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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