What does ἀναβιβάζω (anabibázō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναβιβάζω (anabibázō) is a Greek word meaning "to pull up".
Greek · G307
ἀναβιβάζω
To pull up
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ἀναβιβάζω G307
Pronunciation anabibázō
What does ἀναβιβάζω (anabibázō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναβιβάζω (anabibázō) is a Greek word meaning "to pull up".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G307?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [the men] pulled [it] (1).
Where does ἀναβιβάζω (anabibázō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:48. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [the men] pulled [it] 1× Matthew 13:48
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 13:48
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
ἀναβιβάσαντες 1x anabibasantes Matthew 13:48
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 13:48
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to pull up
Strong's G307
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to pull up
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(causal of ἀναβαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for עָלָה hi., also for רָכַב hi., etc. ;] to make go up, draw up, as a ship (Xen.): σαγήνην, Mat.13:48 (metaphorically, MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:48 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναβιβάσαντες anabibasantev
I draw up
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Matt 13:48 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
participle 1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀναβιβάζω is built from these roots:
βάσις G939
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain