◄ 337. anaireó ►
Strong's Lexicon anaireó: To take up, to kill, to abolish, to destroy Original Word: ἀναιρέω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anaireó Pronunciation: an-ah-ee-reh'-o Phonetic Spelling: (an-ahee-reh'-o) Definition: To take up, to kill, to abolish, to destroy Meaning: I take up, take away the life of, make an end of, murder. Word Origin: From the Greek words ἀνά (ana, meaning "up" or "again") and αἱρέω (haireō, meaning "to take" or "to choose"). Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is הָרַג (harag, Strong's H2026), meaning "to kill" or "to slay." Usage: The verb ἀναιρέω primarily means "to take up" or "to lift up," but it is often used in the context of taking away life, hence "to kill" or "to slay." It can also mean "to abolish" or "to destroy," indicating the removal or nullification of something. In the New Testament, it frequently appears in contexts involving the taking of life or the execution of judgment. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of taking life was often associated with legal and military actions. Execution was a common form of punishment for crimes, and the term ἀναιρέω would have been understood in this context. The word also reflects the broader cultural understanding of authority and power, where rulers and officials had the capacity to "take up" or "remove" individuals from life or position. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from ana and haireó Definition to take up, take away, make an end NASB Translation do away (1), executed (1), kill (4), killed (2), put...to death (8), put to death (3), slain (1), slay (3), slaying (1), slew (1), takes away (1), took...away (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 337: ἀναιρέω 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 έ῾λω)), 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 value, to own (an exposed infant): Acts 7:21; (so ἀναίρεσθαι, 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. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance put to death, kill, slay, take up. From ana and (the active of) haireomai; 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. see GREEK ana see GREEK haireomai Forms and Transliterations αναιρεθηναι αναιρεθήναι ἀναιρεθῆναι αναιρεθήσεται αναιρεθήσονται αναιρεθήτω αναιρει αναιρεί ἀναιρεῖ αναιρειν ἀναιρεῖν αναιρεισθαι αναιρείσθαι ἀναιρεῖσθαι αναιρείτέ αναιρούμενος αναιρουμενων αναιρουμένων ἀναιρουμένων αναιρουντων αναιρούντων ἀναιρούντων αναιρών αναίρων ανειλαν ἀνεῖλαν ανειλατε ἀνείλατε ανειλατο ανείλατο ἀνείλατο ανείλε ανειλεν ανείλεν ἀνεῖλεν ανειλες ανείλες ἀνεῖλες ανείλετε ανείλετο ανείλον άνελε ανελει ανελεί ἀνελεῖ ανελειν ανελείν ἀνελεῖν ανελείς ανέλεσθε ανελέτω ανελή ανέλης ανέλοι ανελόμενος ανελώ ανέλωμέν ανελών ανελωσιν ανέλωσιν ἀνέλωσιν ανηρεθη ανηρέθη ἀνῃρέθη ανήρει ανηρημένοι ανηρημένοις ανηρημένους ανηρημένων anairei anaireî anairein anaireîn anaireisthai anaireîsthai anairethenai anairethênai anairethēnai anairethē̂nai anairoumenon anairoumenōn anairouménon anairouménōn anairounton anairountōn anairoúnton anairoúntōn aneilan aneîlan aneilate aneílate aneilato aneílato aneilen aneîlen aneiles aneîles aneiréthe anēiréthē anelei aneleî anelein aneleîn anelosin anelōsin anélosin anélōsin anerethe anērethē Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 2:16 V-AIA-3S GRK: καὶ ἀποστείλας ἀνεῖλεν πάντας τοὺς NAS: and sent and slew all KJV: sent forth, and slew all INT: and having sent forth he put to death all the Luke 22:2 V-ASA-3P GRK: τὸ πῶς ἀνέλωσιν αὐτόν ἐφοβοῦντο NAS: how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid KJV: sought how they might kill him; for INT: the how they might put to death him they feared Luke 23:32 V-ANP GRK: σὺν αὐτῷ ἀναιρεθῆναι NAS: were being led away to be put to death with Him. KJV: with him to be put to death. INT: with him to be put to death Acts 2:23 V-AIA-2P GRK: ἀνόμων προσπήξαντες ἀνείλατε NAS: of godless men and put [Him] to death. KJV: hands have crucified and slain: INT: lawless having crucified you put to death Acts 5:33 V-ANA