Dictionary entry

ἀνά

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀνά

prep. (the rarest in NT; M, Pr., 98; MM, VGT, s.v.), prop.,

upwards, up, always c. acc.

1. In phrases: ἀ. μέσον, among, between, c. gen., Mt 13:25, Mk 7:31, I Co 6:5 (M, Pr., 99), Re 7:17 [so in LXX for בְּתוֹךְ]; ἀ. μέρος, in turn, I Co 14:27 (both found in Polyb.; cf. MGr.ἀνάμεσα).

2. Distrib., apiece, by: Mt 20:9-10, Lk 9:3 (WH om.), Lk 9:14Lk 10:1, Jo 2:6, Re 4:8.

3. Adverbially ("a vulgarism," Bl., § 51, 5; cf. Deiss., BS, 139 f.), ἀ. εἷς ἕκαστος, Re 21:21.

As prefix, ἀ. signifies

(a) up: ἀναβαίνειν;

(b) to: ἀναγγέλλειν;

(c) anew: ἀναγεννᾶν;

(d) back: ἀνακάμπτειν.