ἀναβαίνω

ἀναβαίνω — anabaínō

ἀναβαίνω; (imperfect ἀνέβαινον Act 3:1; future ἀναβήσομαι Rom 10:6, after Deu 30:12); perfect ἀναβέβηκα; 2 aorist ἀνέβην, participle ἀναβάς, imperative ἀνάβα Rev 4:1 (ἀνάβηθι Lachmann), plural ἀνάβατε (for R G ἀνάβητε) Rev 11:12 L T Tr (WH; cf. WHs Appendix, p. 168{b}); Winers Grammar, § 14, 1 h.; (Buttmann, 54 (47); from Homer down); the Sept. for עָלָה;

a. to go up, move to a higher place, ascend: a tree (ἐπί), Luk 19:4; upon the roof of a house (ἐπί), Luk 5:19; into a ship (εἰς), Mar 6:51; (Mat 15:39 G Tr text; Act 21:6 Tdf.); εἰς τό ὄρος, Mat 5:1; Luk 9:28; Mar 3:13; εἰς τό ὑπερῷον, Act 1:13; εἰς τόν οὐρανόν, Rom 10:6; Rev 11:12 εἰς τόν οὐρανόν is omitted, but to be supplied, in Joh 1:51;, and in the phrase, ἀναβέβηκα πρός τόν πατέρα, Joh 20:17. (It is commonly maintained that those persons are figuratively said ἀναβεβηκέναι εἰς τόν οὐρανόν, who have penetrated the heavenly mysteries: Joh 3:13, cf. Deu 30:12; Pro 24:27; Bar 3:29. But in these latter passages also the expression is to be understood literally. And as respects Joh 3:13, it must be remembered that Christ brought his knowledge of the divine counsels with him from heaven, inasmuch as he had dwelt there prior to his incarnation. Now the natural language was οὐδείς ἦν ἐν οὐρανῷ; but the expression ἀναβέβηκεν is used because none but Christ could get there except by ascending. Accordingly εἰ μή refers merely to the idea, involved in ἀναβέβηκεν of a past residence in heaven. Cf. Meyer (or Westcott) at the passage) Used of travelling to a higher place: εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, Mat 20:17; Mar 10:32 f, etc.; εἰς τό ἱερόν, Joh 7:14; Luk 18:10. Often the place to or into which the ascent is made is not mentioned, but is easily understood from the context: Act 8:31 (into the chariot); Mar 15:8 (to the palace of the governor, according to the reading ἀναβάς restored by L T Tr text WH for R G ἀναβοήσας), etc.; or the place alone is mentioned from which (ἀπό, ἐκ) the ascent is made: Mat 3:16; Act 8:39; Rev 11:7.

b. in a wider sense of things rising up, to rise, mount, be borne up, spring up: of a fish swimming up, Mat 17:27; of smoke rising up, Rev 8:4; Rev 9:2; of plants springing up from the ground, Mat 13:7; Mar 4:7; Mar 4:32 (as in Greek writings; Theophrastus, hist. plant. 8, 3, and Hebrew עָלָה); of things which come up in one's mind (Latinsuboriri): ἀναβαίνειν... ἐπί τήν καρδίαν or ἐν τῇ καρδία, Luk 24:38; 1Co 2:9; Act 7:23 (ἀνέβη ἐπί τήν καρδίαν it came into his mind i. e. he resolved, followed by an infinitive), after the Hebrew אֶל־לֵב עָלָה, Jer 3:16, etc. (Buttmann, 135 (118)). Of messages, prayers, deeds, brought up or reported to one in a higher place: Act 10:4; Act 21:31 (tidings came up to the tribune of the cohort, who dwelt in the tower Antonia). (Compare: προσαναβαίνω, συναναβαίνω).