“take up” defined

Takes away – in Verse 2, “takes away” from Strong’s concordance #142 αἴρω airo ah’-ee-ro

a primary root; v; AV-take up 32, take away 25, take 25, away with 5, lift up 4, bear 3, misc 8; 102 times

1) to raise up, elevate, lift up

1a) to raise from the ground, take up: stones

1b) to raise upwards, elevate, lift up: the hand

1c) to draw up: a fish

2) to take upon one’s self and carry what has been raised up, to bear

3) to bear away what has been raised, carry off

3a) to move from its place

3b) to take off or away what is attached to anything

3c) to remove

3d) to carry off, carry away with one

3e) to appropriate what is taken

3f) to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force

3g) to take and apply to any use

3h) to take from among the living, either by a natural death, or by violence

3i) cause to cease

Prunes– V2, “prunes” from Strong’s concordance # 2508, 2508 καθαίρω kathairo kath-ah’-ee-ro

from 2513; v; TDNT-3:413,381; AV-purge 2; 2

1) to cleanse, of filth impurity, etc

1a) to prune trees and vines from useless shoots

1b) metaph. from guilt, to expiate

Prunes comes FROM a root word – Katharos = Strong’s #2513 καθαρός katharos kath-ar-os’ AV-pure 17, clean 10, clear 1; 28

1) clean, pure

1a) physically

1a1) purified by fire

1a2) in a similitude, like a vine cleansed by pruning and so fitted to bear fruit

1b) in a levitical sense

1b1) clean, the use of which is not forbidden, imparts no uncleanness

1c) ethically

1c1) free from corrupt desire, from sin and guilt

1c2) free from every admixture of what is false, sincere genuine

1c3) blameless, innocent

1c4) unstained with the guilt of anything

Cleans – Katharos = Strong’s #2513 καθαρός katharos kath-ar-os’ AV-pure 17, clean 10, clear 1; 28