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Lexicon :: Strong's G337 - anaireō

Aa
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 out 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 23 times in 22 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew G337 all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill G337 him; for they feared the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:32 - And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. G337

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: G337

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33 - When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay G337 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; G337 and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:21 - And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took G337 him up, G337 and nourished him for her own son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:28 - Wilt thou kill G337 me, as thou diddest G337 the Egyptian yesterday?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23 - And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill G337 him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:24 - But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill G337 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:29 - And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay G337 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 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 slew G337 and hanged on a tree:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:2 - And he killed G337 James the brother of John with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:28 - And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. G337

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed G337 himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew G337 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill G337 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed G337 him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:27 - This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed G337 of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:3 - And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill G337 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, G337 I gave my voice against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away G337 the first, that he may establish the second.
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