Strong G337ἀναιρέω
to kill
- Transliteration
- anaireō
- Pronunciation
- an-ahee-reh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀν-αιρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for הָרַג hi., מוּת hi., נָכָה hi., etc.;]
1. to take up: mid., Act.7:21.
2. to take away, make an end of, destroy (for late exx. of various senses, see MM, VGT, see word);
__(a) of things (as frequently in cl. of laws, etc.): Heb.10:9;
__(b) of persons, to kill: Mat.2:16, Luk.22:2 23:32, Act.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, 2Th.2:8, WH, txt., R, txt.†
(AS)
[in LXX for הָרַג hi., מוּת hi., נָכָה hi., etc.;]
1. to take up: mid., Act.7:21.
2. to take away, make an end of, destroy (for late exx. of various senses, see MM, VGT, see word);
__(a) of things (as frequently in cl. of laws, etc.): Heb.10:9;
__(b) of persons, to kill: Mat.2:16, Luk.22:2 23:32, Act.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, 2Th.2:8, WH, txt., R, txt.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G337 appears in 22 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- kill10
- slay3
- slain3
- slew2
- death1
- put1
- taketh1
- thou1
First verses
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Luke 22:2And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
- Luke 23:32And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
- Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
- Acts 5:33When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
- Acts 5:36For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
- Acts 7:21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
- Acts 7:28Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
- Acts 9:23And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
- Acts 9:24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
- Acts 9:29And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
- Acts 10:39And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
- Acts 12:2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
- Acts 13:28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
- Acts 16:27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
- 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.
- Acts 23:15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
- Acts 23:21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
- Acts 23:27This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
- Acts 25:3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναιρέω,
perfect ἀνῄρηκα (ἀνειρ-uncertain in [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 18.6D.): (see. αἱρέω))]: — take up, ἀνελόντες ἀπὸ χθονός having raised the victim from the ground, so as to cut its throat (compare αὐερύω), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.453.)]
2 take up and carry off, bear away, especially prizes, ἀέθλια[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.736, compare 551; στεφανηφόρους ἀγῶνας ἀναραιρηκότα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102; Ὀλύμπια ἀναραιρηκώς 6.36, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.1.)]
3 simply, take up, παῖδα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.61; τὰ ὀστᾶ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126.)]
4 take up bodies for burial, ἀνελόντες καὶ κατακλαύσαντες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 386, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.9)]; more common in middle, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.3.)]
II make away with, destroy, of men, kill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.66; πολλοὺς ἀναιρῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 990)]; σὲ μὲν ἡμετέρα ψῆφος ἀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 517; θανάτοις ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 870d; ἐκ πολιτείας τοιαῦτα θηρία ἀ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.19, etc.)]
II.2 of things, abrogate, annul, ὅρους ἀνεῖλον πολλαχῇ πεπηγότας[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 36.4; νόμον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.39; διαθήκας 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.14; στήλας 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.103; ἀταξίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.35, etc.; ἐκ μέσου ἀ. βλασφημίας [prev. author] 10.36; τηλικαύτην ἀνελόντας μαρτυρίαν [prev. author] 28.5)]; abolish, τὰς τῶν παρανόμων γραφάς[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 29.4)]:— passive, ἀνῄρηνται ὀλιγαρχίαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.1.)]
II.3 destroy an argument, confute it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)]; especially confute directly, opposed to διαιρέω (see. ἀναίρεσις 11.4)[Refs 4th c.BC+ (, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 176b36, +others)]; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν confute oneself, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 25.14.)]
II.4 in argument, do away with, τὰς ὑποθέσεις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533c)]; deny, opposed to τιθέναι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.192, +others)]
III appoint, ordain, of oracle's answer to inquiry, ὁ θεὸς αὐτοῖς ἀ. παραδοῦναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25; οὓς ἂν ὁ θεὸς ἀνέλῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 865d, compare 642d; ἀνεῖλεν θεοῖς οἷς ἔδει θύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.6)]: also with accusative et infinitive, ἢν τὸ χρηστήριον ἀνέλῃ μιν βασιλέα εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.13, etc.)]: absolutely, answer, give a response, ἀνεῖλε τὸ χρηστήριον [Refs ([prev. passage])]; ἀ. τι περί τινος give an oracle about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914a; μαντείας ἀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 1.16)]:—passive, [Refs ([prev. author] 21.51.)]
