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Lexicon :: Strong's G337 - anaireō

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ἀναιρέω
Transliteration
anaireō (Key)
Pronunciation
an-ahee-reh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀνά (G303) and (the active of) αἱρέω (G138)
mGNT
24x in 15 unique form(s) TR
23x in 14 unique form(s) LXX
60x in 33 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀναιρέω anairéō, an-ahee-reh'-o; from G303 and (the active of) G138; to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder:—put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G337 in the following manner: kill (10x), slay (8x), put to death (2x), take up (1x), do (1x), take away (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G337 in the following manner: kill (10x), slay (8x), put to death (2x), take up (1x), do (1x), take away (1x).

  1. to take up, to lift up (from the ground)

    1. to take up for myself as mine

    2. to own (an exposed infant)

  2. to take away, abolish

    1. to do away with or abrogate customs or ordinances

    2. to put out of the way, kill slay a man

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀναιρέω anairéō, an-ahee-reh'-o; from G303 and (the active of) G138; to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder:—put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.
STRONGS G337:
ἀναιρέω, -ῶ; future ἀνελῶ, 2 Thessalonians 2:8 (L T Tr WH text cf. Judith 7:13; Dionysius Halicarnassus 11, 18; Diodorus Siculus 2, 25; cf. Winers Grammar, 82 (78); [Buttmann, 53 (47); Veitch, under the word αἱρέω, "perhaps late έλω"]), for the usual ἀναιρήσω; 2 aorist ἀνεῖλον; 2 aorist middle ἀνειλόμην (but ἀνείλατο Acts 7:21, ἀνεῖλαν Acts 10:39, ἀνείλατε Acts 2:23, in G L T Tr WH, after the Alex. form, cf. Winers Grammar, 73f (71f); Buttmann, 39 (34)f [see αἱρέω]); passive, present ἀναιροῦμαι; 1 aorist ἀνῃρέθην;
1. to take up, to lift up (from the ground); middle to take up for myself as mine, to own (an exposed infant): Acts 7:21; (so ἀναιρεῖσθαι, Aristophanes nub. 531; Epictetus diss. 1, 23, 7; [Plutarch, Anton. 36, 3; fortuna Romans 8; fratern. am. 18, etc.]).
2. to take away, abolish;
a. ordinances, established customs, (to abrogate): Hebrews 10:9:
b. a man, to put not of the way, slay, kill, (often so in the Sept. and Greek writings from [Herodotus 4, 66] Thucydides down): Matthew 2:16; Luke 22:2; Luke 23:32; Acts 2:23; Acts 5:33, 36; Acts 7:28; Acts 9:23; Acts 9:29; Acts 10:39; Acts 12:2; Acts 13:28; Acts 22:20; Acts 23:15, 21, 27; Acts 25:3; Acts 26:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:8 L T Tr WH text; ἑαυτόν, to kill oneself, Acts 16:27.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:16
Luke
22:2; 23:32
Acts
2:23; 2:23; 5:33; 5:36; 7:21; 7:21; 7:28; 9:23; 9:29; 10:39; 10:39; 12:2; 13:28; 16:27; 22:20; 23:15; 23:21; 23:27; 25:3; 26:10
Romans
8
2 Thessalonians
2:8; 2:8
Hebrews
10:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G337 matches the Greek ἀναιρέω (anaireō),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:32 - And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33 - But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were minded to slay them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - For before these days rose up Theudas, giving himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:21 - and when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:28 - Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23 - And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24 - but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:29 - preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging him on a tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:28 - And though they found no cause of death in him, yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - and when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of them that slew him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:27 - This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:3 - asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
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