Quick Definition
ἀναβαίνω v. I go up, mount, ascend
Strong's Definition
from 303 and the base of 939; to go up (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: arise, ascend (up), climb (go, grow, rise, spring) up, come (up)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἀνέβην · pf. ἀναβέβηκα | βαίνω (go, walk)
15.101 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Up, Ascend
to come up, to go up, to ascend to move up The upward movement may be of almost any gradient, for example, in going up a road to Jerusalem (GAL 1:17) or in going up into a tree (LUK 19:4) or in ascending into heaven (ACT 2:34).
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15.99 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Onto
to go aboard, to embark to move up onto an object, with specialization of meaning in reference to boats
23.196 · Physiological Processes and States · Grow, Growth
to sprout and grow to grow, as of plants, from the time of sprouting to mature size
23.189 · Physiological Processes and States · Grow, Growth
to grow up to grow taller (restricted in the NT to the growth of plants)
1 MRK 4:7 It would be possible to treat the meaning of ἀναβαίνω in MRK 4:7 as being somewhat more generic, that is to say, ‘to come up’ or ‘to increase’ by extension, but in view of the absolute use of ἀναβαίνω with the subject αἱ ἄκανθαι ‘thorn bushes,’ one is seemingly justified in attributing to ἀναβαίνω a more specific meaning in this context.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-βαίνω ; [impf. ἀνέβαινον Acts iii. 1; fut. ἀναβήσομαι Ro. x. 6, after Deut. xxx. 12]; pf. ἀναβέβηκα; 2 aor. ἀνέβην, ptcp. ἀναβάς, impy. avaBa Rey. iv. 1 (ἀνάβηθι Lehm.), plur. ἀνάβατε (for RG ἀνάβητε) Rev. xi. 12 L TTr[ WH; cf. WH. App. p. 168°]; W. §14, 1h.; [B. 54 (47); fr. Hom. down]; Sept. for 1225 a. to gu up, move to a higher place, ascend: a tree (emi), Lk. xix. 4; upon the roof of a house (ἐπί), Lk. v. 19; into a ship (eis), Mk. vi. 51; [Mt. xv. 39 GTrtxt.; Acts xxi. 6 Tdf.]; εἰς τὸ ὄρος, Mt. v. 1; Lk. ix. 28; MK. iii. 13; εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον, Acts i. 13; εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, Ro. x. 6; Rey. xi. 12; εἰς τὸν οὐρ. is omitted, but to be supplied, in Jn. i. 51 (52) ; vi. 62, and in the phrase ava. πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, Jn. xx. 17. (it is commonly maintained that those persons are fig. said ἀναβεβηκέναι eis τὸν οὐρανόν, who have penetrated the heavenly mysteries: Jn. iii. 13, cf. Deut. xxx. 12; Prov. xxiv. 27 (xxx.4); Bar.iii.29. But in these latter pass. also the expression is to be understood literally. Andas respects Jn. iii. 13, it must be remembered that Christ brought his knowledge of the divine counsels with him from heaven, inasmuch as he had dwelt there prior to his incarnation. Now the natural language was οὐδεὶς ἦν ev τῷ οὐρανῷ ; but the expression ἀναβέβηκεν is used because none but Christ could get there except by ascending. Accordingly εἰ μή refers merely to the idea, involved in ἀναβέβηκον, of a past residence inheaven. Cf. Meyer [or Westcott] ad loc.) Used of travelling toa higher place: εἰς Ἱεροσόλ. Mt. xx. 17 sq.; Mk. x. 32 sq., etc. ; eis τὸ ἱερόν, Jn. vii. 14; Lk. xviii. 10. Often the place to or into which the ascent is made is not mentioned, but is easily understood from the context: Acts viii. 31 (into the chariot) ; Mk. xv. 8 (to the palace of the governor, acc. to the reading ἀναβάς restored by L T Tr txt. WH for RG ἀναβοήσας), ete.; or the place alone is mentioned from which (ἀπό, ἐκ) the ascent is made: Mt. iii. 16; Acts viii. 39; Rev. xi. 7. Ὁ. in a wider sense of things rising up, to rise, mount, be borne up, spring up: of a fish swimming up, Mt. xvii. 27; of smoke rising up, Rey. viii. 4; ix. 2; of plants springing up from the ground, - Mt. xiii. 7; Mk. iv. 7, 32, (as in Grk. writ.; Theophr. hist. plant. 8, 3, and Hebr. 793); of things which come up in one’s mind (Lat. suboriri) : avaBaiv. ἐπὶ τὴν καρδ. or ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ, Lk. xxiv. 38; 1 Co. ii. 9; Acts vii. 23 (ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν x. it came into his mind 1. 6. he resolved, foll. by inf.), after the Hebr. 3>-5xx my, Jer. iii. 16, ete. [B. 135 (118)]. Of messages, prayers, deeds, brought up or reported to one in a higher place: Acts x. 4; xxi. 31 (tidings came up to the tribune of the cohort, who dwelt in the tower Antonia). [Comp.: προσ-; ovy-avaBaive. |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναβαίνω anabainō 82x
to go up, ascend, Mt. 5:1; to climb, Lk. 19:4; to go on board, Mk. 6:51; to rise, mount upwards, as smoke, Rev. 8:4; to grow or spring up, as plants, Mt. 13:7; to spring up, arise, as thoughts, Lk. 24:38
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀναβαίνω,
[in LXX chiefly for עלה;]
