Quick Definition
ἀναιρέω v. I take up, abolish, murder
Strong's Definition
from 303 and (the active of) 138; to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder
KJV Usage: put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. ἀνελῶ · 3sg. ἀνελεῖ · aor. ἀνεῖλα · subj. ἀνέλω · inf. ἀνελεῖν · opt.3sg. ἀνέλοι · aor.pass. ἀνῃρέθην | αἱρέω (grab, kill)
20.71 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Kill
to kill, to execute, killing to get rid of someone by execution, often with legal or quasi-legal procedures
MAT 2:16 · LUK 22:2 · LUK 23:32 · ACT 2:23 · ACT 5:33 · ACT 5:36 · ACT 7:28 · ACT 7:28 · ACT 9:23 · ACT 9:24 · ACT 9:29 · ACT 10:39 · ACT 12:2 · ACT 13:28 · ACT 16:27 · ACT 22:20 · ACT 23:15 · ACT 23:21 · ACT 23:27 · ACT 25:3 · ACT 26:10 · 2TH 2:8
76.22 · Power, Force
to abolish, to invalidate, to do away with to remove or withdraw the validation of something See 76.21.
35.53 · Help, Care For · Adopt
Collocation: ἀναιρέομαι
to adopt, adoption to formally and legally declare that someone who is not one’s own child is henceforth to be treated and cared for as one’s own child, including complete rights of inheritance In a number of languages adoption is spoken of as ‘making a child a son’ or ‘causing a child to become a daughter.’ In some instances the equivalent expression is merely ‘to treat someone as a son’ or ‘... daughter.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀν-αιρέω, -ῶ; fut. ἀνελῶ, 2 Th. ii. 8 (LT Tr WH tat. ef. Jud. vii. 13; Dion. Hal. 11,18; Diod. Sic. 2, 25; ef. W. 82 (78); [B. 53 (47); Veitch s. v. aipéw, “ perh. late ἑλῶ "7), for the usual ἀναιρήσω ; 2 aor. ἀνεῖλον ; 2 aor. mid. ἀνειλόμην (but ἀνείλατο Acts vii. 21, ἀνεῖλαν Acts x. 39, ἀνείλατε Acts ii. 23, in GLT Tr WH, after the Alex. form, cf. W. 73 (71) sq.; B. 39 (34) sq. [see aipéw]) ; Pass., pres. ἀναιροῦμαι; 1 aor. ἀνῃρέθην; Ἃ. to take up, to lift up (from the ground); mid. to take up for myself as mine, to own, (an exposed infant): Acts vii. 21; (so ἀναιρεῖσθαι, Arstph. nub. 531; Epict. diss. 1, 23, 7; [Plut. Anton. 36, 3; fortuna Rom. 8; fratern. am. 18, ete. ]). 2. to take away, abolish; a. ordinances, established customs, (to abrogate): Heb. x.9: b. aman, to put out of the way, slay, kill, (often so in Sept. and Grk. writ. fr. [Hdt. 4, 66] Thue. down): Mt. ii. 16; Lk. Ἐπ 2; xxiii. 32; Acts ii. 23; v. 33, 36; vii. 28; ix. 28 sq. 29; x. 39; xii. 2; xiii. 28; xxii. 20; xxiii. 15, 21, 27; xxy. 3; xxvi.10; 2 Th.ii.8 LT Tr WH txt.; ἑαυτόν, to kill one’s self, Acts xvi. 27.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναιρέω anaireō 24x
pr. to take up, lift, as from the ground; to take off, put to death, kill, murder, Mt. 2:16; to take away, abolish, abrogate, Heb. 10:9; mid. to take up infants in order to bring them up, Acts 7:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀν-αιρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for הרג hi., מֵת hi., נכה hi., etc.;]
to take up: mid., Ac 7:21.
