ἈΝΕΛΟΝΤΕΣ, ἀνελοντες
ANELONTES, anelontes
Sounds Like: ah-neh-LON-tes
Translations: taking up, taking away, killing, destroying, having taken up, having killed
From the root: ANAIREO
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle of the verb ἀναιρέω (anaireō), meaning 'to take up,' 'to take away,' or 'to kill/destroy.' It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἀνά (aná, 'up' or 'again') and the verb αἱρέω (hairéō, 'to take' or 'to choose'). In its participle form, it describes an action that has been completed, often translated as 'having taken up' or 'having killed,' depending on the context. It can be used to describe someone who has removed something or someone, often with the implication of destruction or death.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G0337 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 10:235
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 71:396
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ANAIREO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΑΙΡΕΘΕΙΣΩΝ — having been taken up, having been taken away, having been destroyed, having been slain, having been put to death
- ἈΝΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — taking up, taking away, destroying, killing, removing, picking up, gathering
- ἈΝΕΛΟΝΤΑΣ — taking up, destroying, killing, removing, those who took up, those who destroyed, those who killed, those who removed
- ΑΝΑΙΡΕΘΗΝΑΙ — to be taken up, to be taken away, to be killed, to be put to death, to be destroyed
- ΑΝΑΙΡΕΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will be taken away, he will be killed, he will be destroyed, she will be taken away, she will be killed, she will be destroyed, it will be taken away, it will be killed, it will be destroyed
- ΑΝΑΙΡΕΘΗΤΩ — let him be taken up, let him be taken away, let him be killed, let him be destroyed
- ΑΝΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — being taken up, being taken away, being destroyed, being killed, being put to death, being done away with
- ΑΝΕΙΛΕΣ — you took up, you took away, you killed, you destroyed, you abolished
- ΑΝΕΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to take up, to take away, to destroy, to kill, to abolish, to remove, to pick up, to carry off
- ΑΝΕΛΟΝΤΙ — to take up, to take away, to destroy, to kill, to slay, to put to death, (to) having taken up, (to) having taken away, (to) having destroyed, (to) having killed, (to) having slain, (to) having put to death
- ΑΝΕΛΩΣΙΝ — they may take up, they may take away, they may kill, they may destroy
- ΑΝΗΡΕΚΟΤΟΣ — (of) one who has taken up, (of) one who has taken away, (of) one who has destroyed, (of) one who has killed
- ΑΝΗΡΗΚΟΤΩΝ — (of) having taken up, (of) having taken away, (of) having destroyed, (of) having killed, (of) having put to death
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