The meaning of “ἀνά”
Understanding aná reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
a primary preposition and adverb and, apiece, by, each, every (man), in, through. - properly, up - but (by extension) us...
ἀνά
a primary preposition and adverb and, apiece, by, each, every (man), in, through. - properly, up - but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 20:9 | “And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.” Word: ἀνά (aná) | |
| Mark 7:31 | “And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.” Word: ἀνά (aná) | |
| Luke 9:14 | “For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.” Word: ἀνά (aná) | |
| John 2:6 | “And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.” Word: ἀνά (aná) | |
| 1 Corinthians 14:27 | “If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.” Word: ἀνά (aná) |