αἴρω,
[in LXX chiefly for נשׂא, also for לקח, etc.;]
1. to raise, take up, lift or draw up: Jo 8:5911:41, Ac 27:17, al.
2. to bear, carry: Mt 4:616:24, al.
3. to bear or take away, carry off, remove: Mt 21:21, Jo 19:31, I Co 5:126:15 (v. Lft., Notes, 216), al.; of the taking away sin by Christ, Jo 1:29, I Jo 3:5. (Cf. ἀπ’, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, μετ-, συν-, ὑπερ-αίρω). For exx. from π., v. MM, VGT, s.v.)