Word

ἀνώτερος

anṓteros · G511 · Greek · 2 occurrences

Meanings

preceding, above

Pertaining to preceding in a written or spoken series

Examples
Hebrews 10:8 After saying above, “SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND OFFERINGS FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE IN THEM” (which are offered according to the Law),
higher, better

Pertaining to being qualitatively superior in view of being in a higher or better position

Examples
Luke 14:10 “But whenever you are invited, go and take the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are dining at the table with you.

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

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

ὑπεράνω hyperánō · G5231 · above, over, on: Compound adverb/preposition meaning 'far above, over,' expressing spatial superiority and higher position, overlapping with ἀνώτερος in denoting what is above or higher

Contrasting words 2 words

κατώτερος katṓteros · G2737 · low, lower: Direct spatial antonym: comparative adjective meaning 'lower,' the opposite of 'upper/higher' (ἀνώτερος) in positional/locative sense
κάτω kátō · G2736 · below, down: Adverb meaning 'below, down,' the opposite directional/locative term to the 'upper/above' sense of ἀνώτερος

In the other Testament 2 words

עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn · H5945 · high, upper, top: Hebrew adjective meaning 'upper, highest,' standard translation equivalent for the spatial/positional sense of ἀνώτερος in contexts referring to higher or upper location
מַעַל maʻal · H4605 · unfaithfulness, upwards, above: Hebrew adverb/preposition meaning 'above, upward,' used for spatial positioning higher/above, matching the locative sense of ἀνώτερος

Semantic domains 2 entries

Preceding, above61.6: In Hebrews 10:8, the writer refers back to his own earlier quotation, “After saying above (anṓteron), 'SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND OFFERINGS FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED,'” pointing to material stated earlier in the same passage.
Higher, better87.29: In Luke 14:10, Jesus counsels a guest to take the last place, “so that when the one who has invited you comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up higher (anṓteron)'; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are dining at the table with you,” describing a more honorable position.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀνώτεροςanṓteros · G511ἀνωτερικός anōterikós · G510 · inland, upland, interior · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀνωτερα, ἀνώτερον (comparitive from ἄνω, cf. κατώτερος, see Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 c.;…

ἀνωτερα, ἀνώτερον (comparitive from ἄνω, cf. κατώτερος, see Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 c.; (Buttmann, 28 (24f))), higher. The neuter ἀνώτερον as adverb, higher;
a. of motion, to a higher place, (up higher): Lk 14:10.
b. of rest, in a higher place, above i. e. in the immediately preceding part of the passage quoted, Hob. 10:8. Similarly Polybius 3, 1, 1 τρίτῃ ἀνώτερον βίβλῳ. (In Lev 11:21, with a genitive.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Sequence1 occurrence High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]1 occurrence

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.

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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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