BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G354
analēpsis — ascension
ἀνά-λημψις, -εως, ἡ (κοινή form of ἀνάληψις; see Th., Gr., 108 f.), a taking up: Luk.9:51 (MM, VGT, see word).† ἀνά-ληψις, -εως, ἡ, Rec. for ἀνάλημψις, which see (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5941
e.li — Eli
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.3; father of: Hophni (H2652), Phinehas (H6372H) § Eli = "ascension" descendant of Aaron through Ithamar and high priest and judge of Israel when Samuel entered service as a child
30 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →See CHRIST.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
