ἀναίρ-εσις G0336
taking away, removal (especially slaying, execution, or violent death)
This noun can denote taking up or away, but in New Testament usage it specifically means slaying or execution—the violent removal of life. In Acts 8:1, it describes the killing of Stephen, the first Christian martyr. The Spanish muerte and French mise-à-mort both specify lethal violence rather than mere removal. This is not natural death but judicial or mob execution, the forcible ending of a life.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Luke notes (Acts 8:1) that Saul approved of Stephen's execution, using this term for the violent taking of life. The French mise-à-mort ('putting to death') and Spanish muerte specify not just any taking away but lethal violence—the mob's stoning that made Stephen the first Christian martyr and launched a wave of persecution. 1×
AR["قَتْلِ"]·ben["হত্যায়"]·DE["ἀναιρέσει"]·EN["killing"]·FR["mise-à-mort"]·heb["הֲרִיגָתוֹ"]·HI["हत्या"]·ID["pembunuhan"]·IT["uccidere"]·jav["sedanipun"]·KO["죽임-에"]·PT["morte"]·RU["убийством"]·ES["muerte"]·SW["kuuawa"]·TR["öldürülmesini"]·urd["قتل"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀναίρ-εσις, εως, ἡ, taking up or away, especially of dead bodies for burial, ὀστέωνRefs 5th c.BC+; in a sea-fight, νεκρῶν ἢ ναυαγίων ἀ.Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 taking up, ἀ. καὶ θέσις ὅπλωνRefs 5th c.BC+ __3 undertaking, ἔργωνRefs 5th c.BC+ __II destruction, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 slaying, putting to death, LXX+1st c.AD+; banishment, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.3 repeal, δογμάτωνRefs 1st c.AD+; quashing of…