Quick Definition
ἀπαίρω v. I take away, remove
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 142; to lift off, i.e. remove
KJV Usage: take (away)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.pass.3sg. ἀπήρθη · subj. ἀπαρθῶ | αἴρω
1 There may be an implication of force in ἀπαίρω in some contexts, but this is not a distinctive feature of ἀπαίρω.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-αίρω: 1 aor. pass. ἀπήρθην; to lift off, take or carry away; pass., ἀπό twos to be taken away from any one: Mt. ix. 15; Mk. ii. 20; Lk. v.35. (In Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπαίρω apairō 3x
to take away; pass. to be taken away; to be withdrawn, Mt. 9:15; Mk. 2:20; Lk. 5:35*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-αίρω,
[in LXX chiefly for נסע;]
to lift off, hence, to take away; pass.: Mt 9:15, Mk 2:20, Lk 5:35.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπαίρω. For the intransitive sense of a. = ‘‘ depart,” as in Gen 377}, cf. P Petr II. 13 (5)5 (B.c. 258-3) ἀπίηρμ)ένον, ‘on your departure.” In the Paris magical papyrus 3082 Deissmann (LAE p. 254) ingeniously proposes to substitute for the meaningless ἀφαιρων of the MS. ἀπαίρων in the sense of
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπαίρω (apairō) — to take away. ἀπαίρω (compare ἀπαείρω), future ἀπᾱρῶ: aorist 1 ἀπῆρα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἀπῆρκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]imperfect ἀπαιρέεσκον, variant {ἀπαίρεσκον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—lift off, and so, carry off, take away, τὰ ξύλα [Refs]; remove, τί τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+], perhaps get rid of, νικῶν ἀπῆρα φόνια πειρατήρια:—passive, ἀπαίρεται τράπεζα[NT+5th c.BC+]
II. lead or carry away, τὰς νέας ἀπὸ Σαλαμῖνος[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. elliptically (i.e. ναῦς, στρατόν, etc.), sail away, march away, depart, ἀπαίρειν ἀπὸ Σαλαμῖνος[Refs 5th c.BC+] depart from the land, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to set out on an embassy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]