B middle, take up for oneself, take up, pick up, οὐλοχύτας ἀνέλοντο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.449; ἀσπίδα, ἔγχος, 11.32, 13.296; κυνέην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84; δίκτυα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 602b9)]; achieve, win, ἀ. τὴν Ὀλυμπιάδα, τὴν νίκην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.70, 103, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.47)]; generally, ἀ. ἐπιφροσύνας take thought, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.22; εὐδαιμονίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.56, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 281)]; in bad sense, ὄνειδος σπαργάνων ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1035)]; εἴ σ᾽ ἀνελοίμην if I should take thee into my service, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.357)]; σῖτα ἀ. get forage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.128)]; ποινὴν τῆς Αἰσώπου ψυχῆς ἀ. exact vengeance for.., [Refs ([prev. author] 2.134.)]
B.2 take up and carry off, snatch, κούρας ἀνέλοντο θύελλαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.66; ἀναιρούμενος οἴκαδε φέρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914b)]; ἀνείλατο (for the form[Refs 5th c.AD+ (compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus) δαίμων “epigram Gr.” 404.1.)]
B.3 take up for burial [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.4), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.14, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.97, etc.; πατέρων ἀρίστων σώμαθ᾽ ὧν ἀνειλόμην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1167; τὰ ὀστέα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41)]; of the ashes of the dead, πυρὸς ἀ. ἄθλιον βάρος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1140)]; of one still living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1616, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.13; τοὺς ναυαγούς [prev. work] 1.7.4, compare 11; τοὺς δέκα στρατηγοὺς τοὺς οὐκ ἀνελομένους τοὺς ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 32b)]:—passive, ἀναιρεθέντων τῶν νεκρῶν.. ὑγιὴς ἀνῃρέθη[Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 614b, +others)]
B.4 take up in one's arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.8)]: hence, take up new-born children, own them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 531)]; take up an exposed child, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 159, compare “BGU” 1110, etc.)]
B.5 conceive in the womb, with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.108, 6.69.)]
B.6 take up money at interest, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.17.)]
B.7 take up a lease, [Refs (“Michel” 1359 (from Chios). compare “BCH”_7.204.)]
B.8 withdraw money from a bank, etc., αὐτὸς ἀνελέσθω[Refs (“IG” 5(2).159.)]
B.II take upon oneself, undertake, πόνους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108)]; πόλεμόν τινι war against one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.36; πολέμους ἀναιρούμεσθα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 492, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.7; ἀ. ἔχθραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 233c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.20)]; ἀ. δημόσιον ἔργον undertake, contract for the execution of a work, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 921d, compare a, b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.21.)]
B.II.2 accept as one's own, adopt, γνώμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16. ; τὰ οὐνόματα τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων ἥκοντα 2.52)]; ἀ. φιλοψυχίην entertain a love for life, [Refs (6.29.)]
B.III rescind, cancel, συγγραφήν, συνθήκας, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.31, 48.46, “IG” 7.3171 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_, 3rd c.BC).)]
perfect ἀνῄρηκα (ἀνειρ-uncertain in [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 18.6D.): (see. αἱρέω))]: — take up, ἀνελόντες ἀπὸ χθονός having raised the victim from the ground, so as to cut its throat (compare αὐερύω), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.453.)]
2 take up and carry off, bear away, especially prizes, ἀέθλια[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.736, compare 551; στεφανηφόρους ἀγῶνας ἀναραιρηκότα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102; Ὀλύμπια ἀναραιρηκώς 6.36, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.1.)]
3 simply, take up, παῖδα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.61; τὰ ὀστᾶ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126.)]
4 take up bodies for burial, ἀνελόντες καὶ κατακλαύσαντες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 386, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.9)]; more common in middle, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.3.)]
II make away with, destroy, of men, kill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.66; πολλοὺς ἀναιρῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 990)]; σὲ μὲν ἡμετέρα ψῆφος ἀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 517; θανάτοις ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 870d; ἐκ πολιτείας τοιαῦτα θηρία ἀ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.19, etc.)]
II.2 of things, abrogate, annul, ὅρους ἀνεῖλον πολλαχῇ πεπηγότας[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 36.4; νόμον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.39; διαθήκας 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.14; στήλας 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.103; ἀταξίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.35, etc.; ἐκ μέσου ἀ. βλασφημίας [prev. author] 10.36; τηλικαύτην ἀνελόντας μαρτυρίαν [prev. author] 28.5)]; abolish, τὰς τῶν παρανόμων γραφάς[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 29.4)]:— passive, ἀνῄρηνται ὀλιγαρχίαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.1.)]
