Quick Definition
I put out, go up
Strong's Definition
to lead up on, i.e. (technical) to put out (to sea); (intransitively) to return
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G321 (ἀνάγω);
KJV Usage: launch (thrust) out, return
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπανάγω; 2 aorist infinitive ἐπαναγαγεῖν, imperative ἐπανάγαγε (participle ἐπαναγαγων, Mat_21:18 T WH text Tr marginal reading);
1. literally, to lead up upon, namely, τό πλοῖον, a ship upon the deep, i. e. to put out, Luk_5:3 (Xenophon, Hell. 6, 2, 28; 2Ma_12:4); with εἰς τό βάθος added, into the deep, ibid. 4.
2. to lead back; intransitive, to return (cf. Buttmann, 144 (126)): Mat_21:18; (2Ma_9:21; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 1, 3; Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Herodian, others).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπανάγω epanagō 3x
to bring up or back;
intrans. to return, Mat_21:18 ;
a nautical term, to put off from shore, Luk_5:3-4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπ -αν -άγω ,
[in LXX : Zec_4:12 ( H7324 hi .), Sir_17:26 ; Sir_26:28 , 2Ma_9:21 ; 2Ma_12:4 * ;]
to bring up or back ( sc . ναῦς ); to put out to sea ( DB , iii, 63b): Luk_5:3-4 ; intrans ., to return: Mat_21:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπανάγω [page 229]
P Par 63 .6 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 18) τῶι Δὶ ἱκανῶς ἐπα̣ν̣ήγομεν , we give ample acknowledgments to Zeus (Mahaffy) : cf. ib. .57 ἐπανάγοντα τὸ διστ [α ]ζόμενον ἐπὶ τὸν ἐκκείμενον κανόνα , if he applied the doubtful cases to the rule provided for him ( id. ). See also P Vat A .15 (B.C. 168) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 65) οὐ γὰρ πάντως δεῖ στενῶς ἐπανάγοντά σε (omit) π̣ρο̣σμένειν ἕως τοῦ πορίσαι τι καὶ κατενεγκεῖν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπανάγω fut. -άξω "to bring up: to stir up, excite", Hdt. "to draw back" an army, Thuc. "to bring back" to the point, Xen. , Dem. intr. "to withdraw, retreat", Xen. "to put out to sea", ναῦς id=Xen. ; and without ναῦς, NTest. : so in Pass. "to put to sea against", τινι Hdt. ; absol., id=Hdt. , Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-αν-άγω
[in LXX: Zec.4:12 (רוּק hi.), Sir.17:26 26:28, 2Ma.9:21 2Mac 12:4 * ;]
to bring up or back (sc. ναῦς); to put out to sea (DB, iii, 63b): Luk.5:3-4; intrans., to return: Mat.21:18.†
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