ἀνά
  • Parse: Preposition
  • Meaning:
    • ἀνά + Acc = up, again, back
    • Of Place: up (e.g., up the river)
    • Of Place: over, through, upon (e.g., over the field, through the field)
    • Of Time:

      ἀνὰ πᾶσαν τὴν ἡμέραν
      all day long

    • Figurative:

      ἀνὰ κράτος
      to the extent of one's power

      ἀνὰ λόγον
      in due proportion

    • Distributive number: each, respectively, apiece

      ἀνὰ πέντε
      five each

      ἀνὰ δύο
      two by two; in pairs

    • Distributively:

      ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡμέραν
      every day

    • Accumulative number: to the number of

      ἔχων ἀνὰ πτέρυγας ἕξ
      having wings to the number of six

    • Ratio: by a (specified) rate

      ἀνὰ δηνάριον
      by the rate of a denarius

  • Combination:
    • ἀνὰ is often followed by μέσον and a noun in the Genitive

      ἀνὰ μέσον + Gen
      between, in midst of, among

      ἀνὰ μέσον followed by a repeated noun
      between one collection of something and another collection of the same substance

      ἀνὰ μέσον ὕδατος καὶ ὕδατος
      between one mass/body of water and another mass/body of water (Gen. 1:6)

      ἀνὰ μέσον ποίμνης καὶ ποίμνης
      between one flock and another flock (Gen. 32:16)

    • ἀνὰ μέσον is repeated = one thing from another

      διεχώρισεν ὁ Θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸς καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότους
      God separated/distinguished the light from the darkness (Gen. 1:4)

      διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς νυκτός
      to distinguish the day from the night (Gen. 1:14)

      ἀνέλαβον τὸ μέτρον ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς γῆς καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
      they lifted up the measure from the earth to the sky (Zech 5:9)

    • LIST OF PREPOSITIONS
    ἀμφί, ἀνά, ἄνευ, ἀντί, ἀπό, ἄτερ, ἄχρι, διά, εἰς, ἐκ (ἐξ), ἐν, ἕνεκα, ἐπι, κατά, μετά, μεταξύ, μέχρι, παρά, περί, πλήν, πρό, πρός, σύν, ὑπέρ, ὑπό, ὡς