II.3 destroy an argument, confute it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)]; especially confute directly, opposed to διαιρέω (see. ἀναίρεσις 11.4)[Refs 4th c.BC+ (, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 176b36, +others)]; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν confute oneself, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 25.14.)]
II.4 in argument, do away with, τὰς ὑποθέσεις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533c)]; deny, opposed to τιθέναι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.192, +others)]
III appoint, ordain, of oracle's answer to inquiry, ὁ θεὸς αὐτοῖς ἀ. παραδοῦναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25; οὓς ἂν ὁ θεὸς ἀνέλῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 865d, compare 642d; ἀνεῖλεν θεοῖς οἷς ἔδει θύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.6)]: also with accusative et infinitive, ἢν τὸ χρηστήριον ἀνέλῃ μιν βασιλέα εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.13, etc.)]: absolutely, answer, give a response, ἀνεῖλε τὸ χρηστήριον [Refs ([prev. passage])]; ἀ. τι περί τινος give an oracle about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914a; μαντείας ἀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 1.16)]:—passive, [Refs ([prev. author] 21.51.)]
B middle, take up for oneself, take up, pick up, οὐλοχύτας ἀνέλοντο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.449; ἀσπίδα, ἔγχος, 11.32, 13.296; κυνέην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84; δίκτυα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 602b9)]; achieve, win, ἀ. τὴν Ὀλυμπιάδα, τὴν νίκην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.70, 103, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.47)]; generally, ἀ. ἐπιφροσύνας take thought, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.22; εὐδαιμονίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.56, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 281)]; in bad sense, ὄνειδος σπαργάνων ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1035)]; εἴ σ᾽ ἀνελοίμην if I should take thee into my service, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.357)]; σῖτα ἀ. get forage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.128)]; ποινὴν τῆς Αἰσώπου ψυχῆς ἀ. exact vengeance for.., [Refs ([prev. author] 2.134.)]
B.2 take up and carry off, snatch, κούρας ἀνέλοντο θύελλαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.66; ἀναιρούμενος οἴκαδε φέρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914b)]; ἀνείλατο (for the form[Refs 5th c.AD+ (compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus) δαίμων “epigram Gr.” 404.1.)]
B.3 take up for burial [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.4), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.14, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.97, etc.; πατέρων ἀρίστων σώμαθ᾽ ὧν ἀνειλόμην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1167; τὰ ὀστέα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41)]; of the ashes of the dead, πυρὸς ἀ. ἄθλιον βάρος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1140)]; of one still living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1616, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.13; τοὺς ναυαγούς [prev. work] 1.7.4, compare 11; τοὺς δέκα στρατηγοὺς τοὺς οὐκ ἀνελομένους τοὺς ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 32b)]:—passive, ἀναιρεθέντων τῶν νεκρῶν.. ὑγιὴς ἀνῃρέθη[Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 614b, +others)]
B.4 take up in one's arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.8)]: hence, take up new-born children, own them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 531)]; take up an exposed child, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 159, compare “BGU” 1110, etc.)]
B.5 conceive in the womb, with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.108, 6.69.)]
B.6 take up money at interest, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.17.)]
B.7 take up a lease, [Refs (“Michel” 1359 (from Chios). compare “BCH”_7.204.)]
B.8 withdraw money from a bank, etc., αὐτὸς ἀνελέσθω[Refs (“IG” 5(2).159.)]
B.II take upon oneself, undertake, πόνους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108)]; πόλεμόν τινι war against one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.36; πολέμους ἀναιρούμεσθα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 492, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.7; ἀ. ἔχθραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 233c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.20)]; ἀ. δημόσιον ἔργον undertake, contract for the execution of a work, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 921d, compare a, b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.21.)]
B.II.2 accept as one's own, adopt, γνώμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16. ; τὰ οὐνόματα τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων ἥκοντα 2.52)]; ἀ. φιλοψυχίην entertain a love for life, [Refs (6.29.)]
B.III rescind, cancel, συγγραφήν, συνθήκας, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.31, 48.46, “IG” 7.3171 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_, 3rd c.BC).)]