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ἀναιρέω
anairéō · Greek · Strong's G337 · 24 occurrences
The KJV renders 15 different Hebrew and Greek words as “take away”
What it means
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);
How the KJV renders it
put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“take away”
“slay”
“kill”
“take up”
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
24 occurrences in the Greek text, first 23 verses shown.
2 Thessalonians 2:8 · V-FAI-3S
Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
Acts 2:23 · V-2AAI-2P
him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
Acts 5:33 · V-2AAN
But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.
Acts 5:36 · V-API-3S
For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves. He was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.
Acts 7:21 · V-2AMI-3S
When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
Acts 7:28 · V-2AAI-2S
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Acts 9:23 V-2AANActs 9:24 V-AAS-3PActs 9:29 V-2AANActs 10:39 V-AAI-3PActs 12:2 V-2AAI-3SActs 13:28 V-APNActs 16:27 V-PANActs 22:20 V-PAP-GPMActs 23:15 V-2AANActs 23:21 V-AAS-3PActs 23:27 V-PPNActs 25:3 V-2AANActs 26:10 V-PPP-GPMHebrews 10:9 V-PAI-3SLuke 22:2 V-AAS-3PLuke 23:32 V-APNMatthew 2:16 V-2AAI-3S
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