Quick Definition
ἀνάγω v. I lead up, put to sea, set sail
Strong's Definition
from 303 and 71; to lead up; by extension to bring out; specially, to sail away
KJV Usage: bring (again, forth, up again), depart, launch (forth), lead (up), loose, offer, sail, set forth, take up
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἀνήγαγον · aor.pass. ἀνήχθην · inf. ἀναχθῆναι | ἄγω
15.176 · Linear Movement · Lead, Bring, Take
to bring up, to lead up to bring or lead up
MAT 4:1 · LUK 2:22 · LUK 4:5 · ACT 9:39 · ACT 12:4 · ACT 16:34 · ROM 10:7 · HEB 13:20
54.4 · (ἀνάγομαι) · Maritime Activities
to set sail, to put out to sea to begin to go by boat In some languages a distinction is made in putting out to sea based upon whether the boat goes out from a beach and thus passes through waves or whether it goes out to sea from a harbor. In the various contexts of the book of Acts it is preferable to use a term which implies a harbor, while in contexts which speak of the Sea of Galilee, movement would normally be from a beach (see 54.5).
LUK 8:22 · ACT 13:13 · ACT 16:11 · ACT 18:21 · ACT 20:3 · ACT 20:13 · ACT 21:1 · ACT 21:2 · ACT 27:2 · ACT 27:4 · ACT 27:12 · ACT 27:21 · ACT 28:10 · ACT 28:11
1 ACT 12:4 One may assume from the use of ἀνάγω in ACT 12:4 that the prison was probably an underground prison, and Peter would then be led up to a courtroom which would be higher than the prison. 2 Though the Greek term ἀνάγω means literally ‘to lead up’ (see ἀνάγω[a] 15.176), it is not necessary in translating to always introduce the element of height or to translate it by some expression meaning ‘up.’ In ancient temples the idol or god was often on an elevated platform, and so one can readily understand how a term meaning ‘to bring up’ or ‘to carry up’ could readily acquire the meaning of ‘to carry up to’ or ‘to present to.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀν-άγω : 2 aor. ἀνήγαγον, inf. ἀναγαγεῖν, [ptep. dvayayov]; Pass., [pres. avayopar]; 1 aor. [ef. sub fin.] ἀνήχθην ; [fr. Hom. down]; to lead up, to lead or bring into a higher place; foll. by εἰς with acc. of the place: Lk. ii. 22; iv. 5 [Δ Tr WH om. Lbr. the cl.]; xxii. 66 [T Tr WH ἀπήγαγον); Acts ix. 39; xvi. 34; Mt. iv. 1 (εἰς τ. ἔρημον, sc. fr. the low bank of the Jordan). τινὰ ἐκ νεκρῶν fr. the dead in the world below, to the upper world, Heb. xiii. 20; Ro. x. 7; τινὰ τῷ λαῷ to bring one forth who has been detained in prison (a lower place), and set him before the people to be tried, Acts xii. 4; θυσίαν τῷ εἰδώλῳ to offer sacrifice to the idol, because the victim is lifted up on the altar, Acts vii. 41. Navigators are κατ᾽ ἐξοχήν said ἀνάγεσθαι (pass. [or mid. ]) when they /aunch out, set sail, put to sea, (so ἀναγωγή in Justin. Mart. dial. ο. Tr. c. 142 [and in the elassies]) : Lk. viii. 22; Acts xiii. 13; xvi. 11; xviii. 21; xx. 3,13; xxi. [1], 2; xxvii. 2, 4, 12, 21; xxviii. 10 sq. (Polyb. 1, 21,4; 23, 3, ete.) [Comp.: éz-avayo.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνάγω anagō 23x
to conduct; to lead or convey up from a lower place to a higher, Lk. 4:5; to offer up, as a sacrifice, Acts 7:41; to lead out, produce, Acts 12:4; as a nautical term (in the middle or passive), to set sail, put to sea, Lk. 8:22
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀν-άγω
[in LXX chiefly for עָלָה hi.;]
to lead or bring up: seq. είς, c. acc. loc., Mt 4:1, Lk 2:22 4:5 (WH om. είς, κ.τ.λ.), Ac 9:39 16:34; of raising the dead (cl.), ἐκ νεκρῶν, Ro 10:7, He 13:20; to produce and set before, τ. λαῷ, Ac 12:4 (MM, VGT, s.v.); in sacrificial sense (MM, VGT, s.v.), to offer, θυσίαν, Ac 7:41. Mid., in nautical sense (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.), to put to sea: Lk 8:22, Ac 13:13 16:11 18:21 20:3, 13 21:1, 2 27:2, 4 27:12, 21 28:10, 11 (cf. ἐπ-ανάγω).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνάγω (anagō) — to lead. ἀνάγω, future ἀνάξω[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἀνήγαγον, etc.: (see. ἄγω):—opposed to κατάγω,
I. lead up from a lower place to a higher, ἐς Ολυμπον[Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἱερὸν ἀ. ξόανον, of the Trojan horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ πέπλος ἀνάγεται εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν [Refs]
I.2. lead up to the high sea, carry by sea, λαὸν ἀνήγαγεν ἐνθάδ᾽ ἀείρας[Refs 8th c.BC+] conduct, carry to a place, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. ναῦν put a ship to sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνάγειν absolutely in the same sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —but this is more common in middle, see infr. B.I.
