Strong’s G303 · Greek

ἀνά
aná

Definition

properly, up; but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.)

Etymology

a primary preposition and adverb;

Where the KJV renders it

  • and
  • apiece
  • by
  • each
  • every (man)
  • in
  • through

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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