ἀνάγω
anágō · G321 · Greek · 23 occurrences
Meanings
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to bring up, to lead up
To bring or lead up
ExamplesMatthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Luke 2:22 And when the days for their purification according to the Law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
Luke 4:5 And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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to offer to, to present to
To bring an offering to
ExamplesActs 7:41 “At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.
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to set sail, to put out to sea
To begin to go by boat
ExamplesLuke 8:22 Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.
Acts 13:13 Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
Acts 16:11 So after setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis;
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
23 occurrences in 8 groups
- Not stated in the clause 5
- Not stated: they 4
- Not stated (participle) 4
- Not stated: we 3
- Not stated (infinitive) 3
- ἐγώI, we 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 4
- θυσίαsacrifice 1
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- ποιμήνshepherd, pastor 1
- χρείαneed 1
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
To or for whomIndirect object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἴδωλονidol 1
- λαόςpeople 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
14 occurrences in 16 groups
- Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐκεῖθενfrom there 1
- μήnot 1
- τότεthen 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θεόςGod 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
- δεῖmust, to be necessary 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- βούλομαιto want, to intend 1
- μέλλωto be about to 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀναφέρω anaphérō · G399 · to bring up, to lead up, to carry up
- Both verbs share the sense of upward motion, and both extend to sacrificial or offering contexts — physical carrying-up as well as cultic presentation. ἀνάγω (anágō, G321) additionally has a nautical specialization ("to put out to sea").
In the other Testament 1 word
- עָלָה ʻâlâh · H5927 · to go up, to rise up, to make rise up
- Greek ἀνάγω and Hebrew עָלָה share the core vertical-motion sense 'to go up, to ascend,' both extending to nautical contexts — Greek to 'set sail, put out to sea,' Hebrew to 'come up' from water or land — confirming ἀνάγω as the standard Greek rendering of עָלָה's upward-motion senses.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To bring up, to lead up15.176
- In Matthew 4:1, “Jesus was led up (anḗchthē) by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil,” describing the Spirit's act of bringing Jesus to a particular place.
- To offer to, to present to15.211
- In Acts 7:41, Stephen recounts that Israel “made a calf and brought (anḗgagon) a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,” describing the presenting of an offering.
- To set sail, to put out to sea54.4
- In Luke 8:22, “Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, ‘Let's cross over to the other side of the lake.’ So they launched out (anḗchthēsan),” describing the act of putting out onto the water.
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 2 aorist ἀνήγαγον, infinitive ἀναγαγεῖν (participle ἀναγαγών); passive (present…
c. 142 (and in the classics)): Lk 8:22; Acts 13:13; Acts 16:11; Acts 18:21; Acts 20:3, Acts 20:13; 21:(), ; Acts 27:2, Acts 27:4, Acts 27:12, Acts 27:21; Acts 28:10f>. (Polybius 1, 21, 4; 23, 3, etc.) (Compare: ἐπανάγω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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