airo denotes lifting or taking something, often removing it, and sometimes raising a voice or taking up an object for action.

The supplied verses most often show removal or taking something away, whether a person, object, body, or possession. They also show the physical lifting or carrying of objects and the raising of voices, eyes, or other things upward.

1. Remove or take away · dominant

   This use concerns something being cleared away or removed from a person or place. In 1 Corinthians 5:2 the passive aorist subjunctive concerns the offender being removed from the community; in John 15:2 the present active form occurs of an unfruitful branch, and in John 19:31 the passive plural form concerns bodies being taken away.

   1 Corinthians 5:2John 15:2John 17:15John 19:31John 20:1Luke 19:24
2. Lift or carry an object · common

   Active forms describe taking hold of an item in order to carry, move, or use it. In John 5:8 the aorist active singular command is directed to the healed man concerning his bed; Acts 21:11 has an aorist active participle as Paul’s belt is taken up, and Acts 27:13 uses an aorist active plural participle as the sailors weigh anchor.

   Acts 21:11Acts 27:13John 5:8John 5:9John 11:41Luke 9:23
3. Raise upward · occasional

   The verb can mark an upward raising rather than removal from a place. In Acts 4:24 the aorist active plural form occurs when the group raises its voice to God, while John 11:41 places a verbal form with Jesus lifting his eyes; Mark 11:23 uses an aorist passive command for a mountain to be taken up and cast into the sea.

   Acts 4:24Luke 17:13John 11:41Luke 4:11Mark 11:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses expressions such as "take away," "pick up," "lifted up," and "raised." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, those English expressions show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed equivalents for each form.