Quick Definition
I am, exist, am in possession
Strong's Definition
to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
Derivation: from G5259 (ὑπό) and G756 (ἄρχομαι);
KJV Usage: after, behave, live
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπάρχω; imperfect ὑπῆρχον;
1. properly, to begin below, to make a beginning; universally, to begin; (Homer, Aeschylus, Herodotus, and following).
2. to come forth, hence, to be there, be ready, be at hand (Aeschylus, Herodotus, Pindar, and following): universally, and simply, Act_19:40 (cf. Buttmann, § 151, 29 note); Act_27:12; Act_27:21; ἐν τίνι, to be found in one, Act_28:18; with a dative of the person ὑπάρχει μοι τί, something is mine, I have something: Act_3:6; Act_4:37; Act_28:7; 2Pe_1:8 (where Lachmann παρόντα; Sir_20:16; Pro_17:17; Job_2:4, etc.); τά ὑπάρχοντα τίνι, one's substance, one's property, Luk_8:3; Luk_12:15 L text T Tr WH; Act_4:32 (Gen_31:18; Tob_4:8; Dio C. 38, 40); also τά ὑπάρχοντα τίνος, Mat_19:21; Mat_24:47; Mat_25:14; Luk_11:21; Luk_12:15 R G L marginal reading, 33, 44 (here L marginal reading Tr marginal reading the dative); ; 1Co_13:3; Heb_10:34 (often in the Sept. for ξΔχΐπΖδ, ψΐλεΜωΡ, πΐλΘρΔιν; Sir_41:1; Tob_1:20, etc.; τά ἰδίᾳ ὑπαρξοντα, Polybius 4,3, 1).
3. to be, with a predicate nominative (as often in Attic) (cf. Buttmann, § 144, 14, 15 a., 18; Winer's Grammar, 350 (328)): as ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς ὑπῆρχεν, Luk_8:41; add, Luk_9:48; Act_7:55; Act_8:16; Act_16:3; Act_19:36; Act_21:20; 1Co_7:26; 1Co_12:22; Jas_2:15; 2Pe_3:11; the participle with a predicate nominative, being i. e. who is etc., since or although he etc. is: Luk_16:14; Luk_23:50; Act_2:30; Act_3:2; Act_14:8 Rec.; ; (); Rom_4:19; 1Co_11:7; 2Co_8:17; 2Co_12:16; Gal_1:14; Gal_2:14; plural, Luk_11:13; Act_16:20; Act_16:37; Act_17:29; 2Pe_2:19. ὑπάρχειν followed by ἐν with a dative of the thing, to be contained in, Act_10:12; to be in a place, Php_3:20; in some state, Luk_16:23; ἐν τῇ ἐξουσία τίνος, to be left in one's power or disposal, Act_5:4; ἐν ἱματισμῷ ἐνδόξῳ καί τρυφή, to be gorgeously apparelled and to live delicately, Luk_7:25; ἐν μορφή Θεοῦ ὑπάρχειν, to be in the form of God (see μορφή), Php_2:6 (here R. V. marginal reading Gr. being originally (?; yet cf. 1Co_11:7)); followed by ἐν with a dative plural of the person, among, Act_4:34 R G; 1Co_11:18. μακράν ἀπό ἑνός ... ὑπάρχοντα , Act_17:27; πρός τῆς σωτηρίας, to be conducive to safety, Act_27:34. (Compare: προϋπάρχω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
G5224, G5225
ὑπάρχω hyparchō 60x
to begin; to come into existence; to exist; to be, subsist, Act_19:40 ; Act_28:18 ;
to be in possession, to belong, Act_3:6 ; Act_4:37 ;
goods, possessions, property, Mat_19:21 ; Luk_8:3 ;
to be, Luk_7:25 ; Luk_8:41 be; exist; possess, possessions.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑπάρχω ,
[in LXX for H1961 , H3426 , H3885 , etc.; τ . ὑπάρχοντα for H4735 , H7399 , etc.;]
1. to begin, make a beginning ( Hom ., Hdt ., al. ).
2. to be in existence, be ready, be at hand ( Hdt ., Thuc ., al. ): Act_19:40 ; Act_27:12 ; Act_27:21 ; seq . ἐν , Act_28:18 .
