Strong G509ἄνωθεν
from above/again
- Transliteration
- anōthen
- Pronunciation
- an'-o-then
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
From G507; from above; by analogy from the first; by implication anew: - from above again from the beginning (very first) the top.
Detailed definition
ἄνωθεν
adv (ἄνω),
__(a) from above: ἀπὸ ἄ., Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38; ἐκ τῶν ἄ., Jhn.19:28; meaning, from heaven: Jhn.3:31 19:11, Jas.1:17 3:15, 17.
__(b) from the first, from the beginning: Luk.1:3, Act.26:5; whence
__(with) anew, again: Jhn.3:3, 7, (so most, but see Meyer, in l; cf. Field, Notes, 86 f.); πάλιν ἄ., Gal.4:9 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
adv (ἄνω),
__(a) from above: ἀπὸ ἄ., Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38; ἐκ τῶν ἄ., Jhn.19:28; meaning, from heaven: Jhn.3:31 19:11, Jas.1:17 3:15, 17.
__(b) from the first, from the beginning: Luk.1:3, Act.26:5; whence
__(with) anew, again: Jhn.3:3, 7, (so most, but see Meyer, in l; cf. Field, Notes, 86 f.); πάλιν ἄ., Gal.4:9 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G509 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- above5
- top3
- again2
- beginning1
- first1
First verses
- Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Mark 15:38And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
- Luke 1:3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
- John 3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
- John 3:7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
- John 3:31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
- John 19:11Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
- John 19:23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
- Acts 26:5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- Galatians 4:9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
- James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- James 3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
- James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄνωθεν
and ἄνωθε [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 698))], Doric dialect ἄνωθα [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 1.17)]: (ἄνω):—adverb of Place, from above, from on high, θεοὺς ἄ. γῆς ἐποπτεύειν ἄχη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1579; ὕδατος ἄ. γενομένου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.75; βάλλειν ἄ. [prev. author] 7.84)]; from the interior of a country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.59, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.2)]; especially from inner Asia, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 14)]; from the north, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.105.)]
2 like{ἄνω}, above, on high, opposed to κάτωθεν or κάτω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 871 (uncertain))]: of the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Supp.” 597 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 717b)]; of men on earth, οἱ ἄ. the living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 834 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1014)]; those on deck (in a ship), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.63)]; of birds of the air, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1058 (Lyric poetry))]; ἡ ἄ. Φρυγία upper Phrygia, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.155.)]
2.b rarely with genitive, ἄ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; τοῦ καρποῦ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 80; τῆς νεώς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 12.)]
II in narrative or in quiry, from the beginning, from farther back, ἄ. ἄρχεσθαι, ἐπιχειρεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 44d, “Lg.” 781d; ἄ. ἐξετάζειν τὸ γένος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.69, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 23)]; in quotations, above, earlier, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 249)], etc.: οἱ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἄ. γονεῖς ancestors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 18d)]; Κορίνθιαι εἰμὲς ἄ. by descent, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.91, compare 22.164, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.32)]; πονηρὸς ἄ. a born rogue, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.80; ἐκ προγόνων ἄ. τετιμημένος “IG” 22.1072; ἄ. ἀναμάρτητον)]from early life, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Sto.Herc.” 339.17.16; ἐν τοῖς ἄ. χρόνοις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.41.)]
II.2 τὰ ἄ. higher, more universal principles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 101d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.97a33.)]
II.3 over again, anew, afresh, φιλίαν ἄ. ποιεῖται[NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.18.3, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.14, cf. NT.John.3.3; πάλιν ἄ. NT.Gal.4.9, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus see {ἀνάδικοι κρίσει; κτίστης ἄνωθε γενόμενος} “IG” 7.2712.58.)]
and ἄνωθε [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 698))], Doric dialect ἄνωθα [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 1.17)]: (ἄνω):—adverb of Place, from above, from on high, θεοὺς ἄ. γῆς ἐποπτεύειν ἄχη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1579; ὕδατος ἄ. γενομένου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.75; βάλλειν ἄ. [prev. author] 7.84)]; from the interior of a country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.59, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.2)]; especially from inner Asia, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 14)]; from the north, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.105.)]
2 like{ἄνω}, above, on high, opposed to κάτωθεν or κάτω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 871 (uncertain))]: of the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Supp.” 597 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 717b)]; of men on earth, οἱ ἄ. the living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 834 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1014)]; those on deck (in a ship), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.63)]; of birds of the air, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1058 (Lyric poetry))]; ἡ ἄ. Φρυγία upper Phrygia, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.155.)]
2.b rarely with genitive, ἄ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; τοῦ καρποῦ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 80; τῆς νεώς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 12.)]
II in narrative or in quiry, from the beginning, from farther back, ἄ. ἄρχεσθαι, ἐπιχειρεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 44d, “Lg.” 781d; ἄ. ἐξετάζειν τὸ γένος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.69, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 23)]; in quotations, above, earlier, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 249)], etc.: οἱ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἄ. γονεῖς ancestors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 18d)]; Κορίνθιαι εἰμὲς ἄ. by descent, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.91, compare 22.164, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.32)]; πονηρὸς ἄ. a born rogue, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.80; ἐκ προγόνων ἄ. τετιμημένος “IG” 22.1072; ἄ. ἀναμάρτητον)]from early life, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Sto.Herc.” 339.17.16; ἐν τοῖς ἄ. χρόνοις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.41.)]
II.2 τὰ ἄ. higher, more universal principles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 101d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.97a33.)]
II.3 over again, anew, afresh, φιλίαν ἄ. ποιεῖται[NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.18.3, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.14, cf. NT.John.3.3; πάλιν ἄ. NT.Gal.4.9, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus see {ἀνάδικοι κρίσει; κτίστης ἄνωθε γενόμενος} “IG” 7.2712.58.)]