What does ἀνάληψις (análēpsis) mean in the Bible?
ἀνάληψις (análēpsis): A taking up, specifically Jesus' bodily elevation to heaven marking his exaltation and departure from earth.
Greek · G354
ἀνάληψις
Ascension
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ἀνάληψις G354
Pronunciation análēpsis
What does ἀνάληψις (análēpsis) mean in the Bible?
ἀνάληψις (análēpsis): A taking up, specifically Jesus' bodily elevation to heaven marking his exaltation and departure from earth.
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How does the BSB render G354?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include ascension (1).
Where does ἀνάληψις (análēpsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 9:51. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It ascension 1× Luke 9:51
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First aligned row Luke 9:51
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
ἀναλήμψεως 1x analēmpseōs Luke 9:51
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Luke 9:51
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A taking up, specifically Jesus' bodily elevation to heaven marking his exaltation and departure from earth.
Strong's G354
Lexical occurrences 0 verses Greek text appearances 1 time Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 9:51–56 Source Gloss
ascension
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A taking up, specifically Jesus' bodily elevation to heaven marking his exaltation and departure from earth.
(κοινή form of ἀνάληψις; see Th., Gr., 108 f.), a taking up: Luk.9:51 (MM, VGT, see word). ἀνά-ληψις, -εως, ἡ, Rec. for ἀνάλημψις, which see
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.
Luke 9:51 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀναλήψεως analhyewv
a taking up, lifting 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.
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Additional Occurrences
Luke 9:51–56 ἀναλήμψεως análēpsis
Being taken up, ascension
New Testament Witnesses
taking up, ascension
Word Origins
ἀνάληψις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Frames suffering within ultimate exaltation.
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