Anairesis ἀναίρεσις

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Anairesis
ἀναίρεσις
Transliterationanairesis
Strong's numberG336
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossmurder
Occurrences2 in 2 verses

Anairesis (Greek ἀναίρεσις, Strong's G336) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “murder”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdeath (2)
BSBdeath (1)

Verses

Every verse with Anairesis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Acts

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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