Dictionary entry

ἄνωθεν

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

ἄνωθεν

adv,

(< ἄνω),

(a) from above: ἀπὸ ἄ., Mt 27:51, Mk 15:38; ἐκ τῶν ἄ., Jo 19:28; meaning, from heaven: Jo 3:3119:11, Ja 1:173:15, 17.

(b) from the first, from the beginning: Lk 1:3, Ac 26:5; whence

(c) anew, again: Jo 3:3, 7, (so most, but v. Meyer, in l.; cf. Field, Notes, 86 f.); πάλιν ἄ., Ga 4:9 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†