GreekG0336Noun (Feminine)

ἀναίρεσις

anairesis

2Occurrences
G0336Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

(the act of) killing

from G337 (ἀναιρέω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a taking up or away .
2.a destroying, slaying, murder (Field, Notes, 116; MM, VGT, )
LXX: (הָרַג), (רָמָה), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἀναίρεσις appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2

Key Passages

Acts 22:20BSB

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

Acts 8:1BSB

And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death.On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.