ἀναβαίνω
anabainō (G0305)
to ascend
AI Word Study
The Greek word ἀναβαίνω (anabainō) is defined as "to ascend." This fundamental meaning is consistently reflected in its 82 occurrences throughout the Bible. The word is primarily used to convey physical movement upwards, such as climbing mountains (Matthew 5:1) or ascending to the sky (Acts 1:9). However, it also frequently denotes spiritual or metaphorical ascent, as in Jesus' temptation in the wilderness where Satan invites him to ascend to a position of power (Matthew 4:8). In other instances, the word describes rising to a place of authority or prestige, as when the high priest and members of the Sanhedrin ascend to their seats (Matthew 2:33). Overall, the significance of ἀναβαίνω lies in its capacity to describe a range of movements from physical ascension to metaphorical elevations, often highlighting themes of transformation, change, and the connection between the material and spiritual realms.
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Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.
Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”
yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”
He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled;
They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.
“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to David’s city, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;
When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,
Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle before Jesus.
About eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.
“Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
He took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
He said to them, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of one hundred fifty-three great fish. Even though there were so many, the net wasn’t torn.
When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand
Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
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