STRONGS NUMBER G507

Adverb from anti; upward or on the top -- above, brim, high, up.

see GREEK anti

a. above, in a higher place, (opposed to κάτω): Acts 2:19; with the article, ὁ, ἡ, τό ἄνω: Galatians 4:26 (ἡ ἄνω ἱεροσαλημ the upper i. e. the heavenly Jerusalem); Philippians 3:14 (ἡ ἄνω κλῆσις the calling made in heaven, equivalent to ἐπουράνιος, Hebrews 3:1); the neuter plural τά ἄνω as a substantive, heavenly things, Colossians 3:1f; ἐκ τῶν ἄνω from heaven, John 8:23. ἕως ἄνω, John 2:7 (up to the brim).

b. upward, up, on high: John 11:41 (αἴρω); Hebrews 12:15 (ἄνω φύει).