| Lexical Summary analēpsis: a taking upOriginal Word: ἀνάληψις Transliteration: analēpsis Phonetic Spelling: (an-al'-ape-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a taking up Meaning: a taking up Strong's Concordancetaking up, ascension. From analambano; ascension -- taking up. see GREEK analambano Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 354: ἀνάληψις ἀνάληψις (ἀνάλημψις L T Tr WH; see M, μ'), ἀναλήψεως, ἡ (ἀναλαμβάνω) (from Hippocrates down), a taking up: Luke 9:51 (namely, εἰς τόν οὐρανόν of the ascension of Jesus into heaven; (cf. Test. xii. Patr. test. Levi § 18; Suicer, Thesaurus Eccles. under the word; and Meyer on Luke, the passage cited)). | 



