A compound Greek verb meaning to lead up, to put out into deep water, or to return. From epi (upon) and anago (to lead up/put to sea). Used in Luke 5:3,4 when Jesus instructs Simon to push out a little from shore and then to "put out into deep water."
Jesus' command to epanago — "put out into the deep" — is one of the most evocative moments in the Gospels. Simon had fished all night and caught nothing. Now Jesus asks him to go deeper, against all experienced judgment. The resulting miraculous catch represents what Spirit-directed obedience produces where human effort alone has failed. "Launch out into the deep" became a spiritual motto: the shallow waters of comfortable Christianity yield little; the deep waters of total surrender to Christ's word produce abundance. The same command echoes in every generation where God's people are called to step beyond what they think possible.