G142

Strong’s Definition

to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e., weigh anchor); by hebraism (compare H5375) to expiate sin

Etymology & Derivation

a primary root

KJV Usage

away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up)

Detailed Definition

From Thayer’s Greek Lexicon outline.

• 1.to move from its place
• 2.to raise up, elevate, lift up
• 3.to raise from the ground, take up: stones
• 4.to raise upwards, elevate, lift up: the hand
• 5.to take off or away what is attached to anything
• 6.to remove
• 7.to draw up: a fish
• 8.to take upon one's self and carry what has been raised up, to bear
• 9.to bear away what has been raised, carry off
• 10.to carry off, carry away with one
• 11.to appropriate what is taken
• 12.to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force
• 13.to take and apply to any use
• 14.to take from among the living, either by a natural death, or by violence
• 15.cause to cease

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