The Greek verb anabibazō (G307) is a compound of ana (up) and bibazō (to cause to go). It appears once in the New Testament in Matthew 13:48, describing fishermen drawing their net up onto the shore after a catch.
The word carries the sense of deliberate upward movement — bringing something from a lower to a higher position, often with effort.
In Matthew 13:48, anabibazō appears in the Parable of the Net (dragnet), one of Jesus' kingdom parables. The fishermen "drew it up on the shore" and then separated the good fish from the bad — a vivid image of the final judgment when the righteous and the wicked will be separated.
This upward drawing motion is a small but theologically loaded detail: the separation of souls at the end of the age is not random or mechanical but the deliberate act of heaven's fishermen — the angels executing the Son of Man's judgment. Every individual is "drawn up" and assessed. The parable calls believers to readiness: one day the net will be pulled to shore.