ἀνά
prep. (the rarest in NT; M, Pr., 98; MM, VGT, see word), prop.,
upwards, up, always with accusative
__1. In phrases: ἀ. μέσον, among, between, with genitive, Mat.13:1-58 25:1-46, Mrk.7:31, 1Co.6:5 (M, Pr., 99), Rev.7:17 [so in LXX for בְּתוׄך׃]; ἀ. μέρος, in turn, 1Co.14:27 (both found in Polyb.; cf. MGr. ἀνάμεσα).
__2. Distrib., apiece, by: Mat.20:9-10, Luk.9:3 (WH om.), Luk.9:14 Luk.10:1, Jhn.2:6, Rev.4:8.
__3. Adverbially ("a vulgarism," B1., § 51, 5; cf. Deiss., BS, 139 f.), ἀ. εἷς ἕκαστος, Rev.21:21.
As prefix, ἀ. signifies
__(a) up: ἀναβαίνειν;
__(b) to: ἀναγγέλλειν;
__(with) anew: ἀναγεννᾶν;
__(d) back: ἀνακάμπτειν.†
(AS)