The Greek verb anerchomai means to go up or ascend. Occurring only twice in the NT (John 6:3; Galatians 1:17), it describes Jesus going up a mountainside and Paul going up to Jerusalem (or Arabia). It combines ana (up) with erchomai (to come/go).
While anerchomai occurs only twice, it reflects the important biblical pattern of ascent: going up to mountains (where God meets His people), going up to Jerusalem (the holy city), and the ultimate ascent — Christ's ascension. Paul's mention of going to Arabia and then Jerusalem (Galatians 1:17) shows his deliberate independence from human authority in receiving the gospel — he received it by direct divine revelation. Ascent in Scripture is often movement toward God, toward truth, toward commission.