Lexical Definition

‎ἀναβαίνω‎ anabaínō (an-ab-ah'-ee-no) to ascend ^G:V
from ‎ἀνά‎ and the base of ‎βάσις‎

arise, ascend (up), climb (go, grow, rise, spring) up, come (up).

• to go up (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

ἀναβαίνω, [in LXX chiefly for עלה;]
to go up, ascend,
(a) of persons: ἐπί συκομωρέαν, Lk 19:4; εἰς τ. πλοῖον, Mk 6:51; εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, Mt 20:17; εἰς τ. ἱερόν, c. inf. (M, Pr., 205), Lk 18:10; with mention of place of departure, Mt 3:16 (ἀπό), Ac 8:39 (ἐκ);
(b) of things, to rise, spring up, come up: a fish, Mt 17:27; smoke, Re 8:4; plants growing, Mt 13:7; metaph., of things coming up in one's mind (as Heb. עָלָה אֶל לֵב; IV Ki 12:4*, al.), Lk 24:38, I Co 2:9; of prayers, Ac 10:4; messages, Ac 21:31 (for late exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀναβαίνω,

imperfect ἀνέβαινον: future -βήσομαι: (for aorist 1 see infr. B): aorist 2 ἀνέβην, imperative ἀνάβηθι, -βῶ, -βῆναι, -βάς: perfect -βέβηκα:— middle, aorist 1 -εβησάμην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers.singular -εβήσετο, see infr. B:—passive, see below 11.2:— go up, mount, with accusative loci, οὐρανόν, ὑπερώϊα ἀ. go up to heaven, to the upper rooms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φάτις ἀνθρώπους ἀναβαίνει goes up among, [Refs]; more frequently with preposition, ἀ. εἰς ἐλάτην, ἐς δίφρον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely with ἀνά repeated, ἀν᾽ ὀρσοθύρην ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+] to trample on the dead, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__II Special usages:
__II.1 mount a ship, go on board, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly absolutely; ἐς Τροίην ἀ. embark for Troy, [Refs 8th c.BC+] I will mount a prow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 mount on horse-back (compare ἀναβάτης), ἀ. ἐφ᾽ ἵππον[Refs 5th c.BC+] mounted; ἀναβάντες (absolutely) ἐφ᾽ ἵππων ἐλάσαι[Refs]; ἀ. ἐπὶ τροχόν mount on the wheel of torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.b with accusative, ἀ. ἵππον mount a horse, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, [ἵππος] ὁ μήπω ἀναβαινόμενος that has not yet been mounted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναβαθείς when mounted,[Refs]
__II.3 of land-journeys, go up from the coast into Central Asia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3.b go up to a temple, [NT]; to a town, [NT+3rd c.AD+]; in curses, ἀ. παρὰ Δάματρα πεπρημένος[Refs]
__II.3.c ascend to heaven, [Refs]
__II.4 of rivers in flood, rise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐς τὰς ἀρούρας overflow the fields, [Refs]
__II.5 of plants, shoot up, ἐπὶ δένδρα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; climb on sticks, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; generally, shoot, spring up, [NT]; of hair, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 in Attic dialect, ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα, or ἀ. alone, mount the tribune, rise to speak, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἰς τὸ πλῆθος, εἰς or ἐπὶ τὸ δικαστήριον come before the people, before the court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸν ὀκρίβαντα mount the stage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of witnesses in court, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.7 of the male, mount, cover, ἀ. τὰς θηλέας[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II.8 of age, δύο ἀναβεβηκὼς ἔτη τῆς ἡλικίας τῆς ἐμῆς two years older.., Ach. Tat.1.7.
__II.9 ascend to higher knowledge, ἡ ἀναβεβηκυῖα ἐπιστήμη[Refs 6th c.AD+]generalities, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.10 with accusative, surpass, κάλλει τὴν πᾶσαν διακόσμησιν[Refs 6th c.AD+]
__III of things and events, come to an end, turn out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]result from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.b ἀ. ἐπὶ καρδίαν enter into one's heart, of thoughts, [LXX+NT]
__III.2 come to, pass over to, ἐς Αεωνίδην ἀνέβαινεν ἡ βασιληΐη[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV return to the beginning, of discourse, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; go back, ἀναβήσεται ἐπὶ τὰς κτίσεις τῶν προγόνων[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B aorist ἀνέβησα in causal sense, make to go up, especially put on shipboard, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in aorist middle, νὼ ἀναβησάμενοι having taken us on board with them, [Refs 8th c.BC+] he mounted men on camels, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.18.10 ☩ Matt.20.18 ☩ Matt.13.7 ☩ LXX.2Kgs.12.4* ☩ LXX.Jer.3.16 ☩ 1Cor.2.9 ☩ Luke.24.38}