# G337 ἀναιρέω

ἀναιρέω (anairéō), Strong’s G337: to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder KJV: put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up. Occurs 101 times.

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

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

Built from [ἀνά aná](https://besorah.bible/word/G303) (up) + [αἱρέομαι hairéomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G138) (to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer)

Occurs 101 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 2:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=16) — Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male…
- [Luke 22:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/22?v=2) — The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
- [Luke 23:32](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/23?v=32) — There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.
- [Acts 5:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/5?v=33) — But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.
- [Acts 5:36](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/5?v=36) — For before these days Todah rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred…
- [Acts 7:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/7?v=28) — Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
- [Acts 9:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/9?v=23) — When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,
- [Acts 9:24](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/9?v=24) — but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
- [Acts 9:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/9?v=29) — proclaiming boldly in the name of the Lord Yeshua. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking…
- [Acts 12:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/12?v=2) — He killed Jacob, the brother of Yochanan, with the sword.