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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 - When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:32 - Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33 - Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:21 - and when he had been abandoned, 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 - You don't want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23 - Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24 - but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:29 - He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:28 - Though they found no basis for a death sentence, 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 up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:27 - This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:3 - Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:8 - and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then he says, "Here I am: I have come to do your will." He does away with the first to establish the second.
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