Strong's Greek · G337

ἀναιρέω

anairéō

put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up

Definition

to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder

Derivation

from G303 (ἀνά) and (the active of) G138 (αἱρέομαι);

Appears 24 times in Scripture

Acts 7:21

When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

Acts 7:28

Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

Acts 5:36

Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.

Luke 23:32

Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

Acts 12:2

He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

Acts 2:23

He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

Luke 22:2

and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.

Acts 5:33

When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

Explore anairéō in Scripture

On the Doxa App you can have a personal interaction about any Scripture, original words included.

Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

Doxa, Engage God's Encouragement

God's encouragement is not only for the moment you first receive it. It's for the whole journey.

Strong's concordance data derived from the Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA) Hebrew and Greek lexicons. Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB) © 2016, 2020 by Bible Hub. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

© 2026 The Doxa Way Ltd

Get the Doxa app