to take away, make an end of, destroy (for late exx. of various senses, v. MM, VGT, s.v.); of things (as freq. in cl. of laws, etc.): He 10:9;
of persons, to kill: Mt 2:16, Lk 22:2 23:32, Ac 2:23 5:33, 36 7:28 9:23-24, 29 10:39 12:2 13:28 16:27 22:20 23:15, 21 23:27 25:3 26:10, II Th 2:8, WH, txt., R, txt.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναιρέω. The commercial sense of ἀναιρέω seems the commonest. P Lond 1168®f- (a.p. 18) (=III. p. 136) ἀντὶ τοῦ τόκου [@]v ἀνείρηται, ‘‘the interest on what she has borrowed,” τὸ. 116417 (A.D. 212) (=TIII. p. 158) ἀνῃρῆσθαι τὸν πωλοῦντα πίαρ]ὰ τοῦ ὠνουμένου τὴν συνπεφωνημένην πρὸς ἀλλ[ή]λους τιμήν, BGU IV. 1136? (c. B.C. 11): cf 26. 1135 (do.) ἀνείλανίτο. P Fay roo!® 35. (4.p. 99) ἀνίρημαι, of “‘receiving ἢ money: so P Flor I. 1! (a.p. 153), 26. 815 (A.D. 103). In the more general sense of ‘“‘take up,” P Tebt I. 138 (late ii/B.c.) ἀνελόμενος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ μάχαιραν, and the interesting imperial letter, now dated in the time of » , αναιτιος Hadrian (Hermes xxxvii. p. 84 ff.), BGU I. 14010 8. with reference to τ[ο]ύτους, c[d]s οἱ γονεῖς αὐτῶν τῷ τῆς στρατείας ἀνείλα[ν]το χρόνῳ. For the active cf. P Oxy I. 37° (A.D. 49) (= Selections, p. 49), ἀνεῖλεν ἀπὸ κοπρίας ἀρρενικὸν σωμάτιον, “picked up from the dung-heap a male foundling”’; the corresponding passive is used of the same transaction in 23. 38° (A.D. 49-50) (= Selections, p. 52), ὃ ἀνείρηται ἀπὸ κοπρίας. The recurrent formula δουλικὸν παιδίον ἀναίρετον ὑποτίτθιον (as BGU IV. 1107°—B.c. 13) shows how technical the term had become: cf. Ac 7?'. For the meaning ‘‘ kill,” cf. P Amh IT. 1428 (iv/a.D.) βουλόμενοι ἀναιρῇσαί pe: in «δγ 9294 of a city “destroyed.” So also, seemingly, in P Par 68° ὃ (Rom.) ἀναιρεθῆναι μέλλω[ν] : the context is fragmentary, but the general subject—an apology for the Jews—makes it probable. The compound ἀνταvatpety (cf. ἀνταναπληροῦν) occurs frequently in P Tebt I., as 61(6)244 (B.c. 118-7) [ἀν]ταναιρεθείσης, ‘‘ subtracted.” So P Petr III. 76iii.1 (ii/p.c.), 26. 1044 τοῦ ἀνειλημμένου, of a farm-holding ‘‘ confiscated” to the state, BGU III. 776%? (i/A.D).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀναιρέω (anaireō) — to kill. ἀναιρέω, perfect ἀνῄρηκα (ἀνειρ-uncertain in [Refs]: — take up, ἀνελόντες ἀπὸ χθονός having raised the victim from the ground, so as to cut its throat (compare αὐερύω), [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. take up and carry off, bear away, especially prizes, ἀέθλια[Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. simply, take up, παῖδα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. take up bodies for burial, ἀνελόντες καὶ κατακλαύσαντες[Refs 5th c.BC+]; more common in middle, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. make away with, destroy, of men, kill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὲ μὲν ἡμετέρα ψῆφος ἀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of things, abrogate, annul, ὅρους ἀνεῖλον πολλαχῇ πεπηγότας[Refs 6th c.BC+]; abolish, τὰς τῶν παρανόμων γραφάς[Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, ἀνῄρηνται ὀλιγαρχίαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. destroy an argument, confute it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially confute directly, opposed to διαιρέω (see. ἀναίρεσις 11.4)[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν confute oneself, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
II.4. in argument, do away with, τὰς ὑποθέσεις[Refs 5th c.BC+]; deny, opposed to τιθέναι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. appoint, ordain, of oracle's answer to inquiry, ὁ θεὸς αὐτοῖς ἀ. παραδοῦναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with accusative et infinitive, ἢν τὸ χρηστήριον ἀνέλῃ μιν βασιλέα εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, answer, give a response, ἀνεῖλε τὸ χρηστήριον [Refs]; ἀ. τι περί τινος give an oracle about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs] __B middle, take up for oneself, take up, pick up, οὐλοχύτας ἀνέλοντο[Refs 8th c.BC+]; achieve, win, ἀ. τὴν Ὀλυμπιάδα, τὴν νίκην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, ἀ. ἐπιφροσύνας take thought, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in bad sense, ὄνειδος σπαργάνων ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ σ᾽ ἀνελοίμην if I should take thee into my service, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σῖτα ἀ. get forage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποινὴν τῆς Αἰσώπου ψυχῆς ἀ. exact vengeance for.., [Refs] __B.2 take up and carry off, snatch, κούρας ἀνέλοντο θύελλαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνείλατο (for the form[Refs 5th c.AD+] __B.3 take up for burial [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the ashes of the dead, πυρὸς ἀ. ἄθλιον βάρος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of one still living, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀναιρεθέντων τῶν νεκρῶν.. ὑγιὴς ἀνῃρέθη[Refs] __B.4 take up in one's arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, take up new-born children, own them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; take up an exposed child, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.5 conceive in the womb, with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.6 take up money at interest, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.7 take up a lease, [Refs] __B.8 withdraw money from a bank, etc., αὐτὸς ἀνελέσθω[Refs] __B.II take upon oneself, undertake, πόνους[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλεμόν τινι war against one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. δημόσιον ἔργον undertake, contract for the execution of a work, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.2 accept as one's own, adopt, γνώμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. φιλοψυχίην entertain a love for life, [Refs] __B.III rescind, cancel, συγγραφήν, συνθήκας, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]