ἀναβαίνω anabainō · G0305
to ascend
ἀναβαίνω ; [in LXX chiefly for עָלָה ; ] ; to go up, ascend, ; (a) of persons: ἐπί συκομωρέαν, Luk.19:4; εἰς τ. πλοῖον, Mrk.6:51; εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, Mat.20:17; εἰς τ. ἱερόν, with inf. (M, Pr., 205), Luk.18:10; with mention of place of departure, Mat.3:16 (ἀπό), Act.8:39 (ἐκ); (b) of things, to rise, spring up, come up: a fish, Mat.17:27; smoke, Rev.8:4; plants growing, Mat.13:7; metaphorically, of things coming up in one's mind (as Heb. לֵב אֵל עָלָה; 4Ki.12:4, al.), Luk.24:38, 1Co.2:9; of prayers, Act.10:4; messages, Act.21:31 (for late exx., see MM, VGT, see word) ; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἀναβαίνω, ; imperfect ἀνέβαινον: future -βήσομαι: (for aorist 1 see infr. B): aorist 2 ἀνέβην, imperative ἀνάβηθι, -βῶ, -βῆναι, -βάς: perfect -βέβηκα:— middle, aorist 1 -εβησάμην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers.singular -εβήσετο, see infr. B:—passive, see below 11.2:— go up, mount, with accusative loci, οὐρανόν, ὑπερώϊα ἀ. go up to heaven, to the upper rooms, []; φάτις ἀνθρώπους ἀναβαίνει goes up among, []; more frequently with preposition, ἀ. εἰς ἐλάτην, ἐς δίφρον, []; rarely with ἀνά repeated, ἀν᾽ …
Where it's used 81 times
Matthew 3:16 · Matthew 5:1 · Matthew 13:7 · Matthew 14:23 · Matthew 14:32 · Matthew 15:29 · Matthew 17:27 · Matthew 20:17 · Matthew 20:18 · Mark 1:10 · Mark 3:13 · Mark 4:7 · Mark 4:8 · Mark 4:32 · Mark 6:51 · Mark 10:32 · Mark 10:33 · Mark 15:8 · Luke 2:4 · Luke 2:42 · Luke 5:19 · Luke 9:28 · Luke 18:10 · Luke 18:31 · Luke 19:4 · Luke 19:28 · Luke 24:38 · John 1:51 · John 2:13 · John 3:13 · John 5:1 · John 6:62 · John 7:8 · John 7:10 · John 7:14 · John 10:1 · John 11:55 · John 12:20 · John 20:17 · John 21:11 · Acts 1:13 · Acts 2:34 · Acts 3:1 · Acts 7:23 · Acts 8:31 · Acts 8:39 · Acts 10:4 · Acts 10:9 · Acts 11:2 · Acts 15:2 · Acts 18:22 · Acts 20:11 · Acts 21:12 · Acts 21:15 · Acts 21:31 · Acts 24:11 · Acts 25:1 · Acts 25:9 · Romans 10:6 · 1 Corinthians 2:9 … and 21 more
Source: TBESG G0305; TFLSJ G0305
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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