Strong's Number 507

Transliteration:
ano {an'-o}
Word Origin:
from 473
TDNT:
1:376,63
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
above 5, up 2, high 1, brim 1

Total: 9
Definition:
  1. up, upwards, above, on high
  2. of the quarters of the heaven, northward
  3. of countries, inland, up from the coast
  4. of time, formerly
In Gal. 4:26 the word could refer to either place or time, i.e. place - the Jerusalem which is above - in the heavens time - the eternal Jerusalem which preceded the earthly one