adverb

anō

Greekἄνω (anō)

Strong’sG507

up, above, things above, heaven

stem anō-9 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books

Translated as

above5×up2×brim1×upward1×

What it means

ἄνω,

adv.

(< ἀνά),

(a) up, upwards: Jo 11:41, He 12:15;

(b) above (opp. to κάτω): Ac 2:19; with art. ἡ, Ga 4:26, Phl 3:14; τά, Jo 8:23, Col 3:1, 2; ἕως ἄ. (up to the brim), Jo 2:7 (Cremer, 106; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G507 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan'-o

upward or on the top

Fromadverb from G473;

King Jamesabove, brim, high, up.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

9 occurrences, every one of them listed

anō9×

John 2:7“brim”legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Gemizavar tain hudriain hudōreu; kai gemizala autain heōs anō.Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.

John 8:23“above”kai legate autoi; Vis ek teiu katō avō, mis ek teiu anō amō; vis ek houtou tou kosmou avō, mis ouk amō ek tou kosmou houtou.Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

John 11:41“up”airala oun ton lithon. tos de Iēsus airata toin ofthalmoin anō kai legata; Patēror, eucharistamō si hoti akouasa mu,So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

Acts 2:19“above”kai dōami terateim en to ourano anō kai sēmeim epi tau gēau katō, haimem kai purem kai atmian kapnou;I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.

Galatians 4:26“above”tas de anō Ierousalēm eleutheras atō, hotinas atō mētēras nu;But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

Philippians 3:14“upward”kata skopon diōkamō eis tem brabeiem tau anō klēsiau tou theou en Christo Iēso.I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:1“above”Ei oun sunegeiriva to Christo, teim anō zētavōr, hou tos Christos atō en dexa tou theou katherōtos;Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:2“above”teim anō fronavōr, mē teim epi tau gēau,Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Hebrews 12:15“up”episkoparōtois mē tinos husterarōtos apo tau chariau tou theou, mē tinas rizas pikriau anō fuarōtas enochlateiō kai dia autau miainileia pollois,See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.