I.3. take up from the coast into the interior, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially from Asia Minor into Central Asia, ἀ. παρὰ or ὡς βασιλέα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. bring up, especially from the dead, ἀ. εἰς φάος[Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν φθιμένων ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλίνει κἀνάγει πάλιν lays low and brings up again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]waken up, revive, renew, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. ἀ. χορόν conduct the choir, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. θυσίαν, ὁρτήν celebrate.., [NT+5th c.BC+]; sacrifice, ταύρους[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I.6. lift up, raise, κάρα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὰς ὀφρῦς, ={ἀνασπᾶν}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.7. ἀ. παιᾶνα lift up a paean, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄναγε πολύδακρυν ἁδονάν, of a song of lamentation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.8. ἀ. εἰς τιμήν raise to honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; elevate, οἱ εἰς φιλοσοφίαν ἀνάγοντες [ἀστρονομίαν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.9. in various senses, φάρμακα ἀνάγοντα expectorants, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὀδόντας cut teeth, [Refs]; ἀ. πλῆθος αἵματος bring up blood, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀ. μηρυκισμόν chew the cud, [LXX]; τὸν Νεῖλον ἀναγέτω bring the Nile up [over its banks], [Refs 2nd c.AD+]deploy, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: Geometry texts, draw a line, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. τεταγμένως erect as an ordinate, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in building, carry a line of works to a point, [Refs 1st c.AD+]distil, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
I.10. μύρια τάλαντ᾽ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἀνήγαγον, i.e. paid them into the treasury there, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.11. bring up a prisoner for examination, [NT+5th c.BC+]
I.12. train, rear, θετὸν υἱόν[Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, εἰς μέτρα ἥβης ἀνηγόμην[Refs]; of plants, ἀ. ἀμπελῶνας[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. bring back, ἀνήγαγον αὖθις Ἄργος ἐς ἱππόβοτον[Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. τὸν λόγον ἐπ᾽ ἀρχὴν ἀ. carry back, refer to its principles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, refer, πάντα τοῖς λογισμοῖς εἰς ἀσφάλειαν[Refs 1st c.AD+]; frequently in passive, ἀνάγομαι εἴς τι[Refs 5th c.AD+]to be derived from, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀ. ἀπό, ἐξ.. derive one's subsistence from.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3. ἀ. τι εἰς τὸν δῆμον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of persons, ἀ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τὴν συγγραφήν refer him to the contract, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. reduce syllogism to another figure, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; reduce an argument to syllogism, [Refs]
II.5. in Law, return a slave sold with an undisclosed defect, εἰς πρατῆρα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. refer a claimant, πράτορι ἢ εἰς πόλιν ἔνδικον[Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.7. rebuild, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.8. restore to its original shape, [Refs 1st c.BC+]Ep. Dedic.; τάφρον[Refs]
II.9. reckon, calculate, ἀ. τὰς ἡμέρας πρὸς τὸ μαντεῖον[Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.10. intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν), withdraw, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πόδα ἀ. retreat facing enemy,[Refs 5th c.BC+] perhaps nautical, put back again, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B middle and passive, put out to sea, set sail (see.[Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἀνάξεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 metaphorically, put to sea, i. e. make ready, prepare oneself, ὡς ἐρωτήσων[Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.3 in thought, ascend to higher unity, [Refs 5th c.AD+]