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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.
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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, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - -- him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye, by the hand of lawless men, have crucified and slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33 - But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - for before these days Theudas rose up, alleging himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, were joined; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:21 - And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself to be for a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:28 - Dost *thou* wish to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23 - Now when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted 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 also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:29 - and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they sought to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - *We* also are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:28 - And having found no cause of death in him, they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:27 - This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out of their hands, having learned that he was a Roman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:3 - asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

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