Dictionary entry

ἐπαίρω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπ-αίρω

[in LXX for נָשָׂא, רוּם, etc.;]

to lift up, raise: τ. ἀρτέμονα, Ac 27:40; χεῖρας, Lk 24:50, I Ti 2:8; κεφαλάς, Lk 21:28; ὀφθαλμούς, Mt 17:8, Lk 6:2016:2318:13, Jo 4:356:517:1; φωνήν, Lk 11:27, Ac 2:1414:1122:22; τ. πτέρναν (fig.), Jo 13:18. Pass., Ac 1:9; metaph., to be lifted up with pride: II Co 10:511:20.†