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ἀνέρχομαι
anerchomai
G0424
G:V Greek

to go up

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anerchomai describes going upward or going to Jerusalem, and of Jesus going up a mountain.

The attested uses describe upward movement: journeys to Jerusalem in Galatians 1:17 and Galatians 1:18, and Jesus’ movement up a mountain in John 6:3.

Senses in use

  1. Going up to a destination · dominant

    In Galatians 1:17 and Galatians 1:18, the 1st-person aorist active indicative form occurs in statements about going to Jerusalem, first denying such a journey and then reporting one after three years. In John 6:3, the 3rd-person aorist active indicative form describes Jesus’ movement up the mountain before he sat with his disciples.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “go up” or “went up” in all three verses, for journeys to Jerusalem and for Jesus’ ascent of a mountain. These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall movement rather than isolate every contribution of the term.

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