ἀναφέρω anapherō

Greek word for “to carry up” · Strong’s G399 · used 10 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

ἀνα-φέρω; 1. to carry or lead up: with accusative of person(s);

How it is translated

Glosses given for anapherō in context, with how often each is used:

• brings up 2
• carried up 1
• offer up 1
• having offered up 1
• bear 1
• may offer 1
• having offered 1
• offer 1
• bore 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Peter 2 (2), Matthew 17 (1), Mark 9 (1), Luke 24 (1), Hebrews 7 (1), Hebrews 9 (1), Hebrews 13 (1), James 2 (1)

Forms

• ἀναφέρει 2
• ἀνενέγκας 2
• ἀνεφέρετο 1
• ἀναφέρειν 1
• ἀνενεγκεῖν 1
• ἀναφέρωμεν 1
• ἀνενέγκαι 1
• ἀνήνεγκεν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with anapherō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• θυσία thusia “sacrifice” 3
• ὑψηλός hupsēlos “high” 2
• ἴδιος idios “one's own/private” 3
• ἕξ hex “six” 2
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 3
• Ἰάκωβος Iakōbos “James” 2
• παραλαμβάνω paralambanō “to take” 2
• ὄρος oros “mountain” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 3
• κατά kata “according to” 3
• ζάω zaō “to live” 2
• Ἰωάννης Iōannēs “John” 2

Key verses

The verses using anapherō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 17:1 — And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
• Mark 9:2 — And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured…
• Luke 24:51 — And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
• Hebrews 7:27 — Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered…
• Hebrews 9:28 — So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
• Hebrews 13:15 — By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
• James 2:21 — Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
• 1 Peter 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• 1 Peter 2:24 — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.