STRONGS NUMBER G4014


Word Summary
periaireō: to take away (that which surrounds)
Original Word: περιαιρέω
Transliteration: periaireō
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-ahee-reh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take away (that which surrounds)
Meaning: to take away (that which surrounds)
Strong's Concordance
to cast off, take away

From peri and haireomai (including its alternate); to remove all around, i.e. Unveil, cast off (anchor); figuratively, to expiate -- take away (up).

see GREEK peri

see GREEK haireomai

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4014: περιαιρέω

περιαιρέω, περιαίρω: 2 aorist infinitive περιελεῖν (participle plural περιελόντες; passive, present 3 person singular περιαιρεῖται); imperfect 3 person singular περιῃρεῖτο; from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for הֵסִיר;

a. to take away that which surrounds or envelops a thing (cf. περί, III. 1): τό κάλυμμα, passive, 2 Corinthians 3:16 (πορφύραν, 2 Macc. 4:38; τόν δακτύλιον, Genesis 41:42; Josephus, Antiquities 19, 2, 3); ἀγκύρας, the anchors from both sides of the ship (R. V. casting off), Acts 27:40; (2 aorist participle, absolutely, in a nautical sense, to cast loose, Acts 28:13 WH (others περιελθόντες)).

b. metaphorically, to take away altogether or entirely: τάς ἁμαρτίας (with which one is, as it were, enveloped), the guilt of sin, i. e. to expiate perfectly, Hebrews 10:11; τήν ἐλπίδα, passive, Acts 27:20.

STRONGS NT 4014a: περιάπτωπεριάπτω: 1 aorist participle περιαψας; (from Pindar down);

1. to bind or tie around, to put around (περί, III. 1); to hang upon, attach to.

2. to kindle a fire around (or thoroughly; see περικρύπτω, περικαλύπτω, περικρατής, περίλυπος, etc.) (Phalaris, epistle 5, p. 28): Luke 22:55 T WH Tr text