anaireo most often denotes killing, but also describes taking up a person or setting one thing aside for another.

The verb predominantly marks the killing or intended killing of a person, including completed executions, plots, and actions described in passive forms. Isolated contexts show taking up a vulnerable child and setting aside a first thing in order to establish a second.

1. Kill or seek to kill a person · dominant

   Active forms mark completed or intended lethal action: in Matthew 2:16 the APB renders Herod's action as having “killed all the children,” and in Acts 23:21 the men wait until they may kill their target. Passive forms likewise place a person under the prospect of death, as Acts 13:28 has Pilate asked that he be killed; 2 Thessalonians 2:8 presents a future action by the Lord Jesus.

   Matthew 2:16Luke 22:2Acts 10:39Acts 13:28Acts 23:212 Thessalonians 2:8
2. Take up and receive a child · rare

   In Acts 7:21, the aorist middle form occurs when Pharaoh's daughter responds to the exposed child; the APB renders the clause that she “rescued him and raised him as her own son.” The verse shows an action of taking the child up into her care rather than lethal action.

   Acts 7:21
3. Set aside what is first · rare

   In Hebrews 10:9, the present active form occurs in the contrast between “the first” and “the second”; the APB renders the clause, “He sets aside the first in order to establish the second.”

   Hebrews 10:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the lethal contexts, the APB commonly uses “kill” and once “put to death.” In the two isolated contexts it renders the surrounding clauses with “rescued” and “sets aside”; These renderings confirm the verse-level contrast rather than supply a fixed English equivalent.