αἱρέω ahireō · G0138
to choose
αἱρέω, ; [in LXX for אמר hi., בּחר, etc. ; ] ; to take; Mid., -ομαι (M, Pr., 158 f.; MM, VGT, see word), to choose: Php.1:22, 2Th.2:13, Heb.11:25. (Cf. ἀν-, ἀφ-, δι-, ἐξ-, καθ-, περι-, προ-αιρέω.) †; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
αἱρέω, ; imperfect ᾕρεον[], Ionic dialect αἵρεον[]: future αἱρήσω[]aorist 1 ᾕρησα late (ἀν-) []: perfect ᾕρηκα[] (ἀν-) []: pluperfect ἀραιρήκεε[]:—middle, future αἱρήσομαι[]: aorist 1 ᾑρησάμην[]: perfect in middle sense ᾕρημαι[]: 3rd.pers.plural pluperfect ᾕρηντο[]:—passive, future αἱρεθήσομαι[]aorist ᾑρέθην and perfect ᾕρημαι[]; perfect participle ἀραιρημένος[] —From [root]ἑλ-: future ἑλῶ only late (δι-) [], (ἀν-) [], (καθ-) []aorist 1 εἷλα (ἀν-) [], (ἀν-) []: elsewhereaorist 2 εἷλον[], Epic …
Where it's used 3 times
Philippians 1:22 · 2 Thessalonians 2:13 · Hebrews 11:25
Source: TBESG G0138; TFLSJ G0138
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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