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Strong's G1869 ἐπαίρω (epairo)

Epairo means “exalt self” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1869 — darak (“bend”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1869
Language Greek
Linked Usages 96
Books 36

Strong's G1869 Quick Answer

Strong's G1869 ἐπαίρω (epairo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epairo (ep-ai'-ro) v. 1. to raise up {literally or figuratively} It has 96 linked Bible usages across 36 books. Visible English usage signals include lifted, lift, exalteth, exalt, and lifting. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
epairo (ep-ai'-ro) v. 1. to raise up {literally or figuratively}
Usage
96 linked usages
Books
36 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
lifted, lift, exalteth, exalt, and lifting

Meaning and Definition

epairo (ep-ai'-ro) v. 1. to raise up {literally or figuratively} [from G1909 and G142] KJV: exalt self, poise (lift, take) up Root(s): G1909, G142

Original Word
ἐπαίρω
Transliteration
epairo
Derivation
Root: αἴρω R1: 1909 R2: 142
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1869. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to lift up

Usage: ἐπ-αίρω [in LXX for נָשָׂא, רוּם, etc. ;] to lift up, raise: τ. ἀρτέμονα, Act.27:40; χεῖρας, Luk.24:50, 1Ti.2:8; κεφαλάς, Luk.21:28; ὀφθαλμούς, Mat.17:8, Luk.6:20 16:23 18:13, Jhn.4:35 6:5 17:1; φωνήν, Luk.11:27, Act.2:14 14:11 22:22; τ. πτέρναν (figuratively), Jhn.13:18. Pass., Act.1:9; metaphorically, to be lifted up with pride: 2Co.10:5 11:20.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1869 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epairo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

lifted Matthew 17:8 10× lift Luke 16:23 exalt 2 Corinthians 11:20 exalteth 2 Corinthians 10:5 lifting 1 Timothy 2:8

How Strong's G1869 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 59 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1869 (ἐπαίρω) appears 78 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1869 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1869 in the New Testament

19 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 17:8 KJV

And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

Luke 6:20 KJV

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 11:27 KJV

And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

Strong's G1869 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

59 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 7:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth.

Genesis 13:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.

Exodus 7:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron having lifted up his hand with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.

Strong's G1869 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

16 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 1:3 Septuagint / Brenton

and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up.

1 Maccabees 2:63 Septuagint / Brenton

To day he shall be lifted up, and tomorrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his dust, and his thought is come to nothing.

1 Maccabees 8:5 Septuagint / Brenton

Beside this, how they had discomfited in battle Philip, and Perseus, king of the Kittim, with others that lifted up themselves against them, and had overcome them:

Strong's G1869 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 13:5 Septuagint / Brenton

of the Lord of heaven. For from thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their

1 Enoch 14:8 Septuagint / Brenton

written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in

Usage Excerpts

First 96 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1869.

