anabainō · go up

What it means

anabainō (ἀναβαίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “go up”.

Come up, ascend.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To go upward: up a mountain, to Jerusalem or to heaven.
2. To spring up, grow, or a thought to arise.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To go up: toward a higher place, a mountain, a boat, Jerusalem or heaven; also of plants, to spring up. It is a compound of ἀνά, “up”, and βαίνω, “go”. Thayer: to go up, ascend; of plants, to spring up; of thoughts, to arise in the heart. Its opposite is καταβαίνω, “go down” (G2597).

• Going up from a place: from the water, onto the mountain Matthew 3:16Matthew 5:1
• Going up to Jerusalem or to the temple John 2:13Luke 18:10Luke 2:4
• “I am going up to my Father” John 20:17Ephesians 4:8
• “The angels of God going up and coming down” John 1:51
• Plants growing up Mark 4:7

How we translate it

“Went up” 29 times, “going up” 13, “come up” 5, “go up” 5, “gone up” 5, “ascended” 3. One goes up to Jerusalem even when coming from the north, because that is what the Greek says (“Joseph also went up from Galilee”, Luke 2:4); “grew up” when it is plants (Mark 4:7).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• went up ×29
• going up ×13
• come up ×5
• go up ×5
• gone up ×5
• coming up ×4
• ascended ×3
• came up ×3
• goes up ×3
• comes up ×2
• others ×9

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×9
• Mark×9
• Luke×9
• John×16
• Acts×18
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×2
• Ephesians×3
• Revelation×13

• Matthew 3:16

  And after being immersed, Jesus at once went up from the water; and look, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and coming upon him.

• Matthew 5:1

  Now seeing the crowds, he went up onto the mountain; and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

• Matthew 13:7

  Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

• Matthew 14:23

  And after sending the crowds away, he went up onto the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

• Matthew 14:32

  And when they had gotten up into the boat, the wind ceased.

• Matthew 15:29

  And moving on from there, Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee; and going up onto the mountain, he was sitting there.

• Matthew 17:27

  But so that we do not cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a stater. Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

• Matthew 20:17

  And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

• Matthew 20:18

  “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death

• Mark 1:10

  And at once, as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit coming down like a dove to him.

• Mark 3:13

  And he goes up onto the mountain and summons those whom he himself wanted, and they came to him.

• Mark 4:7

  And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit.

• Mark 4:8

  And other seeds fell into the good soil and were giving fruit, growing up and increasing, and were bearing, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”

• Mark 4:32

  and when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest under its shade.”

• Mark 6:51

  And he went up to them into the boat, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astonished within themselves,

• Mark 10:32

  And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him:

• Mark 10:33

  “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the nations,

• Mark 15:8

  And the crowd came up and began to ask him to do as he used to do for them.

• Luke 2:4

  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

• Luke 2:42

  And when he was twelve years old, as they went up according to the custom of the feast,

• Luke 5:19

  And not finding how they could bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with the stretcher into the middle, in front of Jesus.

• Luke 9:28

  Now it happened, about eight days after these words, that taking along Peter and John and James, he went up onto the mountain to pray.

• Luke 18:10

  “Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

• Luke 18:31

  And taking aside the twelve, he said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

• Luke 19:4

  And running ahead he climbed up into a sycamore-fig tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way.

• Luke 19:28

  And after saying these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

• Luke 24:38

  And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your heart?

• John 1:51

  And he says to him, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”

• John 2:13

  And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

• John 3:13

  And no one has gone up into heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of Man.

• John 5:1

  After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

• John 6:62

  Then what if you were to see the Son of Man going up where he was before?

• John 7:8

  You go up to the feast; I am not going up to this feast, because my time has not yet been fulfilled.”

• John 7:10

  But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly but as it were in secret.

• John 7:14

  When the feast was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple and was teaching.

• John 10:1

  “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold through the gate but climbs in another way, he is a thief and a bandit.

• John 11:55

  Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

• John 12:20

  Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

• John 20:17

  Jesus says to her, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet gone up to the Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going up to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.’”

• John 21:11

  So Simon Peter went up and hauled the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.

And 41 more times.