verb
anerchamō
Strong’sG424
I come up, go up
stem anerch-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀν-έρχομαι,
[in LXX: III Ki 13:12 (הָלַךְ)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G424 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(compare ἄνειμι): aorist -ήλυθον or -ῆλθον:— go up, ἀνελθὼν ἐς σκοπιήνRefs 8th c.BC+: absolutely, mount the tribune, Refs 1st c.AD+; go up from the coast inland, Refs 8th c.BC+; come up from the nether world, ἀ. ἐξ ἈΐδεωRefs 6th c.BC+
2 of trees, grow up, shoot up, Refs 8th c.BC+; of the sun, rise, Refs 4th c.BC+; of water, rise, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 go up to a first principle, in argument, ἐπ᾽ ἀρχὴν ἀνελθόντες σκοπεῖνRefs 5th c.BC+
II go or come back, return, ἂψ or αὖθις ἀ.Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 come back to a point, recur to it and say, ἄνελθέ μοι πάλιν τί..Refs 5th c.BC+; πάλιν ἐπ᾽ ἀρχὴν ἀ. variant in Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 νόμος.. εἴς σ᾽ ἀνελθὼν εἰ διαφθαρήσεται being brought home to you, Refs 5th c.BC+
III transitive, traverse, νειόνRefs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| anerchamaἀνῆλθον | happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular | go up | 2× |
| anerchataἀνῆλθεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | went up | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anerchamō | anerchame | anerchami | anerchama2×ἀνῆλθον | anerchamē | anerchamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | anerchasō | anerchase | anerchasi | anerchasa | anerchasē | anerchaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anerchatō | anerchate | anerchati | anerchata1×ἀνῆλθεν | anerchatē | anerchatelē |
| we 1st person plural | anerchanō | anerchane | anerchani | anerchana | anerchanē | anerchanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anerchavō | anerchave | anerchavi | anerchava | anerchavē | anerchavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | anerchalō | anerchale | anerchali | anerchala | anerchalē | anerchalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anerchameiō | anerchameia | anerchameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | anerchaseiō | anerchaseia | anerchaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anerchateiō | anerchateia | anerchateiē |
| we 1st person plural | anerchaneiō | anerchaneia | anerchaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anerchaveiō | anerchaveia | anerchaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | anerchaleiō | anerchaleia | anerchaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | anerchasōr | anerchasar | anerchasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anerchatōr | anerchatar | anerchatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | anerchavōr | anerchavar | anerchavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | anerchalōr | anerchalar | anerchalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anerchamoiō | anerchamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | anerchasoiō | anerchasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anerchatoiō | anerchatoia |
| we 1st person plural | anerchanoiō | anerchanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | anerchavoiō | anerchavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | anerchaloiō | anerchaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | anercharō | anerchari | anerchara | anercharē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | anercharōntos | anercharintos | anercharantos | anercharēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
anerch is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
anerchama“go up”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular2×
Galatians 1:17oude anerchama eis Hierosolumeim pros toin pro mu …nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who …
Galatians 1:18“went up”Epeita meta eteim treis anerchama eis Hierosolumeim historara Kēfon, kai epimenama …Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him …
anerchata“went up”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
John 6:3anerchata de eis tem orem Iēsus, kai …Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down …