above

Greek Adverb

ἄνω adv (ἀνά), (a) up, upwards: Jhn.11:41, Heb.12:15; (b) above (opposite to κάτω): Act_2:19; with art. ἡ, Gal.4:26, Php.3:14; τά, Jhn.8:23, Col.3:1-2; ἕως ἄ. (up to the brim), Jhn.2:7 (Cremer, 106; MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

above

Greek Adverb

ἄνω, B) Aeolic dialect ὄνω, adverb, (ἀνά): I) with Verbs implying Motion, upwards, ἄ. ὤθεσκε ποτὶ λόφον[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἀναπλεῖν up stream, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ. ὁδός the upward road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἰόντι going up the country (i.e. inland, see[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέμπειν ἄ, i.e. from the nether world, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) with Verbsimplying Rest, aloft, on high, [Refs], etc; τὸ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.b) on earth, opposed to the world below, νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆς ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄ. the living, opposed to οἱ κάτω the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἄ. πράγματα the world above, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.c) in heaven, opposed to earth, οἱ ἄ. θεοί the gods above, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially in NT, ἐκ τῶν ἄ. εἰμί[NT] II.d) generally, of relative position, ὁ δῆμος ἄ. καθῆτο in the upper quarter of the city, i.e. the Pnyx, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ. βουλή, i.e. the Areopagus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; βαλλόμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν ἄ. by those above on the roofs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἄ. τῆς οἰκίας, opposed to θεμέλια, [Refs] II.e) geographically, on the upper side, i.e. on the north, ἄ. πρὸς βορέην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὔτε τὰ ἄ. χωρία οὔτε τὰ κάτω [οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέρην] [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.f) inward from the coast, ἡ ἄ. Ἀσίη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ. ὁδός the upper or inland road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ. πόλις, opposed to the Piraeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in full, οἱ ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἄ.[Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὁ ἄ. βασιλεύς the king of the upper country, i.e. of Persia, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.g) in the race-course, τὰ ἄ. turning-post, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare κάτω. II.h) in the body, τὰ ἄ. the upper parts, opposed to τὸ κάτω, [Refs 4th c.BC+] i) of Time, formerly, of old, εἰς τὸ ἄ. reckoning upwards or backwards, of generations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄ. men of olden time, [Refs]; αἱ ἄ. μητρός the mother's lineal ancestors, [Refs 4th c.BC+] k) above, in referring to a passage, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 1) of tones in the voice, οἱ ἄ. τόνοι[Refs 1st c.AD+] 1.m) metaphorically, ἄ. βαίνειν walk proudly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 1.n) higher, more general, of κατηγορίαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) ἄ. καὶ κάτω up and down, to and fro, εἷρπ᾽ ἄ. τε καὶ κάτω[Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.b) upside-down, topsy-turvy, τὰ μὲν ἄ. κ. θήσω, τὰ δὲ κ. ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]backwards and forwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) ἄ. ἔχειν τὸ πνεῦμα pant or gasp, [Refs 4th c.BC+] B) as preposition with genitive, above, ἡ ἄ. Ἅλυος Ἀσίη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. τοῦ γόνατος above the knee, [LXX+4th c.BC+] B.2) with partitive genitive, αἰθέρος ἄ. ἑλεῖν uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+] C) comparative ἀνωτέρω, absolutely, higher, ἀ. θακῶν. Ζεύς[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. οὐδὲν τῶν πρηγμάτων προκοπτομένων not getting on any farther, [Refs 5th c.BC+] C.2) with genitive, ἀ. Σάμου[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῶν μαστῶν above them, [Refs]; later ἀνώτερον[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; compare ἀνώτερος. C.II) superlative ἀνωτάτω, ἐς τοὺς ἀ. (i.e. στάντας) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. ἄσκησις the highest, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. διαίρεσις Ps.-[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Adverb

upward or on the top; above, brim, high, up; adverb from g473 (ἀντί)