ἀνάaná
upwards, up, always with accusative
Greek (New Testament) · G303
Meanings
1. In phrases: ἀ. μέσον, among, between, with genitive, Matthew 13:25, Mark 7:31, 1 Corinthians 6:5, Revelation 7:17 [so in LXX for בְּתוֹךְ]; ἀ. μέρος, in turn, 1 Corinthians 14:27.
2. Distrib., apiece, by: Matthew 20:9-10, Luke 9:3, Luke 9:14, Luke 10:1, John 2:6, Revelation 4:8.
3. Adverbially, ἀ. εἷς ἕκαστος, Revelation 21:21.
As prefix, ἀ. signifies
(a) up: ἀναβαίνειν
(b) to: ἀναγγέλλειν
(c) anew: ἀναγεννᾶν
(d) back: ἀνακάμπτειν.
Same root
- ἀνέρχομαιanérchomai · G424to ascend
- ἀνακαλύπτωanakalýptō · G343to unveil
- ἀνάπηροςanápēros · G376crippled
- ἀναχωρέωanachōréō · G402to retire
- ἀναβλέπωanablépō · G308to look up; by implication, to recover sight
- ἀναφαίνωanaphaínō · G398to show, i.e. (reflexively) appear, or (passively) to have pointed out
- ἀναβαίνωanabaínō · G305to go up (literally or figuratively)
- ἀνακεφαλαίομαιanakephalaíomai · G346to sum up
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 13:25 But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away.
- Matthew 20:9 When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage.
- Matthew 20:10 When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage.
- Mark 7:31 Jesus left Tyre and went up to Sidon before going back to the Sea of Galilee and the region of the Ten Towns.
- Luke 9:3 “Take nothing for your journey,” he instructed them. “Don’t take a walking stick, a traveler’s bag, food, money, or even a change of clothes.
- Luke 9:14 For there were about 5,000 men there. Jesus replied, “Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.