Strong's Lexicon
G303 — ἀνά
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G303 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀνά |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Etymology: | a primary preposition and adverb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 13 |
| Transliteration: | ana |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-ah' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) up 2. (by extension, used distributively) severally or amidst, etc. 3. (by implication, as a prefix) (it often means) repetition, intensity, reversal, etc |
| KJV Renderings: | and, apiece, by, each, every (man), in, through. |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνά, preposition, properly, upward, up (cf. the adverb ἄνω, opposed to κατά and κάτω), denoting motion from a lower place to a higher (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 398 (372) n.); rare in the N. T. and only with the accusative
1. in the expressions ἀνά μέσον (or jointly ἀναμέσον (so Rst Tr in Rev 7:17)) into the midst, in the midst, amidst, among, between — with the genitive of place, Mat 13:25; Mar 7:31; Rev 7:17 (on this passage see μέσος, 2 at the end); of person, 1Co 6:5, with which cf. Sir. 25:18-17ἀνά μέσον τοῦ (Fritzsche, τῶν) πλησίον αὐτοῦ; cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 1 at the end (Buttmann, 332 (285)) (Sir 27:2; 1Ma 7:28 1Ma 13:40, etc.; in the Sept. for áÂÌúåê, Exo 26:28; Jos 16:9; Jos 19:1; Diodorus 2, 4 ἀνά μέσον τῶν χειλέων (see μέσος, 2)); ἀνά μέρος (Vulg.perpartes), in turn, one after another, in succession: 1Co 14:27 (where Rec.st writes ἀναμέρος) (Polybius 4, 20, 10 ἀνά μέρος ᾄδειν).
2. joined to numerals, it has a distributive force (Winers Grammar, 398 (372); Buttmann, 331f (285)): Joh 2:6 (ἀνά μετρητάς δύο ἤ τρεῖς two or three metretae apiece); Mat 20:9 f (ἔλαβον ἀνά δηνάριον they received each a denarius); Luk 9:3 (Tr brackets; WH omits ἀνά; ); (ἀνά δύο (WH ἀνά δύο (δύο)) two by two); Mar 6:40 (L T Tr WH κατά); (Rev 4:8); and very often in Greek writings; cf. Winer’s Grammar, 398 (372). It is used adverbially in Rev 21:21 (ἀνά εἷς ἕκαστος, like ἀνά τέσσαρες, Plutarch, Aem. 32; cf. Winers Grammar, 249 (234); (Buttmann, 30 (26))).
3. Prefixed to verbs ἀνά signifies,
a. upward, up, up to (Latinad, German auf), as in ἀνακρούειν, ἀναβαίνειν, ἀναβάλλειν, ἀνακράζειν, etc.
b. it corresponds to the Latinad (German an), to (indicating the goal), as in ἀναγγέλλειν (others would refer this to d.), ἀνάπτειν.
c. it denotes repetition, renewal, equivalent todenuo, anew, over again, as in ἀναγεννᾶν.
d. it corresponds to the Latinre,retro, back, backward, as in ἀνακάμπτειν, ἀναχωρεῖν, etc. Cf. Winer’s De verb. comp. Part iii., p. 3f
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀνά (and)
Matthew 13:25
- KJV: But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way
- GK: εν δε τω καθεύδειν τους ανθρώπους ήλθεν αυτού ο εχθρός και έσπειρε ζιζάνια αναμέσον του σίτου και απήλθεν
Matthew 20:9
- KJV: And when they came that about the eleventh hour they received every man a penny
- GK: και ελθόντες οι περί την ενδεκάτην ώραν έλαβον ανά δηνάριον
Matthew 20:10
- KJV: But when the first came they supposed that they should have received more and they likewise received every man a penny
- GK: ελθόντες δε οι πρώτοι ενόμισαν ότι πλείονα λήψονται και έλαβον και αυτοί ανά δηνάριον
Mark 6:40
- KJV: And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties
- GK: και ανέπεσον πρασιαί πρασιαί ανά εκατόν και ανά πεντήκοντα
Mark 7:31
- KJV: And again departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon he came unto the sea of Galilee through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis
- GK: και πάλιν εξελθών εκ των ορίων Τύρου και Σιδώνος ήλθε προς την θάλασσαν της Γαλιλαίας αναμέσον των ορίων Δεκαπόλεως
Luke 9:3
- KJV: And he said unto them Take nothing for journey neither staves nor scrip neither bread neither money neither have two coats apiece
- GK: και είπε προς αυτούς μηδέν αίρετε εις την οδόν μήτε ράβδους μήτε πήραν μήτε άρτον μήτε αργύριον μήτε ανά δύο χιτώνας έχειν
Luke 9:14
- KJV: For they were about five thousand men And he said to his disciples Make them sit down by fifties in a company
- GK: ήσαν γαρ ωσεί άνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι είπε δε προς τους μαθητάς αυτού κατακλίνατε αυτούς κλισίας ανά πεντήκοντα
Luke 10:1
- KJV: After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself would come
- GK: μετά δε ταύτα ανέδειξεν ο κύριος και ετέρους εβδομήκοντα και απέστειλεν αυτούς ανά δύο προ προσώπου αυτού εις πάσαν πόλιν και τόπον ου έμελλεν αυτός έρχεσθαι
John 2:6
- KJV: And there were set there six waterpots of stone after the manner of the purifying of the Jews containing two or three firkins apiece
- GK: ήσαν δε εκεί υδρίαι λίθιναι εξ κείμεναι κατά τον καθαρισμόν των Ιουδαίων χωρούσαι ανά μετρητάς δύο η τρείς
1 Corinthians 6:5
- KJV: I speak to your shame Is it so not a wise among you no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren
- GK: προς εντροπήν υμίν λέγω ούτως ουκ ένι εν υμίν σοφός ουδέ εις ος δυνήσεται διακρίναι αναμέσον του αδελφού αυτού
1 Corinthians 14:27
- KJV: If any man speak in an tongue by two or at the most three and by course and let one interpret
- GK: είτε γλώσση τις λαλεί κατά δύο η το πλείστον τρεις και ανά μέρος και εις διερμηνευέτω
Revelation 4:8
- KJV: And the four beasts had each of them six wings about and full of eyes within and they rest not day and night saying Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is and is to come
- GK: και τέσσαρα ζώα εν καθ΄ εν αυτών εχον ανά πτέρυγας εξ κυκλόθεν και έσωθεν γεμοντα οφθαλμών και ανάπαυσιν ουκ έχουσιν ημέρας και νυκτός λέγοντες άγιος άγιος άγιος άγιος άγιος άγιος άγιος άγιος άγιος κύριος ο θεός ο παντοκράτωρ ο ην και ο ων και ο ερχόμενος
Revelation 7:17
- KJV: For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes
- GK: ότι το αρνίον το αναμέσον του θρόνου ποιμαινεί αυτούς και οδηγήσει αυτούς επί ζωης πηγάς υδάτων και εξαλείψει ο θεός παν δάκρυον εκ των οφθαλμών αυτών
Revelation 21:21
- KJV: And the twelve gates twelve pearls every several gate was of one pearl and the street of the city pure gold as it were transparent glass
- GK: και οι δώδεκα πυλώνες δώδεκα μαργαρίται ανά εις έκαστος των πυλώνων ην εξ ενός μαργαρίτου και η πλατεία της πόλεως χρυσίον καθαρόν ως ύελος διαυγης
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