Greek verb · G305
ἀναβαίνω
anabainoan-ab-ah'-ee-no
to ascend
82 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: anabaínō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G305is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 27New Testament books
- 27spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G305
to go up (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: arise, ascend (up), climb (go, grow, rise, spring) up, come (up).
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
anabaino is rendered "to ascend". It stands 82 times in the Greek text, across ten books.
- Nineteen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:16As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-seven different ways.
The first use
As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
Matthew 3:16ἀνέβη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in ten of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- went up13
- He went up6
- having gone up5
- going up4
- do come up3
- I went up3
- we go up3
- ascending2
- goes up2
- grew up2
- Having ascended2
- having come up2
and 32 more, 82 uses in all
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.
All 82, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
27 spellings 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
- ἀνέβη22
- ἀνέβησαν10
- ἀναβὰς7
- ἀναβαίνει4
- ἀναβαίνων4
- ἀναβαίνειν3
- ἀναβαίνομεν3
- ἀναβαῖνον3
- ἀναβαίνοντα3
- ἀνέβην3
- ἀναβαινόντων2
- ἀναβαίνω2
and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular22V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural10V-2AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7V-2AAP-NSM
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4V-PAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular3V-2AAI-1S
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural3V-PAI-1P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)3V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural2V-2AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular2V-2AAP-ASM
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-PAI-1S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular2V-PAP-ASM
Matthew
nine uses
As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went up
When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He went up
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: grew up
After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He went up
And when they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.
- ἀναβάντωνanabantonverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: when were climbing
Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.
- ἀναβὰςanabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having gone up
“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
- ἀναβάνταanabantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having raised
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
- ἀναβαίνωνanabainonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: going up
“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
- ἀναβαίνομενanabainomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we go up
Mark
nine uses
As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.
- ἀναβαίνωνanabainonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: going up
Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
- ἀναβαίνειanabaineiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He goes up
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: grew up
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
- ἀναβαίνονταanabainontaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: growing up
But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”
- ἀναβαίνειanabaineiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it grows up
Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He went up
As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:
- ἀναβαίνοντεςanabainontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: going up
“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,
- ἀναβαίνομενanabainomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we go up
So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.
- ἀναβὰςanabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having come up
Luke
nine uses
So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Went up
And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.
- ἀναβαινόντωνanabainontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: when were going up
but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
- ἀναβάντεςanabantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having gone up
About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He went up
“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: went up
Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
- ἀναβαίνομενanabainomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we go up
So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he went up
After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
- ἀναβαίνωνanabainonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: going up
“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
- ἀναβαίνουσινanabainousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: do come up
John
sixteen uses
Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
- ἀναβαίνονταςanabainontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: ascending
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went up
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
- ἀναβέβηκενanabebekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has gone up
Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went up
Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?
- ἀναβαίνονταanabainontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: ascending
Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
- ἀνάβητεanabeteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do go up
- ἀναβαίνωanabainoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: am going up
But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: had gone up
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went up
About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went up
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
- ἀναβαίνωνanabainonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: climbing up
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: went up
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
- ἀναβαινόντωνanabainontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: coming up
“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- ἀναβέβηκαanabebekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have I ascended
- ἀναβαίνωanabainoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am ascending
So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Went up
Acts
nineteen uses
When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they went up
For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: ascended
One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
- ἀνέβαινονanebainonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were going up
When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it came
“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
- ἀναβάνταanabantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having come up
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they came up
Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have ascended
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went up
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went up
And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
- ἀναβαίνεινanabaineinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to go up
When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
- ἀναβὰςanabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having gone up
Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.
- ἀναβὰςanabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having gone up
And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
- ἀνέβημενanebemenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we went up
When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- ἀναβαίνεινanabaineinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to go up
After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
- ἀνεβαίνομενanebainomenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we were ascending
While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: there came
You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
- ἀνέβηνanebenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I went up
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he went up
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
- ἀναβὰςanabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having gone up
Romans
one use
But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)
- ἀναβήσεταιanabesetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will ascend
1 Corinthians
one use
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has entered
Galatians
two uses
Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
- ἀνέβηνanebenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I went up
I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
- ἀνέβηνanebenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I went up
Ephesians
three uses
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
- ἀναβὰςanabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having ascended
What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He ascended
He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
- ἀναβὰςanabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having ascended
Revelation
thirteen uses
After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
- ἀνάβαanabaverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do come up
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:
- ἀναβαίνονταanabainontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: is ascending
And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went up
The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
- ἀνέβηanebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went up
When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- ἀναβαῖνονanabainonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: is coming up
And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.
- ἀνάβατεanabateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do come up
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they went up
Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
- ἀναβαῖνονanabainonverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: rising
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
- ἀναβαῖνονanabainonverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: rising
And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
- ἀναβαίνειanabaineiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: goes up
The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
- ἀναβαίνεινanabaineinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to come up
And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
- ἀναβαίνειanabaineiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: goes up
And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
- ἀνέβησανanebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they marched up
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 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.
