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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 24 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16 - Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:32 - Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - this Jesus,[fn] delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33 - When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted 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, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:21 - and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:28 - Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23 - When many days had passed, the Jews[fn] plotted 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. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:29 - And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists.[fn] 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 that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - 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 in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he 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 your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”

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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 killed by them when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:3 - asking as a favor against Paul[fn] that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:8 - And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
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