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Definition of Above from Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words which is keyed to the English Version (1881-1885), which is similar to the ASV 1901 (American Standard Version)

 * The following adverbs have this meaning (prepositions are omitted here):--

<1,,507,ano>
denotes "above, in a higher place," Acts 2:19 (the opposite to kato, "below"). With the article it means "that which is above," Gal. 4:26; Phil. 3:14, "the high calling" (RV marg., "upward"); with the plural article, the things above," John 8:23, lit., "from the things above;" Col. 3:1,2. With heos, "as far as," it is translated "up to the brim," in John 2:7. It has the meaning "upwards" in John 11:41 and Heb. 12:15 See BRIM, HIGH, UP.

<2,,511,anoteron>
the comparative degree of No. 1, is the neuter of the adjective anoteros. It is used (a) of motion to a higher place, "higher," Luke 14:10; (b) of location in a higher place, i.e., in the preceding part of a passage, "above" Heb. 10:8. See HIGHER.

<3,,1883,epano>
epi, "over," ano, "above," is used frequently as a preposition with a noun; adverbially, of number, e.g., Mark 14:5, RV; 1 Cor. 15:6.

Note: In Acts 4:22, AV, the adjective pleion, "more," is translated "above," the RV corrects to "more than (forty years)."

<4,,509,anothen>
"from above," is used of place, (a) with the meaning "from the top," Matt. 27:51; Mark 15:38, of the temple veil; in John 19:23, of the garment of Christ, lit., "from the upper parts" (plural); (b) of things which come from heaven, or from God in Heaven, John 3:31; 19:11; Jas. 1:17; 3:15,17. It is also used in the sense of "again." See AGAIN.


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