3. to be, prop , expressing continuance of an antecedent state or condition ( cf. Gifford, Incarnation , 11 ff .; MM , xxv): c , nom , pred., Luk_8:41 ; Luk_9:48 , Act_4:34 ; Act_7:55 ; Act_8:16 ; Act_16:3 ; Act_19:36 ; Act_21:20 , 1Co_7:26 ; 1Co_12:22 , Jas_2:15 , 2Pe_3:11 ; ptcp . c . pred., Luk_16:14 ; Luk_23:50 , Act_2:30 ; Act_2:32 ; Act_17:24 ; Act_22:3 , Rom_4:19 , 1Co_2:15 , 2Co_8:17 ; 2Co_12:16 , Gal_1:14 ; Gal_2:14 ; pl ., Luk_11:13 , Act_16:20 ; Act_16:37 ; Act_17:29 , 2Pe_2:19 ; seq . ἐν , c . dat . rei , Luk_7:25 ; Luk_16:23 , Act_5:4 ; Act_10:12 , 1Co_11:18 , Php_3:20 ; ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων ( R , mg ., being originally ), Php_2:6 ; ἐν , c. dat. pers ., ( among ), 1Co_11:18 ; μακρὰν ἀπό , Act_17:27 ; πρὸς τ . σωτηρίας , Act_27:34 .
4. to belong to ( Thuc ., Xen ., al. ): c. dat. pers ., Act_3:6 ; Act_4:37 ; Act_28:7 , 2Pe_1:8 ; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα , one's belongings, possessions: c. dat. pers ., Luk_8:3 ; Luk_12:15 , Act_4:32 ; c . gen . pers ., Mat_19:21 ; Mat_24:47 ; Mat_25:14 , Luk_11:21 ; Luk_12:33 ; Luk_12:44 ; Luk_14:33 ; Luk_16:1 ; Luk_19:8 , 1Co_13:3 , Heb_10:34 ( cf. προ -υπάρχω ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑπάρχω [page 650]
The idea of falling back upon a basis, and hence of continuity with a previous state, which originally belonged this verb (cf. Hort ad Jas_2:15 ), seems gradually to have faded in later Greek, as the following exx. show P Petr III. 64 ( b .) .12 (iii/B.C.) τοῦτο ( sc . τὸ ὀψώνιον ) ὑπάρξει ἡ τιμὴ τῶν εὑρεθέ [ντων ] παρὰ Τασύθει , this will be made up by the price of the articles discovered in the possession of Tasuthis (Edd.), P Hib I. 72 .18 (B.C. 241) τὴμ μὲν σφραγῖδα ὡμολόγουν ὑπάρχειν ἐν τῶι ἀδύτωι , confessed that the seal was in the sanctuary (Edd.), P Oxy IX. 1189 .10 ( c . A.D. 117) περὶ γραφῆς τῶν τοῖς [Ἰ ]ουδαίοις ὑπ̣αρξάντων , about a list of property which belonged to the Jews (Ed.), ib . VI. 933 .17 (late ii/A.D.) πάντα αὐτῇ ὑπῆρκται , everything was provided for her (Edd.), ib . 905 .16 (A.D. 170) ( = Selections , p. 87) a marriage contract, where the giver of the bride has the right of execution upon the husband and upon all his property ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχ [ό ]ντων αὐτῷ πάντων (cf. Mat_19:21 , al. ), P Tebt II. 418 .7 (iii/A.D.) εὐχόμενός σοι τὰ ἐν βίῳ κάλλιστα ὑπαρχθήσεσθαι , praying that you may have life s greatest blessings (Edd.), and the mantic P Ryl I. 28 .45 (iii/iv A.D.) ἐν δανίοις δὲ ὑπάρχων ἀποδώσει (cf. Luk_7:25 ). It may be added that the new recension of Tob_2:1-14 in P Oxy VIII. 1076 inserts in ver. 8 καὶ ἀπώλεσεν πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχο [ν ]τα αὐτοῦ , which is reproduced in the Old Latin version with et perdidit substantiam suam.
