ἀν-αιρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for הרג hi., מֵת hi., נכה hi., etc.;]
1. to take up: mid., Ac 7:21.
2. to take away, make an end of, destroy (for late exx. of various senses, v. MM, VGT, s.v.);
(a) of things (as freq. in cl. of laws, etc.): He 10:9;
(b) of persons, to kill: Mt 2:16, Lk 22:223:32, Ac 2:235:33, 367:289:23-24, 2910:3912:213:2816:2722:2023:15, 2123:2725:326:10, II Th 2:8, WH, txt., R, txt.†