Periaireō περιαιρέω

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Periaireō
περιαιρέω
Transliterationperiaireō
Strong's numberG4014
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto take away
Occurrences5 in 5 verses
Most frequent inActs (3)

Periaireō (Greek περιαιρέω, Strong's G4014) is a Greek verb meaning “to take away”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

περι-αιρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for סוּר hi. ;]
to take away that which surrounds, take away, take off (τείχη, Hdt., Thuc.; χιτῶνα, Plat.; δακτύλιον, Gen.41:42, cf. σφρηγῖδα, Hdt., ii, 151) : τ. κάλυΜΜα, pass., 2Co.3:16; as nautical term (RV, cast off), ἀγκύρας, Act.27:40; absol., to cast loose: Act.28:13. Metaphorical, to take away entirely: ἐλπίς, pass., Act.27:20; ἁμαρτίας, Heb.10:11.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVaway (3), was (1), up (1)
BSBwe abandoned (1), cutting away (1), we weighed anchor (1), is taken away (1), take away (1)

Verses

Every verse with Periaireō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Acts

2 Corinthians

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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