What does ἀνώτερος (anṓteros) mean in the Bible?
ἀνώτερος (anṓteros) is a Greek word meaning "higher".
Greek · G511
ἀνώτερος
Higher
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ἀνώτεροςG511
Pronunciationanṓteros
What does ἀνώτερος (anṓteros) mean in the Bible?
ἀνώτερος (anṓteros) is a Greek word meaning "higher".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G511?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [ In the passage ] above (1), to a better place (1).
Where does ἀνώτερος (anṓteros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 14:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (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[ In the passage ] above1×Hebrews 10:8
to a better place1×Luke 14:10
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Usage map
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First aligned rowLuke 14:10
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Luke1Hebrews1
Source forms
ἀνώτερον1xanōteronLuke 14:10
Ἀνώτερον1xAnōteronHebrews 10:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative2xLuke 14:10, Hebrews 10:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. higher
Strong'sG511
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
higher
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 14:10Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀνώτερον·anwteron
higher, to a more honorable place, previously, above
Read verseHebrews 10:8Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀνώτερονanwteron
higher, to a more honorable place, previously, above
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · NeuterHeb 10:81×
Word Origins
ἀνώτερος is built from this root:
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