each
ana marks distribution among individuals or units, and in prepositional clauses marks a relation within or between.
The dominant attested use marks distribution: people, objects, payments, or groups are presented individually or in matching units. In its prepositional occurrences, it appears in clauses concerning a relation within, between, or through a setting, though the translation does not always isolate its contribution.
Senses in use
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Distribution by individual or group · dominant
The adverb-tagged form occurs where items or people are apportioned or described unit by unit: in Luke 10:1 the APB renders the sending as “two by two,” and in Luke 9:14 it renders the seating as groups of “about fifty each.” In Matthew 20:9 and Revelation 21:21, the APB likewise presents a denarius or a pearl as assigned to each specified recipient or gate.
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Relation within or between a setting · common
The preposition-tagged form appears in relational clauses: 1 Corinthians 6:5 concerns judging “between brother and brother,” while Matthew 13:25 describes weeds sown “throughout the midst of the grain.” Mark 7:31 and Revelation 7:17 likewise place the action in clauses involving a region or the midst of the throne; the APB’s loose wording does not isolate the term in every case.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly expresses the distributive use with “each” or “two by two,” as in Luke 10:1 and Matthew 20:9. In prepositional clauses it uses phrases such as “between brother and brother” and “throughout the midst,”.