by analogy

: , , ; , ; meaning, from heaven: , , . from above ἀπὸ ἄ. ἐκ τῶν ἄ. Mt 27:51 Mk 15:38 Jo 19:28 Jo 3:31 19:11 Ja 1:17 3:15 17 , : , ; whence from the first from the beginning Lk 1:3 Ac 26:5 , : , , (so most, but v. Meyer, in l.; cf. Field, , 86 f.); , (MM, , s.v.).† anew again Jo 3:3 7 Ga 4:9 Notes VGT πάλιν ἄ.

from above; by analogy, from the first; by implication, anew

from above, again, from the beginning (very first), the top