ἀναιρέω anaireō

Greek word for “to kill” · Strong’s G337 · used 24 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

ἀν-αιρέω, -ῶ; 1. to take up: mid..;

How it is translated

Glosses given for anaireō in context, with how often each is used:

• executed 8
• execute 8
• may execute 3
• took up 1
• executing 1
• when were being executed 1
• will execute 1
• takes away 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 9 (3), Acts 23 (3), Acts 5 (2), Acts 7 (2), Matthew 2 (1), Luke 22 (1), Luke 23 (1), Acts 2 (1), Acts 10 (1), Acts 12 (1)

Forms

• ἀνελεῖν 6
• ἀνέλωσιν 3
• ἀνεῖλεν 2
• ἀναιρεθῆναι 2
• ἀνείλατε 1
• ἀνῃρέθη 1
• ἀνείλατο 1
• ἀνεῖλες 1
• ἀνεῖλαν 1
• ἀναιρεῖν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with anaireō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὅπως hopōs “that” 3
• τε te “and/both” 4
• ἄνομος anomos “lawless” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 4
• μέλλω mellō “to ensue” 3
• σύν sun “with” 3
• ἕτοιμος hetoimos “ready” 2
• ἐφίστημι ephistēmi “to approach” 2
• τότε tote “then” 3
• μάχαιρα machaira “sword” 2
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 3
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 3

Key verses

The verses using anaireō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 2:16 — Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all…
• Luke 22:2 — And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
• Acts 2:23 — Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
• Acts 5:33 — When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
• Acts 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; and all,…
• Acts 9:23 — And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
• Acts 9:24 — But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
• Acts 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 and hanged on a tree:
• Acts 12:2 — And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
• Acts 25:3 — And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
• Acts 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…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8 — And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.