Strong G5247ὑπεροχή
authority
- Transliteration
- huperochē
- Pronunciation
- hoop-er-okh-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5242; prominence that is (figuratively) superiority (in rank or character): - authority excellency.
Detailed definition
ὑπεροχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ὑπερέχω) [in LXX: Jer.52:22 (קוֹמָה), 2Ma.3:11, al.;]
a projection, eminence, as the peak of a mountain. Metaphorical (Arist.), excellence, pre-eminence: λόγου ἢ σοφίας, 1Co.2:1; οἱ ἐν ὑ (for a parallel to this phrase, see Deiss., BS, 255, and cf. 2Mac, l.with), 1Ti.2:2.†
(AS)
(ὑπερέχω) [in LXX: Jer.52:22 (קוֹמָה), 2Ma.3:11, al.;]
a projection, eminence, as the peak of a mountain. Metaphorical (Arist.), excellence, pre-eminence: λόγου ἢ σοφίας, 1Co.2:1; οἱ ἐν ὑ (for a parallel to this phrase, see Deiss., BS, 255, and cf. 2Mac, l.with), 1Ti.2:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5247 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- authority1
- excellency1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 2:1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
- 1 Timothy 2:2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑπεροχ-ή, ἡ,
(ὑπερέχω [Refs (11))] projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 3, compare “Geoponica” 9.10.4)]; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.10.10, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.936a)]; top of an upright beam, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 17.4)]; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 139)]; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν μαστῶν) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.55)]: absolutely, an eminence, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.104.3.)]
2 rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι.. ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.200)]; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.8.3.)]
II metaphorically, pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1389a13; ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑ. [prev. author] “Pol.” 1297b18; τὴν ὑ. ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις [prev. work] 1293b41)]; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, [Refs ([prev. work] 1296a31)]; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1293a4; ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. “IG” 22.3800: _plural_, πρὸς τὰς ὑ. οὕτω διακεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.16; διαφέρεσθαι ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταις ὑ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1323a35.)]
II.2 like{ὑπερβολή}, excess, opposed to ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1004b12, compare 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 11, “Aequil.” 1.2, 3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 1.6, +others)]; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 76.21, +others, compare 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 2, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “in Ptolemaei Harmonica” p.266 W.)]; excess, of a sum of money, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 976.66 (Samos, 2nd c.BC))]; in Physics, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 187a16, 189b10, “HA” 486b8, +others; διαφέρειν καθ᾽ ὑπεροχήν [prev. author] “PA” 644a17, +others; τάχος τὸ ὑ. [ἔχον] κινήσεως [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1052b30; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὑ. [prev. author] “EN” 1098a11, compare “Rh.” 1368a25)]; τῶν ἠθῶν (i.e. τοῦ Επικούρου) [Refs (“IG” 22.1099.27 (Epist. Plotinae), compare 42(1).86.18 (Epid., probably))]; φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ᾽ ὑ., where one exceeds the other in rank, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1158b12, compare 1161a20: _plural_, κατὰ πλούτων ὑπεροχάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 711d; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς εὐτυχημάτων ὄντες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295b14.)]
II.3 alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.64.1; τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως ὑ. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 187.4; δαιμόνων ὑ. “OGI” 383.75 (Nemrud Dagh, 1st c.BC))]; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι [NT+2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.41; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες “PTeb.” 734.24 (2nd c.BC), NT.1Tim.2.2; ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑ. κείμενος LXX.2Mac.3.11.)]
II.4 of language, periphrasis. prolixity, opposed to ἔλλειψις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 283c.)]
II.5 as a title, Excellency, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 25.5; ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑ. “POxy.” 130.20 (6th c.AD).)]
(ὑπερέχω [Refs (11))] projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 3, compare “Geoponica” 9.10.4)]; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.10.10, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.936a)]; top of an upright beam, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 17.4)]; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 139)]; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν μαστῶν) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.55)]: absolutely, an eminence, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.104.3.)]
2 rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι.. ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.200)]; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.8.3.)]
II metaphorically, pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1389a13; ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑ. [prev. author] “Pol.” 1297b18; τὴν ὑ. ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις [prev. work] 1293b41)]; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, [Refs ([prev. work] 1296a31)]; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1293a4; ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. “IG” 22.3800: _plural_, πρὸς τὰς ὑ. οὕτω διακεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.16; διαφέρεσθαι ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταις ὑ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1323a35.)]
II.2 like{ὑπερβολή}, excess, opposed to ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1004b12, compare 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 11, “Aequil.” 1.2, 3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 1.6, +others)]; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 76.21, +others, compare 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 2, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “in Ptolemaei Harmonica” p.266 W.)]; excess, of a sum of money, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 976.66 (Samos, 2nd c.BC))]; in Physics, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 187a16, 189b10, “HA” 486b8, +others; διαφέρειν καθ᾽ ὑπεροχήν [prev. author] “PA” 644a17, +others; τάχος τὸ ὑ. [ἔχον] κινήσεως [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1052b30; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὑ. [prev. author] “EN” 1098a11, compare “Rh.” 1368a25)]; τῶν ἠθῶν (i.e. τοῦ Επικούρου) [Refs (“IG” 22.1099.27 (Epist. Plotinae), compare 42(1).86.18 (Epid., probably))]; φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ᾽ ὑ., where one exceeds the other in rank, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1158b12, compare 1161a20: _plural_, κατὰ πλούτων ὑπεροχάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 711d; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς εὐτυχημάτων ὄντες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295b14.)]
II.3 alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.64.1; τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως ὑ. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 187.4; δαιμόνων ὑ. “OGI” 383.75 (Nemrud Dagh, 1st c.BC))]; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι [NT+2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.41; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες “PTeb.” 734.24 (2nd c.BC), NT.1Tim.2.2; ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑ. κείμενος LXX.2Mac.3.11.)]
II.4 of language, periphrasis. prolixity, opposed to ἔλλειψις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 283c.)]
II.5 as a title, Excellency, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 25.5; ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑ. “POxy.” 130.20 (6th c.AD).)]