ἀναφέρω
anapherō
to carry up
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἀναφέρω (anapherō) is defined as "to carry up." This action implies movement towards a higher place or position. The semantic domain of Movement & Travel indicates that this verb is related to actions involving movement, particularly upward motion. In the context of the 10 occurrences in the Bible, ἀναφέρω is likely used to describe physical actions such as lifting an object, moving from one place to another, or even spiritual ascensions. Its significance lies in its depiction of upward movement, which can be seen as a metaphor for ascension, promotion, or elevation. The meaning of ἀναφέρω is clear: it describes physical or metaphorical upward motion, suggesting an action of carrying or moving something or someone to a higher place. Its use in the Bible is limited to 10 instances, which may indicate a specific emphasis on vertical movement or ascension in the narrative or theological context.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
10 total occurrences across the text
After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
Mark 9:2After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.
Luke 24:51While he blessed them, he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.
Hebrews 9:28so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
Hebrews 7:27who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 7:27who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 13:15Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
James 2:21Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
1 Peter 2:5You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.