ὑψηλός
hypsēlós · G5308 · Greek · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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high, tall
Pertaining to being high
ExamplesMatthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him along to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;
Matthew 17:1 Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James, and his brother John, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
Mark 9:2 And six days later Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them;
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high, world above, sky, heaven, on high
A location above the earth and associated with supernatural events or beings
ExamplesHebrews 1:3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
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very valuable, of exceptional value
Pertaining to being regarded as of particular value, implying evident comparison with other items
ExamplesLuke 16:15 And He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of people, but God knows your hearts; because that which is highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God.
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arrogant, proud
Pertaining to being arrogant or proud
ExamplesLuke 16:15 And He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of people, but God knows your hearts; because that which is highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God.
Romans 11:20 Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
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to be haughty, to be arrogant
To have an arrogant, haughty attitude
ExamplesRomans 11:20 Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
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above, higher than
(Comparative of ὑψηλός ‘high,’) A position above another, on the basis of being higher
ExamplesHebrews 7:26 For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- φρονέωto think, to set one's mind on 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 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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In the other Testament 4 words
- בָּמָה bâmâh · H1116 · back, heights, hills
- בָּמָה (bâmâh, H1116) denotes a concrete elevated place or cultic high place, whereas ὑψηλός (hypsēlós, G5308) functions as an adjective describing loftiness in both physical elevation and metaphorical character/status; the LXX regularly renders the Hebrew noun with the Greek adjective in contexts describing literal high places of worship.
- גָּבֹהַּ gâbôahh · H1364 · high, tall, height
- Hebrew גָּבֹהַּ (gâbôahh, H1364) serves as the primary Septuagintal equivalent of Greek ὑψηλός (hypsēlós, G5308), both denoting elevation in physical position or status, with both terms extending to describe pride or haughtiness in character; the alignment reflects direct translation equivalence across the spatial-to-moral semantic range shared by both lexemes.
- גָּבָהּ gâbâhh · H1362 · high, tall, haughty
- Hebrew גָּבָהּ (gâbâhh, H1362) and Greek ὑψηλός (hypsēlós, G5308) both denote elevation in spatial and metaphorical registers—physical height or loftiness of place, and figurative height of character or pride—making them direct cross-linguistic translation equivalents across the semantic range of vertical prominence.
- מָרוֹם mârôwm · H4791 · high, upwards, high position
- Hebrew מָרוֹם denotes height/elevation in both spatial and metaphorical registers (physical highness, dignity, pride), directly paralleling Greek ὑψηλός which similarly spans literal place-loftiness and character-loftiness; both terms function as cross-linguistic equivalents describing elevation whether physical or figurative.
Semantic domains 6 entries
- High, world above, sky, heaven, on high1.13
- Matthew 17:1 recounts that Jesus led Peter, James, and John up “on a high mountain”.
- Very valuable, of exceptional value65.9
- Luke 16:15 warns that what is “highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God”.
- High, tall81.6
- Revelation 21:12 describes the city as having “a great and high wall, with twelve gates”.
- Above, higher than83.50
- Hebrews 7:26 describes the fitting high priest as “exalted above the heavens”.
- Arrogant, proud88.208
- Romans 11:20 warns the Gentile believer, “Do not be conceited, but fear.”
- To be haughty, to be arrogant88.209
- Romans 12:16 instructs believers, “do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly.”
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὑψηλή, ὑψηλόν (ὕψι on high, ὕψος) (from Homer down), high; lofty; a. properly, of place:…
a. properly, of place: ὄρος, Mt 4:8; Mt 17:1; Mk 9:2; Lk 4:5 R G L brackets; Rev 21:10; τεῖχος, Rev 21:12; neuter τά ὑψηλά (the heights of heaven; the Sept. for מָרום, Ps 92:4; Ps 112:5; Isa 33:5; Isa 57:15), heaven (A. V. on high; cf. Buttmann, § 124, 8 d.), Heb 1:3; exalted on high: ὑψηλότερος τῶν οὐρανῶν (made higher than the heavens), of Christ raised to the right hand of God, Heb 7:26 (cf. Eph 4:10); μετά βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ, with a high (uplifted) arm, i. e. with signal power, Acts 13:17 (the Sept. often ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ for נְטוּיָה בִּזְרועַ, as in Ex 6:6; Deut 5:15).
b. metaphorically, eminent, exulted: in influence and honor, Lk 16:15; ὑψηλά φρονεῖν, to set the mind on, to seek, high things (as honors and riches), to be aspiring, Rom 12:16; also Rom 11:20 L marginal reading T Tr WH; 1 Tim 6:17 T WH marginal reading; (Lucian, Icaromen. 11, Hermot. 5).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
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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