Ana ἀνά

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Ana
ἀνά
Transliterationana
Strong's numberG303
LanguageGreek
Part of speechpreposition
Glosseach
Occurrences13 in 13 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (3)

Ana (Greek ἀνά, Strong's G303) is a Greek preposition meaning “each”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀνά
prep. (the rarest in NT; M, Pr., 98; MM, VGT, see word), prop.,
upwards, up, always with accusative
1. In phrases: ἀ. 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. μέρος, in turn, 1Co.14:27 (both found in Polyb.; cf. MGr. ἀνάμεσα).
2. Distrib., apiece, by: Mat.20:9-10, Luk.9:3 (WH om.), Luk.9:14 Luk.10:1, Jhn.2:6, Rev.4:8.
3. Adverbially ("a vulgarism," B1., § 51, 5; cf. Deiss., BS, 139 f.), ἀ. εἷς ἕκαστος, Rev.21:21.
As prefix, ἀ. signifies
(a) up: ἀναβαίνειν;
(b) to: ἀναγγέλλειν;
(with) anew: ἀναγεννᾶν;
(d) back: ἀνακάμπτειν.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVevery man (2), apiece (2), through (1), each (1), several (1)
BSBeach (2), among (1), into (1)

Verses

Every verse with Ana, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

1 Corinthians

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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