Quick Definition
περιαιρέω v. I strip off, cast off
Strong's Definition
from 4012 and 138 (including its alternate); to remove all around, i.e. unveil, cast off (anchor); figuratively, to expiate
KJV Usage: take away (up)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.inf. περιελεῖν · ptc. περιελών · impf.pass.3sg. περιῃρεῖτο | αἱρέομαι
15.204 · Linear Movement · Carry, Bear
to take from around, to remove to remove something which is around something else
54.24 · Maritime Activities
to lift anchor, to sail off (a technical, nautical term) to raise the anchor in preparation for departing
13.38 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State
to do away with, to remove, to eliminate to cause a state to cease
68.43 · Aspect · Cease, Stop
to give up, to stop, to quit to stop doing something, with the implication of complete cessation
1 There are undoubtedly some significant differences of meaning in this series in 13.38, but it is not possible to determine the distinctive differences on the basis of existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περι-αιρέω, -ῶ : 2 aor. inf. περιελεῖν, [ptep. plur. περιe\dvres; Pass., pres. 3 pers. sing. περιαιρεῖται] ; impf. 3 pers. sing. περιῃρεῖτο; fr. Hom. down; Sept. chiefly for VO; a. to take away that which surrounds or en= velops a thing (cf. περί, III. 1]: τὸ κάλυμμα, pass., 2 Co. ili. 16 (πορφύραν, 2 Mace. iv. 38; τὸν δακτύλιον, Gen. xli. 42; Joseph. antt. 19, 2, 3); ἀγκύρας, the anchors from both sides of the ship, [R. V. casting off], Acts xxvii. 40 ; [2 aor. ptep., absol., in a nautical sense, to cast loose, Acts xxviii. 13 WII (al. περιελθόντες]. b. metaph. to take away altogether or entirely: τὰς ἁμαρτίας (with which one is, as it were, enveloped), the guilt of sin, i. e. to expiate perfectly, Heb. x. 11; τὴν ἐλπίδα, pass., Acts xxvii. 20.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περιαιρέω periaireō 5x
to take off, lift off, remove, 2 Cor. 3:16; to cast off, Acts 27:40; met. to cut off hope, Acts 27:20; met. to take away sin, remove the guilt of sin, make expiation for sin, Heb. 10:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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, Ge 41:42, cf. σφρηγῖδα, Hdt., ii, 151): τ. κάλυμμα, pass., II Co 3:16; as nautical term (RV, cast off), ἀγκύρας, Ac 27:40; absol., to cast loose: Ac 28:13. Metaph., to take away entirely: ἐλπίς, pass., Ac 27:20; ἁμαρτίας, He 10:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περιαιρέω in its literal sense ‘‘take away,” “‘remove,’’ may be illustrated from BGU IV. 1061!® (B.c. 14) ἐξέδυσαν kal περιείλοντο αὐτοῦ πόκους ἐρίων py. Cf. P Tebt II. 300! (A.D. 151), where instructions are given that a priest who had died should be struck off the list—émS(S0(= ὠ)μι (= ὅγπως περιερεθῇ [τ]οῦτο τὸ ὄνομα, BGU IV. 1085-7 (ii/A.D.) ἀξιούντων περιαιρεθῆναι αὐτὸν τῆς προκηρύξεωϊς, and the corresponding use of the act. in P Flor III, 3087 (A.D. 203) ἀξιῶ αὐτὸν περιελεῖν ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων λόγων : see also Ac 2818 and Field Motes, p. 149f. For the metaph. usage, as in Ac 272°, cf. M. Anton. xii. 2 τὸν πολὺν περισπασμὸν σεαυτοῦ περιαιρήσεις, “thou wilt free thyself from the most of thy distracting care” (Haines).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
περιαιρέω (periaireō) — to take away. περιαιρ-έω, aorist περιεῖλον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—take away something that surrounds, strip off, remove, with accusative of things, τεῖχος Hdt.[same place],[Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸν κέραμον taking off the earthen jar into which the gold had been run, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δέρματα σωμάτων π. strip skins off from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, take away from, τῶν πολεμικῶν τὸ μελετᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, take off from oneself, π. τὴν κυνέην, τὴν σφρηγῖδα, take off one's helmet, one's signet-ring, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βυβλίον περιαιρεόμενος taking [the cover] off one's letter, i. e. opening it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but middle is frequently used like active, strip off, take away, τὸ περιελέσθαι αὐτῶν τὰ ὅπλα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be taken off, τοὐπίβλημ᾽ ἐπεὶ περιῃρέθη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦ ἄλλου περιῃρημένου when the rest has been taken away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. make void, cancel a vow, [LXX]
3. strike off, cancel an item in an account, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. passive, with accusative of things, to be stripped of a thing, have a thing taken off or away from one, περιῃρημένοι χρήματα καὶ συμμάχους [Refs 4th c.BC+]