King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G511
Transliteration: anōteron
Phonetic Spelling: (an-o'-ter-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: higher
Meaning: higher
ἀνώτερος, ἀνωτερα, ἀνώτερον (comparitive from ἄνω, cf. κατώτερος, see Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 c.; (Buttmann, 28 (24f))), higher. The neuter ἀνώτερον as adverb, higher;
Word Summary
anōteron: higher
Original Word: ἀνώτερονTransliteration: anōteron
Phonetic Spelling: (an-o'-ter-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: higher
Meaning: higher
Strong's Concordance
above, higher. Comparative degree of ano; upper, i.e. (neuter as adverb) to a more conspicuous place, in a former part of the book -- above, higher.
see GREEK ano
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 511: ἀνώτεροςἀνώτερος, ἀνωτερα, ἀνώτερον (comparitive from ἄνω, cf. κατώτερος, see Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 c.; (Buttmann, 28 (24f))), higher. The neuter ἀνώτερον as adverb, higher;
a. of motion, to a higher place, (up higher): Luke 14:10.
b. of rest, in a higher place, above i. e. in the immediately preceding part of the passage quoted, Hob. 10:8. Similarly Polybius 3, 1, 1 τρίτῃ ἀνώτερον βίβλῳ. (In Leviticus 11:21, with a genitive.)