Definition:
ἄνωθεν adv (ἄνω), (a) from above: ἀπὸ ἄ, Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38; ἐκ τῶν ἄ, Jhn.19:28; meaning, from heaven: Jhn.3:31 19:11, Jas.1:17 3:15, 17. (b) from the first, from the beginning: Luk.1:3, Act.26:5; whence (with) anew, again: Jhn.3:3, 7, (so most, but see Meyer, in l; cf. Field, Notes, 86 f.); πάλιν ἄ, Gal.4:9 (MM, VGT, see word). (AS)
Definition:
ἄνωθεν and ἄνωθε [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
Doric dialect ἄνωθα [
Refs]: (ἄνω):—
adverb of Place,
from above, from on high, θεοὺς ἄ. γῆς ἐποπτεύειν ἄχη[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
from the interior of a country, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially from inner Asia, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; from the north, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) like{ἄνω},
above, on high, opposed to κάτωθεν or κάτω, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: of the gods, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of men on earth, οἱ ἄ. the
living, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; those
on deck (in a ship), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of birds
of the air, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄ. Φρυγία
upper Phrygia, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2.b) rarely with
genitive, ἄ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) in narrative or in quiry,
from the beginning, from farther back, ἄ. ἄρχεσθαι, ἐπιχειρεῖν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in quotations,
above, earlier, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc: οἱ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἄ. γονεῖς
ancestors, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κορίνθιαι εἰμὲς ἄ.
by descent, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πονηρὸς ἄ. a
born rogue, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
from early life, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2) τὰ ἄ.
higher, more universal principles, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
over again, anew, afresh, φιλίαν ἄ. ποιεῖται[
NT+1st c.AD+]