Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Maundy Thursday
There are 3 days til Easter!
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #511 - ἀνώτερος

Transliteration
anṓteros
Phonetics
an-o'-ter-os
Origin
comparative degree of (G507)
Parts of Speech
Adjective Neuter
TDNT
1:376,
Search for…
Browse by letter:
Prev Entry
ἀνωτερικός
 
Next Entry
ἀνωφελής
Definition   
Thayer's
  1. higher
    1. of motion: to a higher place, up higher
    2. of rest: in a higher place, above
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 4604 ‑ מַעַל (mah'‑al);  5945 ‑ עֶלְיוֹן (el‑yone');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (2)
Luke 1
Hebrews 1
NAS (2)
Luke 1
Hebrews 1
HCS (2)
Luke 1
Hebrews 1
BSB (2)
Luke 1
Hebrews 1
ESV (2)
Luke 1
Hebrews 1
WEB (2)
Luke 1
Hebrews 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀνώτερος, α, ον,

Comp. Adj. from ἄνω (B), upper, higher, Arist. HA 496b35, D.H. Rh. 1.1, Luc. Asin. 9; ἐπιβουλῆς ἀ. γέγονεν got the better of, Nic.Dem. p.25 D.; neut. as Adv., Arist. HA 503b18; above, LXX Leviticus 11:21; earlier in a book, Hebrews 10:8, cf. Plb. 3.1.1; to a higher place, Luke 14:10. Adv. ἀνωτέρω, v. ἄνω.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀνώτερος, 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): Luke 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 Leviticus 11:21, with a genitive.)


Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights rserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀνώτερος , α , -ον ,

[in LXX: Nehemiah 3:25 (H5945), Ezekiel 41:7 (H4604), Tobit 8:3*;]

only in neut., as adv. (cf. ἐξώτερος ),

(a) of motion, higher: Luke 14:10;

(b) of rest, above, before: Hebrews 10:8.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this comparative with reference to time, cf. Syll 307.55 (ii/B.C.) ἔτει ἀνώτερον τρί [τῳ ], ib. 318.6 (B.C. 118) τὸν ἀνώτερον μὲν χρόνον πάντα διατετέλεκεν. In P Giss I. 48.24 (A.D. 202–3) we find the -ω form, τοῖς ἀνωτέρω ἔτεσ ̣ι.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
ανωτέραν ανωτέρας ανωτερον ανώτερον ἀνώτερον ανώτερος anoteron anōteron anṓteron
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile