Lexical Definition

‎ἀναιρέω‎ anairéō (an-ahee-reh'-o) to kill ^G:V
from ‎ἀνά‎ and (the active of) ‎αἱρέομαι‎

put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.

• to take up, i.e. adopt
• by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder

Abbott-Smith

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 22:2 23:32, Ac 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, II Th 2:8, WH, txt., R, txt.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀναιρέω,

perfect ἀνῄρηκα (ἀνειρ-uncertain in [Refs]: — take up, ἀνελόντες ἀπὸ χθονός having raised the victim from the ground, so as to cut its throat (compare αὐερύω), [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 take up and carry off, bear away, especially prizes, ἀέθλια[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 simply, take up, παῖδα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 take up bodies for burial, ἀνελόντες καὶ κατακλαύσαντες[Refs 5th c.BC+]; more common in middle, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II make away with, destroy, of men, kill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὲ μὲν ἡμετέρα ψῆφος ἀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 of things, abrogate, annul, ὅρους ἀνεῖλον πολλαχῇ πεπηγότας[Refs 6th c.BC+]; abolish, τὰς τῶν παρανόμων γραφάς[Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, ἀνῄρηνται ὀλιγαρχίαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 destroy an argument, confute it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially confute directly, opposed to διαιρέω (see. ἀναίρεσις 11.4)[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἑαυτὸν confute oneself, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__II.4 in argument, do away with, τὰς ὑποθέσεις[Refs 5th c.BC+]; deny, opposed to τιθέναι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III appoint, ordain, of oracle's answer to inquiry, ὁ θεὸς αὐτοῖς ἀ. παραδοῦναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with accusative et infinitive, ἢν τὸ χρηστήριον ἀνέλῃ μιν βασιλέα εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, answer, give a response, ἀνεῖλε τὸ χρηστήριον [Refs]; ἀ. τι περί τινος give an oracle about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs]
__B middle, take up for oneself, take up, pick up, οὐλοχύτας ἀνέλοντο[Refs 8th c.BC+]; achieve, win, ἀ. τὴν Ὀλυμπιάδα, τὴν νίκην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, ἀ. ἐπιφροσύνας take thought, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in bad sense, ὄνειδος σπαργάνων ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ σ᾽ ἀνελοίμην if I should take thee into my service, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σῖτα ἀ. get forage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποινὴν τῆς Αἰσώπου ψυχῆς ἀ. exact vengeance for.., [Refs]
__B.2 take up and carry off, snatch, κούρας ἀνέλοντο θύελλαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνείλατο (for the form[Refs 5th c.AD+]
__B.3 take up for burial [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the ashes of the dead, πυρὸς ἀ. ἄθλιον βάρος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of one still living, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀναιρεθέντων τῶν νεκρῶν.. ὑγιὴς ἀνῃρέθη[Refs]
__B.4 take up in one's arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, take up new-born children, own them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; take up an exposed child, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.5 conceive in the womb, with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.6 take up money at interest, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.7 take up a lease, [Refs]
__B.8 withdraw money from a bank, etc., αὐτὸς ἀνελέσθω[Refs]
__B.II take upon oneself, undertake, πόνους[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλεμόν τινι war against one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. δημόσιον ἔργον undertake, contract for the execution of a work, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 accept as one's own, adopt, γνώμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. φιλοψυχίην entertain a love for life, [Refs]
__B.III rescind, cancel, συγγραφήν, συνθήκας, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]