.18.)]
Ionic dialect and poetry ἐπᾰείρω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204 and always in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]: future ἐπᾱρῶ (contraction from ᾰερ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 125 (_anapaest meter_), “Supp.” 581 (probable reading), X “Mem.” 3.6.2)]: aorist ἐπῆρα, participle ἐπάρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87, etc.)]: perfect ἐπῆρκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 13, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 8.114b:)] —passive, aorist ἐπήρθην, participle ἐπαρθείς: lift up and set on, [αὐτὸν] ἀμαξάων ἐπάειρραν lifted and set him upon.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.426; ὀβελοὺς.. κρατευτάων ἐπάειρας 9.214.)]
2 lift, raise, κεφαλὴν ἐπαείρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (10.80; καί μ᾽ ἔπαιρε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 889; ἐπαίρων βλέφαρα [prev. author] “OT” 1276 codices; ἐπάειρε δέρην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 99 (_anapaest meter_); ἔπαιρε σαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 996; σεμνῶς ἐπηρκὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus [same place])]; πάντες ἐπῆραν (i.e. τὴν χεῖρα) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1109.24; οὐδεὶς ἐπῆρε “IG” 3.1132; ἐπάρας τὴν φωνήν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.291)]; ἐπαιρόμενα ἱστία, opposed to ὑφιέμενα, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 3:)] —middle, με τεῷ ἐπαείραο μαζῷ didstliftand put me to thy breast, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.734)]; [λόγχην] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1484; ὅπλ᾽ ἐπαίρεσθαι θεῷ [prev. author] “Ba.” 789; ἱστούς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.61.7; βακτηρίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.185b: _metaphorically_, τί.. στάσιν γλώσσης ἐπήρασθ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 635; πολλοὺς καὶ θρασεῖς τῇ πόλει λόγους ἐπαιρόμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.222; κοινὸν ἡ πόλις ἐπήρατο πένθος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34.17.)]
3 exalt, magnify, ἐπαείρειν Αοκρῶν ματέρ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.20; ἐπαρεῖς τὸν πατρῷον οἶκον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.2.)]
4 intransitive, lift up one's leg or rise up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.162)]; rise from table, [Refs (Euangelus Comicus 1.10.)]
5 passive, swell up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὑγρῶν χρήσιος” 2, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.264, 18(2).119)]; ἐπῆρται τοῦτό γε, in mal. participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 937; ὁ καυλὸς ἐπαίρεται “Hippiatrica” 54.)]
6 Grammars, ἐ. τὴν προσῳδίαν make the accent acute, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.636.)]
II stir up, excite, πολλά τέ μιν καὶ μεγάλα τὰ ἐπαείροντα.. ἦν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204; τίς σ᾽ ἐπῆρε δαιμόνω; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1328; πέρα τοῦ καιροῦ τοὺς ἑτέρους ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 16.23; ἐ. θυμόν τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 125; τοῦτό σε ψυχὴν ἐπαίρει [prev. author] “Heracl.” 173; ἑαυτὸν ἐπίτινι 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 64; ἵππον)]urge on, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 1.13c)]; induce, persuade to do, c.infinitive, εἰρωτᾶν εἰ οὔτι ἐπαισχύνεται ἐπάρας Κροῖσον στρατεύεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.108, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.192; ἥτις με γῆμ᾽ ἐπῆρε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 42, compare “Ra.” 1041; ἐ. τινὰ ὥστε.. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 581)]; ὅστις μ᾽ ἐπάρας ἔργον (i.e. πρᾶξαι) [Refs ([prev. author] “Or.” 286)]:—passive, to be roused, led on, excited, τῷ μαντηΐῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, compare 5.91; τοῖσι δωρήμασι [prev. author] 7.38; τοῖς τῆς πόλεως κακοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.37; ὑπὸ τῆς τύχης 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.10)]; πλούτῳ, τιμῇ, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 434b, 608b; ὑπὸ λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1448; τῇ ἐλπίδι ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.21; τοῖς λόγοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.121; δεινότητι καὶ ξυνέσεως ἀγῶνι [prev. author] 3.37 (so τὸ ἐπαιρόμενον τοῦ λόγου τῇ δεινότητι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 25); ὑπὸ μεγάλου μισθοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.13; ἐ. ἐς τὸ νεωτερίζειν [prev. author] 4.108; ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν LXX.3Ki.12. [24])]: with infinitive, ἐπήρθην γράψαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.10)]; τῷ or τὸ λέγειν (uncertain reading) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232a (but ναυτικῷ προύχειν -όμενοι)] flattering themselves that they were superior.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25))]: absolutely, to be excited, on tiptoe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 810; and so Ἑλλὰς τῇ ὁρμῇ ἐπῆρται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11.)]
II.2 passive, also, to be elated at a thing, εὐδαιμονίῃ μεγάλῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.81; ψυχρῇ νίκῃ [prev. author] 9.49, compare 1.212, 4.130; ἐπὶ πλούτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.25; πρός τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11, 8.2; ἐκ τοῦ γεγονότος προτερήματος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.29.4: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.18.)]