Strong G5231ὑπεράνω

above

Transliteration
huperanō
Pronunciation
hoop-er-an'-o
Morphology
Greek Preposition

Definition

From G5228 and G507; above upward that is greatly higher (in place or rank): - far above over.

Detailed definition

ὑπερ-άνω
compound adv., [in LXX for עַל, מֵעָל, etc.;]
above: as prep. with genitive, Eph.1:21 4:10, Heb.9:5.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5231 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • far2
  • over1

First verses

  1. Ephesians 1:21
    Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
  2. Ephesians 4:10
    He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
  3. Hebrews 9:5
    And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑπεράνω [ᾰ],
adverb above, opposed to ὑποκάτω, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 588.31 (Milet., 2nd c.BC))]; οἰκεῖν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 4.2, etc.)]; above the horizon, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Phaenomena” p.8 M.: mostly with _genitive_, ὑ. τούτων [τῶν μορίων] σχίζεται [ἡ φλέψ] 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 513b32, compare “PSI” 6.631.6 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Eze.43.15, +others)]; ὑ. γίγνεσθαί τινος to get the upper hand of,[Refs 1st c.BC+ (Teles p.44 H., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.10b, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 34; ὑ. τεθεῖσθαι πάντων [prev. author] “Piet.” 102)]; ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαί τινα or τι ὑ. τινός, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.98e, 6b)]; πάντων ὑ. ποιεῖν act more nobly than all others, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.128.)]
2 οἱ ὑ. πλεονασμοί excessive repetitions, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.24.1)]; but μίαν ὑ. ποιότητα one supreme quality, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Meno Medicus “Iatrika” 14.18.)]
3 of time, further back, ἐκ τῶν ὑ. χρόνων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“SIG” 742.58 (Ephesus, 1st c.BC).)]
4 above, in a document, [ψηφίσματα] ὑ. γεγραμμένα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work]591.2 (Lampsacus, 2nd c.BC).)]