In view of the above, the meaning being originally (RV marg.) cannot be pressed for ὑπάρχων in Php_2:6 , though the thought is probably present. As showing how naturally it might arise, we may cite the letter of Claudius to the Alexandrines, P Lond 1912 .23 (A.D. 41) φύσει μὲν εὐσεβεῖς περὶ τοὺς Σεβαστοὺς ὑπάρχοντες , you are by disposition loyal to the Augusti (Ed.), and ib. .104 . In MGr ὑπάρχω = am present, exist.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὑπάρχω fut. ξω aor1 ὑπῆρξα Pass., perf. ὕπηργμαι ionic -αργμαι "to begin, make a beginning", absol., Od. , Eur. , etc. c. gen. "to make a beginning of", ἀδικίης Hdt. ; πολλῶν κακῶν Eur. , etc. c. part "to begin" doing, ὑπῆρξαν ἄδικα ποιεῦντες Hdt. ; ὑπάρχει εὖ ποιῶν τινα Xen. c. acc., ὑπ. εὐεργεσίας εἴς τινα or τινι "to begin" [doing] kindnesses to one, Dem. , Aeschin. :—Pass. "to be begun", τὰ ἔκ τινος ὑπαργμένα (ionic for ὑπηργ-) Hdt. :—impers., ὑπῆρκτο αὐτοῦ "a beginning" of it "had been made", Thuc. "to begin to be, come into being, arise, spring up", Aesch. , etc. "to be in existence, to be there, to be ready", Hdt. , attic;—c. gen., ὑπάρχει τῶνδε "there is store" of these things, Aesch. :—oft. in part., ἡ ὑπάρχουσα οὐσία the "existing" property, Isocr. ; τὰ ὑπ. ἁμαρτήματα Thuc. ; τῆς ὑπ. τιμῆς for the "current" price, Dem. simply "to be", Trag. , Thuc. , etc. sometimes with a part., much like τυγχάνω, τοιαῦτα [αὐτῷ] ὑπῆρχε ἐόντα Hdt. ; ὑπ. ἐχθρὸς ὤν Dem. like ὑπόκειμαι II. 2, "to be laid down, to be taken for granted", Plat. ; τούτων ὑπαρχόντων = "quae cum ita sint", id=Plat. "to belong to, fall to" one, "accrue", ὑπάρχει τινί τι one has, Hdt. , Thuc. ; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα φύσις your "own proper" nature, its "normal" condition, Thuc. of persons, ὑπ. τινί "to be devoted to" one, Xen. , Dem. ; καθ᾽ ὑμῶν ὑπάρξει ἐκείνῳ "he will be on" his "side" against you, Dem. often in neut. pl. part., τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, "existing circumstances, present advantages", Thuc. , Xen. , etc. "what belongs to one, one's possessions, means", Thuc. , etc. impers., ὑπάρχει, "the fact is that . ." , c. acc. et inf., Soph. "it is allowed, it is possible", c. dat. et inf., ὑπ. μοι εἶναι or ποιεῖν τι Thuc. , Plat. :— absol., ὥσπερ ὑπῆρχε as well as "was possible", Thuc. in neut. part., like ἐξόν, παρόν, etc., ὑπάρχον ὑμῖν πολεμεῖν "since it is allowed" you to make war, id=Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὑπάρχω
[in LXX for הָיָה, יֵשׁ, לוּן, etc.; τ. ὑπάρχοντα for מִקְנֶה, רְכוּשׁ, etc. ;]
__1. to begin, make a beginning (Hom., Hdt., al.).
__2. to be in existence, be ready, be at hand (Hdt., Thuc., al.): Act.19:40 27:12, 21; before ἐν, Act.28:18.
__3. to be, prop, expressing continuance of an antecedent state or condition (cf. Gifford, Incarnation, 11 ff.; MM, xxv): with, nom, pred., Luk.8:41 9:48, Act.4:34 7:55 8:16 16:3 19:36 21:20, 1Co.7:26 12:22, Jas.2:15, 2Pe.3:11; ptcp. with pred., Luk.16:14 23:50, Act.2:30, 32 17:24 22:3, Rom.4:19, 1Co.2:15, 2Co.8:17 12:16, Gal.1:14 2:14; pl., Luk.11:13, Act.16:20, 37 17:29, 2Pe.2:19; before ἐν, with dative of thing(s), Luk.7:25 16:23, Act.5:4 10:12, 1Co.11:18, Php.3:20; ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων (R, mg., being originally), Php.2:6; ἐν, with dative of person(s), (among), 1Co.11:18; μακρὰν ἀπό, Act.17:27; πρὸς τ. σωτηρίας, Act.27:34.
__4. to belong to (Thuc., Xen., al.): with dative of person(s), Act.3:6 4:37 28:7, 2Pe.1:8; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, one's belongings, possessions: with dative of person(s), Luk.8:3 12:15, Act.4:32; with genitive of person(s), Mat.19:21 24:47 25:14, Luk.11:21 12:33, 44 14:33 16:1 19:8, 1Co.13:3, Heb.10:34 (cf. προ-υπάρχω).†
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