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ὑπεράνω

hyperánō · G5231 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. above, over, on, upon

    A position above another, whether or not in contact

    Examples

    Ephesians 4:10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)

    Hebrews 9:5 and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the atoning cover; but about these things we cannot now speak in detail.

  2. far above, considerably superior to

    A marker of superior status, suggesting an additional factor of degree

    Examples

    Ephesians 1:21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

    Ephesians 4:10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
Above, over, on, upon83.49
Hebrews 9:5 — “and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the atoning cover; but about these things we cannot now speak in detail.”
Far above, considerably superior to87.31
Ephesians 1:21 — “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.”
Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἄνω ánō · G507 · up, above, upwards · 9×ἐπάνω epánō · G1883 · above, over, on · 19×ἄνωθεν ánōthen · G509 · from above, from the top of, again · 13×ὑπεράνωhyperánō · G5231ἀνώγεον anṓgeon · G508 · upstairs room · 2×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ὑπέρ and ἄνω), adverb, above: τίνος (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6), above a thing — of…
(ὑπέρ and ἄνω), adverb, above: τίνος (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6), above a thing — of place, Eph 4:10; Heb 9:5; of rank and power, Eph 1:21. (The Sept.; (Aristotle), Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others (Winers Grammar, § 50, 7 Note 1; Buttmann, § 146, 4).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Above, Below2 occurrencesHigh Status or Rank [including persons of high status]2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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