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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 Box Mat 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16 - Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:32 - And there were also others -- two evil-doers -- with him, to be put to death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33 - And they having heard, were cut to the heart, and were taking counsel 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, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:21 - and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:28 - to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?

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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 - and their counsel against him was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may 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 Jesus, he was both speaking and disputing with the Hellenists, and they were taking in hand to kill him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - and we -- we are witnesses of all things that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, -- whom they did slay, having hanged upon 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 no cause of death having found, they did ask 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 having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be 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 being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves -- not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for 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 -- having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:3 - asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being 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 he said, 'Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish;
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