Strong's Number G507

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:

up, upwards, above, on high
of the quarters of the heaven, northward
of countries, inland, up from the coast
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