Verb anaireō (to kill, to take up) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

2: 16When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed (anaireō) all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men.

Luke

22: 2The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to kill (anaireō) Jesus for they were afraid of the people.
23: 32Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be killed (anaireō) with him.

Acts

2: 23this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed (anaireō) by the hands of those outside the law.
5: 33When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill (anaireō) them.
5: 36For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him; but he was killed (anaireō), and all who followed him were dispersed and disappeared.
7: 21and when he was abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter took him up (anaireō) and brought him up as her own son.
7: 28Do you want to kill (anaireō) me as you killed (anaireō) the Egyptian yesterday?'
9: 23After some time had passed, the Jews plotted to kill (anaireō) him,
9: 24but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night so that they might kill (anaireō) him;
9: 29He spoke and argued with the Hellenists; but they were attempting to kill (anaireō) him.
10: 39We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed (anaireō) him by hanging him on a tree;
12: 2He had James, the brother of John, killed (anaireō) with the sword.
13: 28Even though they found no cause for a sentence of death, they asked Pilate to have him killed (anaireō).
16: 27When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill (anaireō) himself, since he supposed that the prisoners had escaped.
22: 20And while the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing by, approving and keeping the coats of those who killed (anaireō) him.'
23: 15Now then, you and the council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you, on the pretext that you want to make a more thorough examination of his case. And we are ready to kill (anaireō) him before he arrives."
23: 21But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill (anaireō) him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent."
23: 27This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed (anaireō) by them, but when I had learned that he was a Roman citizen, I came with the guard and rescued him.
25: 3and requested, as a favor to them against Paul, to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill (anaireō) him along the way.
26: 10And that is what I did in Jerusalem; with authority received from the chief priests, I not only locked up many of the saints in prison, but I also cast my vote against them when they were being killed (anaireō).