Greek preposition · G303
ἀνά
anaan-ah'
In phrases; Distrib.; Adverbially ("a vulgarism," B1., § 51, 5
13 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aná
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G303is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G303
properly, up; but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.)
The King James renders it: and, apiece, by, each, every (man), in, through.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ana is rendered "In phrases; Distrib.; Adverbially ("a vulgarism," B1., § 51, 5". It stands 13 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "In phrases".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:25But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
The first use
But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in six of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: In phrases, and Distrib., and Adverbially ("a vulgarism," B1., § 51, 5.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| In phrasesἀ. μέσον, among, between, with genitive, Mat.13:1-58 25:1-46, Mrk.7:31, 1Co.6:5 (M, Pr., 99), Rev.7:17 [so in LXX for בְּתוׄך׃]; ἀ.... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 13:1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. |
| Distrib.apiece, by | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 20:9The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. |
| Adverbially ("a vulgarism," B1., § 51, 5 | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereRevelation 21:21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀναβαίνω | anabaino | to ascend | Uses82 |
| ἀναγινώσκω | anaginosko | to read | Uses32 |
| ἀναβλέπω | anablepo | to look up/again | Uses25 |
| ἀναιρέω | anaireo | to kill | Uses24 |
| ἀνάγω | anago | to lead | Uses23 |
| ἀνάγκη | ananke | necessity | Uses17 |
| ἀνακρίνω | anakrino | to investigate | Uses16 |
| ἀναγγέλλω | anangello | to report | Uses14 |
| ἀνακεῖμαι | anakeimai | to recline | Uses13 |
| ἀναλαμβάνω | analambano | to take up | Uses12 |
| ἀναγκάζω | anankazo | to compel | Uses9 |
| ἀναγκαῖος | anankaios | necessary | Uses8 |
and 48 more on the stem.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀνὰ13
The grammar of each form
- preposition13PREP
Matthew
three uses
But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: in
The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: each
So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: each
Mark
one use
Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: through
Luke
three uses
“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: apiece
(There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: in
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: in
John
one use
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: for
1 Corinthians
two uses
I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: in
If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: in
Revelation
three uses
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: respectively
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: in the
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
- ἀνὰanaprepositiontagged: each
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.