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ἀναίρεσις

anaíresis

G336 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

The act of taking away or removing; in particular, the act of putting to death or killing (by execution, assassination, or another deliberate act of removal). The term can refer more generally to removal or abolition, but in Koine usage is most often associated with legal or violent removal of a person, especially by execution, slaying, or judicial death.

Semantic Range

the act of taking away, removal, abolition, killing, slaying, putting to death, execution (especially legal or violent removal)

Root / Etymology

From the verb ἀναιρέω (to take up, to remove, to kill); the noun is formed with the suffix -σις, indicating an act or process. Thus, ἀναίρεσις literally denotes 'a taking away' or 'removal.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

In classical Greek, ἀναίρεσις carried meanings of 'taking up,' 'removal,' or 'carrying away,' often in contexts such as removing objects or the collecting of the body of the dead from a battlefield. In Hellenistic and Koine Greek, its usage shifted to focus more on the act of killing or judicial execution, particularly in legal and narrative contexts (e.g., Acts 8:1, referring to the 'death' of Stephen). In the New Testament, ἀναίρεσις almost exclusively denotes the act of killing, often with a legal or violent connotation. English translations tend to use 'death,' 'killing,' or 'murder,' but these do not always convey the technical or actionable nuance of 'removal by death.' The word is less common outside narrative or forensic contexts, and is distinct from θάνατος (death as a state/condition) or φόνος (murder as a criminal act).

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from ἀναιρέω; (the act of) killing:--death.

Root Family

ἀναίρεσις (anaíresis) — removal, abolition, killing, putting to death, execution

Root ἀναιρ- to take up, to remove, to abolish, to kill

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G336-01 ἀναιρέσει anairesei N DAT F SG killing to execution execution 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G336-01 Acts 8:1 ἀναιρέσει anairesei N DAT F SG killing to execution execution
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