ὑπερβάλλω
hyperbállō · G5235 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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extraordinary, extreme, supreme, far more, much greater, to a far greater degree
A degree which exceeds extraordinarily a point on an implied or overt scale of extent
Examples2 Corinthians 3:10 For indeed what had glory in this case has no glory, because of the glory that surpasses it.
2 Corinthians 9:14 while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
Ephesians 1:19 and what is the boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 5
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- δύναμιςpower, mighty deed 1
- χάριςgrace, favor, thanks 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνδείκνυμιto cause to be known 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- διάthrough 2
- ἕνεκαbecause of, for the sake of 2
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 1 entry
- Extraordinary, extreme, supreme, far more, much greater, to a far greater degree78.33
- 2 Corinthians 9:14 — “while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.”
Word family 38 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon from Homer down; 1. transitive, to surpass in throwing; to throw over or beyond anything.…
1. transitive, to surpass in throwing; to throw over or beyond anything.
2. intransitive, to transcend, surpass, exceed, excel; participle ὑπερβαλλων, excelling, exceeding; Vulg. (in Eph 1:19; Eph 3:19)supereminens; (Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripides, Isocrates, Xenophon, Plato, others): 2 Cor 3:10; 2 Cor 9:14; Eph 1:19; Eph 2:7; with a genitive of the object surpassed (Aeschylus Prom. 923; Plato, Gorgias, p. 475 b.; cf. Matthiae, § 358, 2), ἡ ὑπερβαλλουσα τῆς γνώσεως ἀγάπη Χρσιτου, the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, Eph 3:19 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 346 (324) note).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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