What does ἀναφέρω (anaphérō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναφέρω (anaphérō): To offer sacrificially or bear burdens; distinctively means bringing something before God at altar.
Greek · G399
ἀναφέρω
To take up (literally or figuratively)
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ἀναφέρω G399
Pronunciation anaphérō
What does ἀναφέρω (anaphérō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναφέρω (anaphérō): To offer sacrificially or bear burdens; distinctively means bringing something before God at altar.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G399?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include led them up (2), bear (1), bore (1), let us continually offer (1), offering (1).
Where does ἀναφέρω (anaphérō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 17:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (4), 1 Peter (2), James (1), Luke (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 led them up 2× Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:2
bear 1× Hebrews 9:28
bore 1× 1 Peter 2:24
let us continually offer 1× Hebrews 13:15
offering 1× 1 Peter 2:5
to offer 1× Hebrews 7:27
was carried up 1× Luke 24:51
when he offered 1× James 2:21
when He offered up 1× Hebrews 7:27
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 17:1 ἀναφέρει to led them up Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Mark 9:2 ἀναφέρει to led them up Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Luke 24:51 ἀνεφέρετο to was carried up Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Hebrews 7:27 ἀναφέρειν to to offer Verb - Present Infinitive Active Hebrews 7:27 ἀνενέγκας to when He offered up Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Hebrews 9:28 ἀνενεγκεῖν to bear Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Hebrews 13:15 ἀναφέρωμεν to let us continually offer Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural James 2:21 ἀνενέγκας to when he offered Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Peter 2:5 ἀνενέγκαι to offering Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1 Peter 2:24 ἀνήνεγκεν to bore Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 17:1
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 6
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 Hebrews 4 James 1 1 Peter 2
Source forms
ἀναφέρει 2x anapherei Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:2
ἀνενέγκας 2x anenenkas Hebrews 7:27, James 2:21
ἀναφέρειν 1x anapherein Hebrews 7:27
ἀναφέρωμεν 1x anapherōmen Hebrews 13:15
ἀνενέγκαι 1x anenenkai 1 Peter 2:5
ἀνενεγκεῖν 1x anenenkein Hebrews 9:28
ἀνεφέρετο 1x anephereto Luke 24:51
ἀνήνεγκεν 1x anēnenken 1 Peter 2:24
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 2x Hebrews 9:28, 1 Peter 2:5
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Hebrews 7:27, James 2:21
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 2x Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:2
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x 1 Peter 2:24
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 24:51
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Hebrews 7:27
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural 1x Hebrews 13:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To offer sacrificially or bear burdens; distinctively means bringing something before God at altar.
Strong's G399
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 4 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Peter 2:18-25 Source Gloss
to take up (literally or figuratively)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 17:1 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
ἀναφέρει anaferei
I carry up, lead up, offer up
Read verse Mark 9:2 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
ἀναφέρει anaferei
I carry up, lead up, offer up
Read verse Luke 24:51 Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Passive Indicative
ἀνεφέρετο anefereto
I carry up, lead up, offer up
Read verse Hebrews 7:27 Verb Present Active Infinitive
ἀναφέρειν, anaferein
I carry up, lead up, offer up
Read verse Hebrews 7:27 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀνενέγκας. anenegkav
I carry up, lead up, offer up
Read verse Hebrews 9:28 Verb Second Aorist Active Infinitive
ἀνενεγκεῖν anenegkein
I carry up, lead up, offer up
Read verse Hebrews 13:15 Verb First Person Plural Present Active Subjunctive
ἀναφέρωμεν anaferwmen
I carry up, lead up, offer up
Read verse James 2:21 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀνενέγκας anenegkav
I carry up, lead up, offer up
Read verse 1 Peter 2:5 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
ἀνενέγκαι anenegkai
I carry up, lead up, offer up
Read verse 1 Peter 2:24 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνήνεγκεν anhnegken
I carry up, lead up, offer 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 4 Aligned forms 10 Tenses Present, Aorist, Imperfect Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Present Active Matt 17:1 · Mark 9:2 2×
Imperfect Passive Luke 24:51 1×
Aorist Active 1 Pet 2:24 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Active Heb 7:27 · Jas 2:21 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 3×
Aorist Active Heb 9:28 · 1 Pet 2:5 2×
Present Active Heb 7:27 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Present Active Heb 13:15 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 10 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 5 present 4 imperfect 1
Voice
active 9 passive 1
Mood
indicative 4 infinitive 3 participle 2 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 17:1 ἀναφέρει present active indicative ongoing Mark 9:2 ἀναφέρει present active indicative ongoing Luke 24:51 ἀνεφέρετο imperfect passive indicative background Hebrews 7:27 ἀναφέρειν present active infinitive infinitive Hebrews 7:27 ἀνενέγκας aorist active participle participle Hebrews 9:28 ἀνενεγκεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Hebrews 13:15 ἀναφέρωμεν present active subjunctive subjunctive James 2:21 ἀνενέγκας aorist active participle participle 1 Peter 2:24 ἀνήνεγκεν aorist active indicative completed 1 Peter 2:5 ἀνενέγκαι aorist active infinitive infinitive
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)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
to carry up, bear as a sacrifice
Additional Occurrences
Luke 24:36–53 ἀνεφέρετο anaphérō
Was carried up
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 10 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀναφέρω is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Highlights sacrificial language pointing to substitutionary atonement. 1 Peter 2:18-25
Canonical Themes
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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