Strong G336ἀναίρεσις
murder
- Transliteration
- anairesis
- Pronunciation
- an-ah'ee-res-is
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G337; (the act of) killing: - death.
Detailed definition
ἀν-αίρεσις, -εως, ἡ
(ἀναιρέω), [in LXX: Num.11:15 (הָרַג), Jdg.15:17 (רָמָה), Jdth.15:4, 2Ma.5:13 *;]
1. a taking up or away (Thuc.).
2. a destroying, slaying, murder (Field, Notes, 116; MM, VGT, see word): Act.8:1.†
(AS)
(ἀναιρέω), [in LXX: Num.11:15 (הָרַג), Jdg.15:17 (רָמָה), Jdth.15:4, 2Ma.5:13 *;]
1. a taking up or away (Thuc.).
2. a destroying, slaying, murder (Field, Notes, 116; MM, VGT, see word): Act.8:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G336 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- death2
First verses
- Acts 8:1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
- Acts 22:20And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναίρ-εσις, εως, ἡ,
taking up or away, especially of dead bodies for burial, ὀστέων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 404; νεκρῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.109, 113; οἳ ἂν μὴ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐς ἀναίρεσιν 2.34, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.68, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.7; ἀναίρεσιν δοῦναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 18)]; in a sea-fight, νεκρῶν ἢ ναυαγίων ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.72; τῶν ναυαγῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.5.)]
2 taking up, ἀ. καὶ θέσις ὅπλων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814a, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.6.)]
3 undertaking, ἔργων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847b.)]
II destruction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.5; τειχῶν καὶ πόλεων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.141; φθορὰ ἡ κατ᾽ ἀναίρεσιν “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.266.)]
II.2 slaying, putting to death, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Num.11.15, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.2.11, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1051d)]; banishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 2.)]
II.3 repeal, δογμάτων[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 34)]; quashing of indictment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ τῶν στάσεων” 3.)]
II.4 direct confutation of arguments, opposed to διαίρεσις (confutation by drawing a distinction), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 183a10)]; destruction (by argument), τινός[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 12.)]
II.5 Astrology texts, ={ἀκτινοβολία}, Thrasyll. cited in [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “in Ptolemaei Tetrabiblon” 189.)]
taking up or away, especially of dead bodies for burial, ὀστέων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 404; νεκρῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.109, 113; οἳ ἂν μὴ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐς ἀναίρεσιν 2.34, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.68, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.7; ἀναίρεσιν δοῦναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 18)]; in a sea-fight, νεκρῶν ἢ ναυαγίων ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.72; τῶν ναυαγῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.5.)]
2 taking up, ἀ. καὶ θέσις ὅπλων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814a, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.6.)]
3 undertaking, ἔργων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847b.)]
II destruction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.5; τειχῶν καὶ πόλεων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.141; φθορὰ ἡ κατ᾽ ἀναίρεσιν “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.266.)]
II.2 slaying, putting to death, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Num.11.15, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.2.11, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1051d)]; banishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 2.)]
II.3 repeal, δογμάτων[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 34)]; quashing of indictment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ τῶν στάσεων” 3.)]
II.4 direct confutation of arguments, opposed to διαίρεσις (confutation by drawing a distinction), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 183a10)]; destruction (by argument), τινός[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 12.)]
II.5 Astrology texts, ={ἀκτινοβολία}, Thrasyll. cited in [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “in Ptolemaei Tetrabiblon” 189.)]