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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 24 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.

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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 - There were also two others, criminals, 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 by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken[fn] by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33 - When they heard this, they were furious and plotted to kill 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. A number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was slain, and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:21 - “But when he was set out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away 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 did the Egyptian yesterday?’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23 - Now after many days were past, the Jews 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. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:29 - And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted 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 land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they[fn] killed by hanging on a tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - Then 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 for death in Him, they asked Pilate that He should be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - ‘And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by consenting to his death,[fn] and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - “Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow,[fn] as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - “But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”

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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. Coming with the troops I 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 summon him to Jerusalem—while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - “This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:8 - And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.”[fn] He takes away the first that He may establish the second.
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