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G337 · anairéō · an-ahee-reh'-o · Greek
to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder
:--put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.
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Then 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 inquired of the wise men.
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
For 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.
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
And 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:
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
And 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.
And 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.
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
But 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.
This 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.
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