to go up, ascend, of persons: ἐπί συκομωρέαν, Lk 19:4; εἰς τ. πλοῖον, Mk 6:51; εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, Mt 20:17; εἰς τ. ἱερόν, c. inf. (M, Pr., 205), Lk 18:10; with mention of place of departure, Mt 3:16 (ἀπό), Ac 8:39 (ἐκ);
of things, to rise, spring up, come up: a fish, Mt 17:27; smoke, Re 8:4; plants growing, Mt 13:7; metaph., of things coming up in one's mind (as Heb. עָלָה אֶל לֵב; IV Ki 12:4, al.), Lk 24:38, I Co 2:9; of prayers, Ac 10:4; messages, Ac 21:31 (for late exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναβαίνω. Wilcken (Archiv v. p. 268), commenting on POxy VI. 898% !8 (A.D. 123) eis "Oacw καταβῆναι--ἀναβάντα εἰς τὸν ᾿Οξυρυγχείτην, notes that this may either be literal or refer to Oxyrhynchus as the county town: ἀναβαίνειν εἰς πόλιν, καταβαίνειν εἰς κώμην. P Par 49 (B.c. 164-58) gives us instances of the verb as used in NT for ‘‘ going up” to the Temple : 1. 53 otk ἔχω σχολὴν ἀναβῆναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς (sc. the recluses in the Serapeum), 26. *4 ἐὰν ἀναβῶ κἀγὼ προσκυνῆσαι. So P Par 4719f (c. B.C. 153) 6 στρατηγὸς avaβαίνει αὔριον εἰς τὸ Σαραπιῆν. Witkowski (2 p. 72) remarks
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀναβαίνω (anabainō) — to ascend. ἀναβαίνω, imperfect ἀνέβαινον: future -βήσομαι: (for aorist 1 see infr. B): aorist 2 ἀνέβην, imperative ἀνάβηθι, -βῶ, -βῆναι, -βάς: perfect -βέβηκα:— middle, aorist 1 -εβησάμην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers.singular -εβήσετο, see infr. B:—passive, see below 11.2:— go up, mount, with accusative loci, οὐρανόν, ὑπερώϊα ἀ. go up to heaven, to the upper rooms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φάτις ἀνθρώπους ἀναβαίνει goes up among, [Refs]; more frequently with preposition, ἀ. εἰς ἐλάτην, ἐς δίφρον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely with ἀνά repeated, ἀν᾽ ὀρσοθύρην ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+] to trample on the dead, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. Special usages:
II.1. mount a ship, go on board, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly absolutely; ἐς Τροίην ἀ. embark for Troy, [Refs 8th c.BC+] I will mount a prow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. mount on horse-back (compare ἀναβάτης), ἀ. ἐφ᾽ ἵππον[Refs 5th c.BC+] mounted; ἀναβάντες (absolutely) ἐφ᾽ ἵππων ἐλάσαι[Refs]; ἀ. ἐπὶ τροχόν mount on the wheel of torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. b with accusative, ἀ. ἵππον mount a horse, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, [ἵππος] ὁ μήπω ἀναβαινόμενος that has not yet been mounted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναβαθείς when mounted,[Refs]
II.3. of land-journeys, go up from the coast into Central Asia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. b go up to a temple, [NT]; to a town, [NT+3rd c.AD+]; in curses, ἀ. παρὰ Δάματρα πεπρημένος[Refs]
II.3. c ascend to heaven, [Refs]
II.4. of rivers in flood, rise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐς τὰς ἀρούρας overflow the fields, [Refs]
II.5. of plants, shoot up, ἐπὶ δένδρα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; climb on sticks, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; generally, shoot, spring up, [NT]; of hair, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. in Attic dialect, ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα, or ἀ. alone, mount the tribune, rise to speak, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἰς τὸ πλῆθος, εἰς or ἐπὶ τὸ δικαστήριον come before the people, before the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸν ὀκρίβαντα mount the stage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of witnesses in court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.7. of the male, mount, cover, ἀ. τὰς θηλέας[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
II.8. of age, δύο ἀναβεβηκὼς ἔτη τῆς ἡλικίας τῆς ἐμῆς two years older.., Ach. Tat.1.7.
II.9. ascend to higher knowledge, ἡ ἀναβεβηκυῖα ἐπιστήμη[Refs 6th c.AD+]generalities, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.10. with accusative, surpass, κάλλει τὴν πᾶσαν διακόσμησιν[Refs 6th c.AD+]
III. of things and events, come to an end, turn out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]result from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. b ἀ. ἐπὶ καρδίαν enter into one's heart, of thoughts, [LXX+NT]
III.2. come to, pass over to, ἐς Αεωνίδην ἀνέβαινεν ἡ βασιληΐη[Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. return to the beginning, of discourse, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; go back, ἀναβήσεται ἐπὶ τὰς κτίσεις τῶν προγόνων[Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B aorist ἀνέβησα in causal sense, make to go up, especially put on shipboard, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in aorist middle, νὼ ἀναβησάμενοι having taken us on board with them, [Refs 8th c.BC+] he mounted men on camels, [Refs 5th c.BC+]