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Ascension

ἀνάληψιςStrong’s G0354

analēpsis

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Analēpsis is the Greek word usually translated “ascension”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,”
Luke 9:51 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “ascension”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • ascension 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἀνάληψις 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)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “ascension” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    ASCEN'SION, noun

    [Latin ascensio.]

    1. The act of ascending; a rising.
    2. The thing rising, or ascending. [not authorized.]
    3. In astronomy, ascension is either right or oblique.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.