ἀναιρέω
anaireō
“to kill”
Definition
to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder
from G303 (ἀνά) and (the active of) G138 (αἱρέομαι);
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Occurrences
ἀναιρέω appears 23 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
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