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ἄνωθεν

MainId: 000508000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0509

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 000508001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: advb.

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἀνά', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 000508001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 84.13

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Spacial Extensions

      LEXSubDomains: Extension From a Source

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-10 12:46:01

         DefinitionShort: extension from a source which is above

         Glosses: ['from above', 'from the top of']

         Comments: In {S:04300303100004} the reference of ἄνωθεν is obviously heaven, and in many languages it is essential to translate ‘he who comes from heaven is far above all.’|In {S:04300300300028} ἄνωθεν may also mean ‘again’ (see {D:67.55}). For ἄνωθεν as part of an idiom, see {D:41.53}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 27:51, MARK 15:38, YHN 3:3, YHN 3:7, YHN 3:31, YHN 19:11, YHN 19:23, YAC 1:17, YAC 3:15, YAC 3:17

   2. LEXID: 000508001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 67.55

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

      LEXSubDomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-10 12:46:01

         DefinitionShort: a subsequent point of time involving repetition

         Glosses: again

         Comments: In {S:04300300300028} ἄνωθεν involves a play on the two distinct meanings of the word, namely, ἄνωθεν[b] 'again' and {L:ἄνωθεν}[a] 'from above' (see {D:84.13}). For the idiom γεννάω ἄνωθεν, see {D:41.53}.

      LEXReferences: YHN 3:3, YHN 3:7, GAL 4:9

   3. LEXID: 000508001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 67.90

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

      LEXSubDomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-10 12:46:01

         DefinitionShort: duration of time for a relatively long period in the past

         Glosses: for a long time

      LEXReferences: LUKE 1:3, ACTs 26:5

   4. LEXID: 000508001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 41.53

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Behavior and Related States

      LEXSubDomains: Change Behavior

      LEXCollocations: γεννάω ἄνωθεν

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-10 12:46:01

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to be born again) to experience a complete change in one’s way of life to what it should be, with the implication of return to a former state or relation

         Glosses: ['to be born again', 'to experience new birth', 'rebirth']

         Comments: It is also possible to understand {L:ἄνωθεν} in {S:04300300300028} as meaning ‘from above’ or ‘from God’ (see {D:84.13}), a literary parallel to the phrase ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν in {S:04300101300032}. In {S:04300300300028}, however, Nicodemus understood {L:ἄνωθεν} as meaning ‘again’ (see {D:67.55}) and γεννάω as ‘physical birth’ (see {D:23.52}).

      LEXReferences: YHN 3:3, YHN 3:7