diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/finder.py b/jedi/evaluate/finder.py
index 61df5edf..87643644 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/finder.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/finder.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class NameFinder(object):
                 if unicode(self.name_str) != name.get_code():
                     continue
 
-                stmt = name.parent
+                stmt = name.get_definition()
                 scope = stmt.parent
                 if scope in break_scopes:
                     continue
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class NameFinder(object):
                 flow_scope = flow_scope.parent
 
         for name in names:
-            typ = name.parent
+            typ = name.get_definition()
             if typ.isinstance(pr.ForFlow):
                 types += self._handle_for_loops(typ)
             elif isinstance(typ, pr.Param):
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/helpers.py b/jedi/evaluate/helpers.py
index ab3688b5..7a66488b 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/helpers.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/helpers.py
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ class FakeName(pr.Name):
             names = [(name_or_names, p)]
         super(FakeName, self).__init__(FakeSubModule, names, p, p, parent)
 
+    def get_definition(self):
+        return self.parent
+
 
 class LazyName(FakeName):
     def __init__(self, name, parent_callback):
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/iterable.py b/jedi/evaluate/iterable.py
index eaf578c7..1a7585dc 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/iterable.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/iterable.py
@@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ class ArrayMethod(IterableWrapper):
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         # Set access privileges:
-        if name not in ['parent', 'names', 'start_pos', 'end_pos', 'get_code']:
-            raise AttributeError('Strange accesson %s: %s.' % (self, name))
+        if name not in ['parent', 'names', 'start_pos', 'end_pos', 'get_code',
+                        'get_definition']:
+            raise AttributeError('Strange access on %s: %s.' % (self, name))
         return getattr(self.name, name)
 
     def get_parent_until(self):
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/representation.py b/jedi/evaluate/representation.py
index b8928a0c..6f331638 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/representation.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/representation.py
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ class InstanceElement(use_metaclass(CachedMetaClass, pr.Base)):
     def get_parent_until(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return pr.Simple.get_parent_until(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_definition(self):
+        return self.get_parent_until((pr.Statement, pr.IsScope, pr.Import))
+
     def get_decorated_func(self):
         """ Needed because the InstanceElement should not be stripped """
         func = self.var.get_decorated_func()
diff --git a/jedi/parser/representation.py b/jedi/parser/representation.py
index 118c0653..1645e16a 100644
--- a/jedi/parser/representation.py
+++ b/jedi/parser/representation.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import re
 from inspect import cleandoc
 
 from jedi._compatibility import (next, Python3Method, encoding, unicode,
-                                 is_py3, u, literal_eval)
+                                 is_py3, u, literal_eval, use_metaclass)
 from jedi import common
 from jedi import debug
 from jedi import cache
@@ -222,6 +222,15 @@ class Simple(Base):
             (type(self).__name__, code, self.start_pos[0], self.start_pos[1])
 
 
+class IsScopeMeta(type):
+    def __instancecheck__(self, other):
+        return other.is_scope()
+
+
+class IsScope(use_metaclass(IsScopeMeta)):
+    pass
+
+
 class Scope(Simple, DocstringMixin):
     """
     Super class for the parser tree, which represents the state of a python
@@ -1463,8 +1472,8 @@ class NamePart(object):
     def get_code(self):
         return self._string
 
-    def get_parent_stmt(self):
-        return self.parent.parent_stmt()
+    def get_definition(self):
+        return self.parent.get_definition()
 
     def get_parent_until(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.parent.get_parent_until(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -1504,8 +1513,9 @@ class Name(Simple):
         """ Returns the names in a full string format """
         return self._get_code
 
-    def get_parent_stmt(self):
-        return self.get_parent_until(ExprStmt)
+    def get_definition(self):
+        # TODO This is way to complicated, simplify this with a new parser.
+        return self.get_parent_until((Statement, IsScope, Import))
 
     @property
     def end_pos(self):