Strong G5235ὑπερβάλλω

to surpass

Transliteration
huperballō
Pronunciation
hoop-er-bal'-lo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G5228 and G906; to throw beyond the usual mark that is (figuratively) to surpass (only active participle supereminent): - exceeding excel pass.

Detailed definition

ὑπερ-βάλλω
[in LXX: Job.15:11 A (†), Sir.5:7 25:11, al.;]
1. trans., to throw over or beyond.

2. Intrans., to run beyond. In both senses, metaphorically, to exceed, surpass, transcend: 2Co.3:10 9:14, Eph.1:19 2:7; with genitive obj., Eph.3:19.†
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In the Bible

Strong G5235 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • exceeding3
  • excelleth1
  • passeth1

First verses

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:10
    For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:14
    And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
  3. Ephesians 1:19
    And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
  4. Ephesians 2:7
    That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
  5. Ephesians 3:19
    And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑπερβάλλω,
future -βαλῶ, Epic dialect -βαλέω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.597)]: Epic dialect aorist 2 ὑπειρέβαλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.637)]:—throw over or beyond a mark, overshoot, ὑπέρβαλε σήματα πάντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.843; τόσσον παντὸς ἀγῶνος (i.e. σήματα) ὑπέρβαλε [prev. work] 847)]; δουρὶ ὑ. Φυλῆα beat him in throwing with it, [Refs ([prev. work] 637.)]
2 ὅτε μέλλοι ἄκρον [λόφον] ὑπερβαλέειν force the stone over the top, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [prev. cited])]
3 intransitive, run beyond, overrun the scent, of hounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.20.)]
4 outstrip or pass, in racing, τινας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 716.)]
5 middle, throw a stone over one's head, [Refs (“SIG” 1071 (from Olympia).)]
II in various metaphorically senses:
II.1 outdo, excel, surpass, overpower, δέδοικα μὴ πρὶν πόνοις ὑπερβάλῃ με γῆρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 453.5 (Lyric poetry): with _genitive_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 33; βροντῆς ὑπερβάλλοντα κτύπον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 923.)]
II.2 go beyond, exceed, μήτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὑπερβάλλων βοὸς ὁπλὴν μήτ᾽ ἀπολείπων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 489; ὑ. πόσιος μέτρον 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 479; τὴν τοῦ μετρίου φύσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 283e; ὑ. τὰ ἱκανά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 4.8: of Time, ὑ. ἑκατὸν ἔτεα)]exceed [Refs 5th c.BC+ (100 years, in age, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23)]; ὑ. τὰς τρεῖς ἡμέρας delay longer than.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 14)]; ὑ. τὸν χρόνον exceed the time, i. e. be too late, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.21)]; ὑ. τὸν καιρόν exceed reasonable bounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 235, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.122: in number, intensity, etc., ἡδοναὶ ὑ. λύπας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 734b, compare “Prt.” 356b (_passive_))]: with dative modi, exceed one in.., πάντας ἀνθρώπους τόλμῃ καὶ μιαρίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.6; ἅπαντας ἀνθρώπους ὠμότητι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.275: _absolutely_, ὑ. πρὸς ἀρετήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 945c.)]
II.2.b with genitive pro accusative, ἆρα λύπῃ ὑ. τὸ ἀδικεῖν τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθα; [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 475c, compare “Lg.” 734a; ὑ. τῆς συμμετρίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284b8, compare “HA” 503b22.)]
II.3 absolutely, exceed, αἱ μέσαι ἕξεις πρὸς μὲν τὰς ἐλλείψεις ὑπερβάλλουσι compared with their defects are in excess, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1108b17)]; exceed all bounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 291, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 785, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180a)]; οὐχ ὑπερβαλών keeping within bounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.66; μή νυν ὑπέρβαλλ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ ἐναισίμως φέρε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1077: with _dative_ modi, ὑ. τῇ μοχθηρίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 109; ἀδυναμίᾳ τοῦ δοξάσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 192c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.7; ἀνοίᾳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.16.)]
II.3.b frequently in participle ὑπερβάλλων, ουσα, ον, exceeding, excessive, ὑ. δαπάνη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 11.2)]; ἡδονή, ἔπαινοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 402e, “Phdr.” 240e; θεάματα ταῖς δαπάναις ὑ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.45, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 899a)]; οἱ ὑπερβάλλοντες, opposed to οἱ καταδεέστεροι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.13)]; τὰ ὑ. an over-high estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 127)] (anapaest meter); φεύγειν τὰ ὑ. ἑκατέρωσε extremes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 619a)]; τὸ ὑ. αὐτῶν such part of them as goes beyond that, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.35)]; οἱ ὑ. [λόγοι], [Refs (title of work by Thrasymachus (“fragment” 7))], perhaps overpowering arguments.
