Lexical Definition

‎ἄνω‎ ánō (an'-o) above ^G:ADV
adverb from ‎ἀντί‎

above, brim, high, up.

• upward or on the top

Abbott-Smith

ἄνω, adv. (< ἀνά),
(a) up, upwards: Jo 11:41, He 12:15;
(b) above (opp. to κάτω): Ac 2:19; with art. ἡ, Ga 4:26, Phl 3:14; τά, Jo 8:23, Col 3:1, 2; ἕως ἄ. (up to the brim), Jo 2:7 (Cremer, 106; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄνω,

__BAeolic dialect ὄνω, adverb, (ἀνά):
__I with Verbs implying Motion, upwards, ἄ. ὤθεσκε ποτὶ λόφον[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἀναπλεῖν up stream, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ. ὁδός the upward road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἰόντι going up the country (i.e. inland, see[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέμπειν ἄ., i.e. from the nether world, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II with Verbsimplying Rest, aloft, on high, [Refs], etc.; τὸ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b on earth, opposed to the world below, νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆς ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄ. the living, opposed to οἱ κάτω the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἄ. πράγματα the world above, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.c in heaven, opposed to earth, οἱ ἄ. θεοί the gods above, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially in NT, ἐκ τῶν ἄ. εἰμί[NT]
__II.d generally, of relative position, ὁ δῆμος ἄ. καθῆτο in the upper quarter of the city, i.e. the Pnyx, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ. βουλή, i.e. the Areopagus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; βαλλόμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν ἄ. by those above on the roofs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἄ. τῆς οἰκίας, opposed to θεμέλια, [Refs]
__II.e geographically, on the upper side, i.e. on the north, ἄ. πρὸς βορέην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὔτε τὰ ἄ. χωρία οὔτε τὰ κάτω [οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέρην] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.f inward from the coast, ἡ ἄ. Ἀσίη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ. ὁδός the upper or inland road, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ. πόλις, opposed to the Piraeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in full, οἱ ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἄ.[Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὁ ἄ. βασιλεύς the king of the upper country, i.e. of Persia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.g in the race-course, τὰ ἄ. turning-post, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare κάτω.
__II.h in the body, τὰ ἄ. the upper parts, opposed to τὸ κάτω, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__i of Time, formerly, of old, εἰς τὸ ἄ. reckoning upwards or backwards, of generations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄ. men of olden time, [Refs]; αἱ ἄ. μητρός the mother's lineal ancestors, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__k above, in referring to a passage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__1 of tones in the voice, οἱ ἄ. τόνοι[Refs 1st c.AD+]
__1.m metaphorically, ἄ. βαίνειν walk proudly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__1.n higher, more general, of κατηγορίαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 ἄ. καὶ κάτω up and down, to and fro, εἷρπ᾽ ἄ. τε καὶ κάτω[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b upside-down, topsy-turvy, τὰ μὲν ἄ. κ. θήσω, τὰ δὲ κ. ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]backwards and forwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἄ. ἔχειν τὸ πνεῦμα pant or gasp, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B as preposition with genitive, above, ἡ ἄ. Ἅλυος Ἀσίη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. τοῦ γόνατος above the knee, [LXX+4th c.BC+]
__B.2 with partitive genitive, αἰθέρος ἄ. ἑλεῖν uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C comparative ἀνωτέρω, absolutely, higher, ἀ. θακῶν.. Ζεύς[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. οὐδὲν τῶν πρηγμάτων προκοπτομένων not getting on any farther, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.2 with genitive, ἀ. Σάμου[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῶν μαστῶν above them, [Refs]; later ἀνώτερον[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; compare ἀνώτερος.
__C.II superlative ἀνωτάτω, ἐς τοὺς ἀ. (i.e. στάντας) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. ἄσκησις the highest, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. διαίρεσις Ps.-[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: John.8.23 ☩ Gal.4.26 ☩ Phil.3.14 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.14.15}