Strong’s G509 · Greek
ἄνωθεν
ánōthen
Definition
from above; by analogy, from the first; by implication, anew
Etymology
from G507 (ἄνω);
Where the KJV renders it
- from above
- again
- from the beginning (very first)
- the top
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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