ἀναίρ-εσις, εως, ἡ,
I
1. taking up or away, esp. of dead bodies for burial, ὀστέων E. Or. 404; νεκρῶν Th. 3.109, 113; οἳ ἂν μὴ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐς ἀναίρ??[Ezr 2:34], cf. Antipho 5.68, Lys. 2.7; ἀναίρεσιν δοῦναι E. Supp. 18; in a sea-fight, νεκρῶν ἢ ναυαγίων ἀ. Th. 7.72; τῶν ναυαγῶν X. HG 1.7.5.
2. taking up, ἀ. καὶ θέσις ὅπλων Pl. Lg. 814a, cf. Antipho 3.3.6.
3. undertaking, ἔργων Pl. Lg. 847b.
II
1. destruction, X. HG 6.3.5; τειχῶν καὶ πόλεων D. 19.141; φθορὰ ἡ κατ’ ἀναίρεσιν Stoic. 3.266.
2. slaying, putting to death, LXX [Num 11:15], J. AJ 5.2.11, Plu. 2.1051d; banishment, Hp. Decent. 2.
3. repeal, δογμάτων Plu. Cic. 34; quashing of indictment, Hermog. Stat. 3.
4. direct confutation of arguments, opp. διαίρεσις (confutation by drawing a distinction), Arist. SE 183a10; destruction (by argument), τινός Phld. Sign. 12.
5. Astrol., = ἀκτινοβολία, Thrasyll. ap. Porph. in Ptol. 189.
G336 — ἀναίρεσις
(εως, ἡ (from ἀναιρέω, 2, which see), a destroying, killing, murder, 'taking off': [Act 8:1]; [Act 22:20] Rec. (the Sept. only in [Num 11:15]; [Jdg 15:17]; Judith 15:4; 2 Macc. 5:13. Xenophon, Hell. 6, 3, 5; Herodian, 2, 13, 1.)
ἀν - αίρεσις , - εως , ἡ
( < ἀναιρέω ),
[in LXX : [Num 11:15] (H2026), [Jdg 15:17] (H7413), Jdt 15:4 , 2Ma 5:13 * ;]
1. a taking up or away ( Thuc .).
2. a destroying, slaying, murder ( Field, Notes , 116; MM , VGT , s.v. ): [Act 8:1]. †