Quick Definition
higher, to a more honorable place, previously, above
Strong's Definition
upper, i.e. (neuter as adverb) to a more conspicuous place, in a former part of the book
Derivation: comparative degree of G507 (ἄνω);
KJV Usage: above, higher
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνώτερος, ἀνωτερα, ἀνώτερον (comparitive from ἄνω, cf. κατώτερος, see Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 c.; (Buttmann, 28 (24f))), higher. The neuter ἀνώτερον as adverb, higher;
a. of motion, to a higher place, (up higher): Luk_14:10.
b. of rest, in a higher place, above i. e. in the immediately preceding part of the passage quoted, Hob. 10:8. Similarly Polybius 3, 1, 1 τρίτῃ ἀνώτερον βίβλῳ. (In Lev_11:21, with a genitive.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
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Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνώτερος , α , -ον ,
[in LXX : Neh_3:25 ( H5945 ), Eze_41:7 ( H4604 ), Tob_8:3 * ;]
only in neut., as adv. ( cf. ἐξώτερος ),
(a) of motion, higher: Luk_14:10 ;
(b) of rest, above, before: Heb_10:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνώτερος [page 50]
For this comparative with reference to time, cf. Syll 307 .55 (ii/B.C.) ἔτει ἀνώτερον τρί [τῳ ], ib. 318 .6 (B.C. 118) τὸν ἀνώτερον μὲν χρόνον πάντα διατετέλεκεν . In P Giss I. 48 .24 (A.D. 202 3) we find the -ω form, τοῖς ἀνωτέρω ἔτεσ̣ι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀνώτερος [Etym: ἄνω] "higher", Arist.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀνώτερος, α, -ον
[in LXX: Neh.3:25 (עֶלְיוֹן), Eze.41:7 (מַעַל), Tob.8:3 * ;]
only in neut., as adv. (cf. ἐξώτερος),
__(a) of motion, higher: Luk.14:10;
__(b) of rest, above, before: Heb.10:8.†
(AS)