Lexical Definition

‎ἀνά‎ aná (an-ah') each ^G:PREP
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.)

Abbott-Smith

ἀνά prep. (the rarest in NT; M, Pr., 98; MM, VGT, s.v.), prop.,
upwards, up, always c. acc.
1. In phrases: ἀ. μέσον, among, between, c. gen., Mt 13:25, Mk 7:31, I Co 6:5 (M, Pr., 99), Re 7:17 [so in LXX for בְּתוֹךְ]; ἀ. μέρος, in turn, I Co 14:27 (both found in Polyb.; cf. MGr. ἀνάμεσα).
2. Distrib., apiece, by: Mt 20:9-10, Lk 9:3 (WH om.), Lk 9:14 Lk 10:1, Jo 2:6, Re 4:8.
3. Adverbially ("a vulgarism," Bl., § 51, 5; cf. Deiss., BS, 139 f.), ἀ. εἷς ἕκαστος, Re 21:21.
As prefix, ἀ. signifies
(a) up: ἀναβαίνειν;
(b) to: ἀναγγέλλειν;
(c) anew: ἀναγεννᾶν;
(d) back: ἀνακάμπτειν.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀνά [ᾰνᾰ],

Aeolic dialect, Thess., [Refs 4th c.AD+] ὀν, preposition governing genitive, dative, and accusative By apocope ἀνά becomes ἄν before dentals, as ἂν τὸν ὀδελό; ἄγ before gutturals, as ἂγ γύαλ; ἄμ before labials, as ἂμ βωμοῖσι, ἂμ πέτραις, etc.; ἀμπεπλεγμένας[Refs 4th c.AD+]

__A WITH GEN., three times in [Refs 8th c.BC+] go on board ship, [Refs]; ἂν τοῦ τοίχου, τᾶς ὁδοῦ, τοῦ ῥοειδίου, [Refs]
__B WITH DAT., on, upon, without any notion of motion, Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, and Trag. (only Lyric poetry), ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ upon the sceptre, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ ὤμῳ upon the shoulder, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀν ἵπποις, i. e. in a chariot, [ἀνά τε ναυσὶν καὶ σὺν ὅπλοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 754; ἂγ Κόσσῳ “GDI” 1365 (from Epirus). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C WITH ACCU[Refs 5th c.BC+], the common usage, implying motion upwards:
__C.I of Place, up, from bottom to top, up along, κίον᾽ ἀν᾽ ὑψηλὴν ἐρύσαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ μέλαθρον up to,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἂν ῥόον up-stream, [Refs]; κρῆς ἂν τὸν ὀδελὸν ἐμπεπαρμένον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, along, ἂν τὼς ὄρως[Refs]
__C.I.2 up and down, throughout, ἀνὰ δῶμα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ στρατόν, ἄστυ, ὅμιλον,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν τὴν Μηδικήν, ἀνὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ τὸ σκοτεινόν in the darkness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.I.3 metaphorically, ἀνὰ θυμὸν φρονέειν, ἀνὰ στόμα ἔχειν, to have continually in the mind, in the mouth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀν᾽ Αἰγυπτίους ἄνδρας among them, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ πρώτους εἶναι to be among the first, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.II of Time, throughout, ἀνὰ νύκτα all night through, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ χρόνον in course of time, [Refs]; ἀνὰ μέσσαν ἀκτῖνα (i. e. in the south) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.II.2 distributively, ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡμέραν day by day, [Refs 5th c.BC+] in order of age, [Refs]
__C.III distributively with Numerals, κρέα εἴκοσιν ἀν᾽ ἡμιωβολιαῖα 20 pieces of meat at half an obol each, [Refs 5th c.BC+] for the obol, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ πέντε παρασάγγας τῆς ἡμέρας [they marched] at the rate of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔστησαν ἀνὰ ἑκατόν μάλιστα ὥσπερ χοροί they stood in bodies of about [Refs]each. [Refs]; κλισίας ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα companies at the rate of [Refs]in each, [NT]; ἔλαβον ἀνὰ δηνάριον a denarius apiece, [NT]; in doctor's prescriptions, ἀνὰ ὀβολὼ β[Refs 2nd c.AD+]amounting to [Refs 4th c.BC+]; multiplied by, [Refs]
__C.IV Phrases: ἀνὰ κράτος up to the full strength, i. e. vigorously, ἀνὰ κράτος φεύγειν, ἀπομάχεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον and ἀνὰ λόγον proportionately, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ μέσον in the midst, [Refs 4th c.BC+]by turns, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__D WITH NOM. of Numerals, etc., distributively, [NT+2nd c.AD+]
__E WITHOUT CASE as adverb, thereupon, [Refs 8th c.BC+] and other Poets:— and with the notion of spreading all over a space, throughout, all over, μέλανες δ᾽ ἀνὰ βότρυες ἦσαν all over there were clusters, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —but ἀνά often looks like an adverb in [Refs 8th c.BC+], where really it is only parted from its Verb by tmesis, ἀνὰ δ᾽ ἔσχετ; ἀνὰ δ᾽ ὦρτο (for ἀνῶρτο δέ); ἀνὰ τεύχε᾽ ἀείρας (for τεύχεα ἀναείρας), etc.
__F IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words),
__F.1 as in C. 1, up to, upwards, up, opposed to κατά, as ἀνα-βαίνω, -βλέπω, ἀν-αιρέω, -ίστημι: poetry sometimes doubled, ἀν᾽ ὀρσοθύρην ἀναβαίνειν[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__F.2 hence flows the sense of increase or strengthening, as in ἀνακρίν; though it cannot always be translated, as in Homer's ἀνείρομαι:—in this case opposed to ὑπό.
__F.3 from the notion throughout (E), comes that of repetition and improvement, as in ἀνα-βλαστάνω, -βιόω, -γεννάω.
__F.4 the notion of back, backwards, in ἀναχωρέω, ἀνανεύω, etc., seems to come from such phrases as ἀνὰ ῥόον up, i. e. against, the stream.
__G ἄνα, written with anastrophe as adverb, up! arise! ἀλλ᾽ ἄνα[Refs 8th c.BC+]:—in this sense the ultima is never elided;[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__G.2 apocopation ἄν after ὤρνυτο, ὦρτο, and up stood.. arose, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__G.3 when used as preposition ἀνά never suffers anastrophe.

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.9.14 ☩ Matt.20.10 ☩ Rev.21.21}