GRK: καὶ ἐβούλοντο ἀνελεῖν αὐτούς NAS: and intended to kill them. KJV: took counsel to slay them. INT: and intended to put to death them Acts 5:36 V-AIP-3S GRK: τετρακοσίων ὃς ἀνῃρέθη καὶ πάντες NAS: joined up with him. But he was killed, and all KJV: who was slain; and INT: four hundred who was put to death and all Acts 7:21 V-AIM-3S GRK: δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀνείλατο αὐτὸν ἡ NAS: daughter took him away and nurtured KJV: took him up, and nourished INT: moreover he took up him the Acts 7:28 V-ANA GRK: μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ NAS: YOU DO NOT MEAN TO KILL ME AS YOU KILLED KJV: Wilt thou kill me, as INT: not To put to death me you Acts 7:28 V-AIA-2S GRK: ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες ἐχθὲς τὸν NAS: TO KILL ME AS YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN KJV: as thou diddest the Egyptian INT: as way you put to death yesterday the Acts 9:23 V-ANA GRK: οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν NAS: plotted together to do away with him, KJV: the Jews took counsel to kill him: INT: the Jews to put to death him Acts 9:24 V-ASA-3P GRK: ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀνέλωσιν NAS: so that they might put him to death; KJV: night to kill him. INT: that him they might put to death Acts 9:29 V-ANA GRK: δὲ ἐπεχείρουν ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν NAS: [Jews]; but they were attempting to put him to death. KJV: but they went about to slay him. INT: moreover they attempted to put to death him Acts 10:39 V-AIA-3P GRK: ὃν καὶ ἀνεῖλαν κρεμάσαντες ἐπὶ NAS: They also put Him to death by hanging KJV: whom they slew and hanged INT: whom also they put to death having hanged [him] on Acts 12:2 V-AIA-3S GRK: ἀνεῖλεν δὲ Ἰάκωβον NAS: of John put to death with a sword. KJV: And he killed James the brother INT: he put to death moreover James Acts 13:28 V-ANP GRK: ᾐτήσαντο Πιλᾶτον ἀναιρεθῆναι αὐτόν NAS: Pilate that He be executed. KJV: Pilate that he should be slain. INT: they begged Pilate to put to death him Acts 16:27 V-PNA GRK: ἤμελλεν ἑαυτὸν ἀναιρεῖν νομίζων ἐκπεφευγέναι NAS: and was about to kill himself, KJV: and would have killed himself, INT: was about himself to put to death supposing had escaped Acts 22:20 V-PPA-GMP GRK: ἱμάτια τῶν ἀναιρούντων αὐτόν NAS: of those who were slaying him.' KJV: the raiment of them that slew him. INT: garments of those who killed him Acts 23:15 V-ANA GRK: ἐσμεν τοῦ ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν NAS: and we for our part are ready to slay him before KJV: are ready to kill him. INT: are to put to death him Acts 23:21 V-ASA-3P GRK: ἕως οὗ ἀνέλωσιν αὐτόν καὶ NAS: until they slay him; and now KJV: drink till they have killed him: and INT: until that they put to death him and Acts 23:27 V-PNM/P GRK: καὶ μέλλοντα ἀναιρεῖσθαι ὑπ' αὐτῶν NAS: and was about to be slain by them, I came KJV: and should have been killed of them: INT: and being about to be put to death by them Acts 25:3 V-ANA GRK: ἐνέδραν ποιοῦντες ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν κατὰ NAS: an ambush to kill him on the way). KJV: in the way to kill him. INT: an ambush forming to put to death him on Acts 26:10 V-PPM/P-GMP GRK: ἐξουσίαν λαβών ἀναιρουμένων τε αὐτῶν NAS: but also when they were being put to death I cast KJV: when they were put to death, I gave INT: authority having received being put to death moreover they 2 Thessalonians 2:8 V-FIA-3S GRK: κύριος Ἰησοῦς ἀνελεῖ τῷ πνεύματι NAS: the Lord will slay with the breath INT: Lord Jesus will consume with the breath Hebrews 10:9 V-PIA-3S GRK: θέλημά σου ἀναιρεῖ τὸ πρῶτον NAS: YOUR WILL. He takes away the first KJV: O God. He taketh away the first, INT: will of you He takes away the first Strong's Greek 337 24 Occurrences ἀναιρεῖ — 1 Occ. ἀναιρεῖν — 1 Occ. ἀναιρεῖσθαι — 1 Occ. ἀναιρεθῆναι — 2 Occ. ἀναιρουμένων — 1 Occ. ἀναιρούντων — 1 Occ. ἀνῃρέθη — 1 Occ. ἀνεῖλαν — 1 Occ. ἀνείλατε — 1 Occ. ἀνείλατο — 1 Occ. ἀνεῖλεν — 2 Occ. ἀνεῖλες — 1 Occ. ἀνελεῖ — 1 Occ. ἀνελεῖν — 6 Occ. ἀνέλωσιν — 3 Occ.