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)