II.4 overbid or outbid at auction, ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.8, “POxy.” 1633.5 (3rd c.AD))]; τὸ ὑπερβάλλον the overbid, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PPetr. 3p.195 (3rd c.BC))]: absolutely, go on further and further, in making offers, προέβαινε τοῖσι χρήμασι ὑπερβάλλων he went on bidding more and more, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.51; ᾔτει τοσαῦτα ὑπερβάλλων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.56, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.133)]:— passive, ἕνεκα τοῦ-βεβλῆσθαι τὴν οἰκίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 513.25 (2nd c.AD))]; see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.3.)]
II.5 adverb ὑπερβαλλόντως exceedingly, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 492b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 2.2, “SIG” 685.36 (Crete, 2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.7O., NT.2Cor.11.23)]; written ὑπερβαλόντως in [Refs (“IG” 12(7).410.12 (from Amorgos))]; opposed to μετρίως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.28.)]
III pass over, cross mountains, rivers, and the like, πρῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 307; κορυφάς [prev. author] “Pr.” 722; γῆς ὅρους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 443; τὰς Ἄλπεις εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 7.2.3: with _genitive_, θριγκοῦ τοῦδ᾽ ὑ. ποδί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1321 (where Dobree suggested θριγκοὺς τούσδ᾽))]: metaphorically, surmount, τάσδ᾽ ὑ. τύχας [Refs ([prev. author] Alcaeus795.)]
III.b of ships, double a headland, ὑ. Μαλέην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.168; τὴν ἄκραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.104.)]
III.c absolutely, cross over, ἐς τὴν ἄνω Μακεδονίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.137, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.6.10; πρὸς τοὺς Θρᾷκας [prev. work] 7.5.1; κατὰ λόφους τινάς [prev. work] 6.5.7.)]
III.2 of water, run over, beat over, with genitive, ὑπερβάλλει δὲ θάλασσα ἀμφοτέρων τοίχων [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 673)]; of rivers, overflow, τὰς ἀρούρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111)]: absolutely, of a kettle, boil over, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.59)]; of the sea, ἢν δ᾽ ὑπερβάλῃ.. πόντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 691.)]
III.3 of the sun, to be very hot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.184.)]
III.4 exceed, i. e. overlap, a base, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 6.29; compare ὑπερβολή IV.—Note, the case that follows is almost always the _accusative_; the _genitive_ occurs in a few exceptional instances, see above 11.2 b, 111.1 and 2.)]
B middle, with perfect passive, = [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11)], outdo, overcome, conquer, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.124, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 758 (Lyric poetry), “Nu.” 1035; τὴν βασιλέος δύναμιν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.24; μάχῃ ὑ. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 691; φίλτροις ὑ. τινά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 584, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 413)]: absolutely, to be conqueror, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.9, 7.168.)]
B.2 exceed, surpass, τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.342, etc.; τοὺς ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος “OGI” 542.11 (Ancyra, 2nd c.AD))]; πάντας τῷ ὕψεϊ καὶ τῷ μεγάθεϊ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.175, compare 110; τινὰ ἀναιδείᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 409)]; θωπείαις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 890; εἴς τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 115d; ἔν τινι 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.2.)]
B.2.b δόσι χρημάτων ὑ. surpass all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61; ἀρετῇ [prev. author] 9.71)]; ὑπερβαλλόμενος πλήθεϊ with overpowering numbers, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.21:)]perfect participle passive, ὑπερβεβλημένη γυνή an excellent, surpassing woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 153; φύσις ὑπερβεβλ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 558b; ταφῆς τῆς μὲν ὑπερβεβλ., τῆς δὲ ἐλλειπούσης [prev. author] “Lg.” 719d: with _genitive_, γόγγροι τῶν παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ὑπερβεβλ. κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.2.7.)]
B.3 overbid, outbid (see. above [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.4), τινὰ χρήμασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.32.)]
B.4 outflank, τὸ κέρας τῶν πολεμίων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.2, compare18.)]
B.II put off, postpone, τὴν ἀπόδοσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.9; τὴν συμβολήν [prev. author] 9.45; εἰς ἄλλον καιρόν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.223S.)]; but ἢν ὑπερβάλωνται ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν.. συμβολὴν μὴ ποιεύμενοι if they let that day pass without fighting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.51)]: absolutely, delay, linger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.71, 76, 7.206; εἰς αὖθις ὑπερβαλέσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1420a8, 1438b6.)]