Genesis 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth.
Genesis 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.
Exodus 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron having lifted up his hand with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.
Exodus 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses lifted up his rod toward heaven, and the Lord brought a south wind upon the earth, all that day and all that night: the morning dawned, and the south wind brought up the locusts,
Exodus 14:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And do thou lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter into the midst of the sea on the dry land.
Exodus 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalek prevailed.
Numbers 6:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Numbers 20:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and much water came forth, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
Judges 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Judges 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was reported to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye men of Shechem, and God shall hear you.
Judges 11:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man; and he was the son of a harlot, who bore Jephthah to Gilead.
Ruth 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord grant you that ye may find rest each of you in the house of her husband: and she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.
1 Kingdoms 20:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to slay him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to slay David.
2 Kingdoms 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David knew that the Lord had prepared him to be king over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted for the sake of his people Israel.
2 Kingdoms 13:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when he had finished speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voices and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept with a very great weeping.
2 Kingdoms 18:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up on the top of the gate of the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone before him.
2 Kingdoms 20:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Is not the case thus, that a man of Mount Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri by name, has even lifted up his hand against King David? Give him only to me, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
3 Kingdoms 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
3 Kingdoms 11:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this was the occasion of his lifting up his hands against King Solomon: now King Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification of the city of David his father.
4 Kingdoms 9:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who art thou? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down toward him.
4 Kingdoms 14:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast smitten and wounded Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: stay at home and glorify thyself; for wherefore art thou quarrelsome to thy hurt? So both thou wilt fall and Judah with thee.
4 Kingdoms 18:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thus says the king, Let not Hezekiah encourage you with words: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand.
4 Kingdoms 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not thy God on whom thou trustest encourage thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.
1 Chronicles 21:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord, standing between the earth and the heaven, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem: and David and the elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
2 Chronicles 25:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast said, Behold, I have smitten Edom, and thy stout heart exalts thee: now stay at home; for why dost thou implicate thyself in mischief, that thou shouldest fall, and Judah with thee?
Ezra 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Nehemiah 8:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Job 31:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If I lifted my hand against an orphan, Trusting that my strength was far superior to his:
Job 41:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If spears should come against him, men will effect nothing, Either with the spear or the breastplate.
Psalms 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! For thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.
Psalms 23:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up your gates, ye princes, And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; And the king of glory shall come in.
Psalms 23:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up your gates, ye princes; And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; And the king of glory shall come in.
Psalms 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: And take care of them, and lift them up forever.
Psalms 36:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, And lifting himself up like the cedars of Lebanon.
Psalms 46:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraham: For God’s mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.
Psalms 72:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings: Thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.
Psalms 73:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up thy hands against their pride continually; Because of all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places.
Psalms 74:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not unrighteousness against God.
Psalms 92:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The rivers have lifted up, O Lord, The rivers have lifted up their voices,
Psalms 101:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of thine anger and thy wrath: For thou hast lifted me up, and dashed me down.
Psalms 105:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So he lifted up his hand against them, To cast them down in the wilderness;
Psalms 133:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, And bless the Lord.
Proverbs 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Trust in God with all thy heart; And be not exalted in thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; And be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness.
Proverbs 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thine enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, Neither be elated at his overthrow.
Proverbs 30:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.
Isaiah 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the year in which King Uzziah died, that I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the house was full of his glory.
Isaiah 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the lintel shook at the voice they uttered, and the house was filled with smoke.
Jeremiah 13:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear ye, and give ear, and be not proud: for the Lord has spoken.
Jeremiah 29:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How long wilt thou smite, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere thou art quiet? return into thy sheath, rest, and be removed.
Lamentations 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The precious sons of Zion, Who were equaled in value with gold, How are they counted as earthen vessels, The works of the hands of the potter!
Ezekiel 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that it may become a weak kingdom, so as never to lift itself up, that he may keep his covenant, and establish it.
Ezekiel 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who shall not eat upon the mountains, and shall not at all lift up his eyes to the devices of the house of Israel, and shall not defile his neighbor’s wife, and shall not draw nigh to her that is removed,
Daniel 11:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south; and the children of the spoilers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; and they shall fail.
Obadiah 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have made thee small among the Gentiles: thou art greatly dishonored. The pride of thy heart has elated thee, dwelling as thou dost in the holes of the rocks, as one that exalts his habitation, saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to the ground?
Habakkuk 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: Thy darts shall go forth at the light, At the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.
Zephaniah 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lament, ye that inhabit the city that has been broken down, for all the people has become like Canaan; and all that were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed.
Zechariah 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Judah, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, even the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it.
Matthew 17:8 New Testament, KJV
And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
Luke 6:20 New Testament, KJV
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 11:27 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Luke 16:23 New Testament, KJV
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 18:13 New Testament, KJV
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luke 21:28 New Testament, KJV
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Luke 24:50 New Testament, KJV
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
John 4:35 New Testament, KJV
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John 6:5 New Testament, KJV
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
John 13:18 New Testament, KJV
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
John 17:1 New Testament, KJV
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
Acts 1:9 New Testament, KJV
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Acts 2:14 New Testament, KJV
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
Acts 14:11 New Testament, KJV
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
Acts 22:22 New Testament, KJV
And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
Acts 27:40 New Testament, KJV
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
2 Corinthians 10:5 New Testament, KJV
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
2 Corinthians 11:20 New Testament, KJV
For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
1 Timothy 2:8 New Testament, KJV
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
1 Maccabees 1:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up.
1 Maccabees 2:63 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
To day he shall be lifted up, and tomorrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his dust, and his thought is come to nothing.
1 Maccabees 8:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Beside this, how they had discomfited in battle Philip, and Perseus, king of the Kittim, with others that lifted up themselves against them, and had overcome them:
1 Maccabees 10:70 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou alone liftest up thyself against us, and I am laughed to scorn for thy sake, and reproached: and why dost thou vaunt thy power against us in the mountains?
2 Maccabees 7:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou, O godless man, and of all other most wicked, be not lifted up without a cause, nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, lifting up thy hand against the servants of God:
2 Maccabees 9:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then swelling with anger, he thought to avenge upon the Jews the disgrace done unto him by those that made him flee. Therefore commanded he his chariot man to drive without ceasing, and to dispatch the journey, the judgment of God now following him. For he had spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem, and make it a common burying place of the Jews.
3 Maccabees 2:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
At that time God, who seeth all things, who is beyond all Holy among the holy, heard that prayer, so suitable; and scourged the man greatly uplifted with scorn and insolence.
3 Maccabees 6:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou destroyedst Pharaoh, with his host of chariots, when that lord of this same Egypt was uplifted with lawless hardihood and loud-sounding tongue. Shedding the beams of thy mercy upon the race of Israel, thou didst overwhelm him with his proud army.
Wisdom of Sirach 6:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Extol not thyself in the counsel of thine own heart: That thy soul be not torn in pieces as a bull straying alone.
Wisdom of Sirach 11:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Boast not of thy clothing and raiment, And exalt not thyself in the day of honor: For the works of the Lord are wonderful, And his works among men are hidden.
Wisdom of Sirach 32:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: He that taketh heed to the commandment offereth a peace offering.
Wisdom of Sirach 36:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A wise man hateth not the law; But he that is a hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.
Wisdom of Sirach 46:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
How great glory got he, when he did lift up his hands, And stretched out his sword against the cities!
Wisdom of Sirach 47:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? And did he not take away reproach from the people, When he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, And beat down the boasting of Goliath?
Wisdom of Sirach 48:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
In his time Sennacherib came up, And sent Rabshakeh, And lifted up his hand against Zion, And boasted proudly.
Wisdom of Sirach 50:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he went down, and lifted up his hands over the whole congregation of the children of Israel, To give the blessing of the Lord with his lips, And to rejoice in his name.
1 Enoch 13:5 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
of the Lord of heaven. For from thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their
1 Enoch 14:8 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1869, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 6 usages, New Testament
John 4 usages, New Testament
Acts 5 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1869 FAQ

What does epairo (ἐπαίρω) mean?

Epairo (Strong's G1869) is a Greek word most simply glossed "exalt self". epairo (ep-ai'-ro) v. 1. to raise up {literally or figuratively}

How many times is epairo (ἐπαίρω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 96 linked usages for Strong's G1869 across 36 books.

Where can I study epairo (ἐπαίρω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1869 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate epairo (ἐπαίρω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lifted, lift, exalteth, exalt, and lifting. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1869 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 59 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 16 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1869, with linked reader references where each row is available.