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G5231 ὑπεράνω (hyperánō)
Greek
Adverb
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Quick Definition

far above

Strong's Definition

above upward, i.e. greatly higher (in place or rank)

Derivation: from G5228 (ὑπέρ) and G507 (ἄνω);

KJV Usage: far above, over

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὑπεράνω (ὑπέρ and ἄνω), adverb, above: τίνος (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6), above a thing of place, Eph_4:10; Heb_9:5; of rank and power, Eph_1:21. (The Sept.; (Aristotle), Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others (Winers Grammar, § 50, 7 Note 1; Buttmann, § 146, 4).)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὑπεράνω hyperanō 3x can function as an improper prep., above, over, far above; of place, Eph_4:10 ; Heb_9:5 ; of rank, dignity, Eph_1:21

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὑπερ -άνω , compound adv. , [in LXX for H5921 , H4606 , etc.;] above: as prep . c . gen ., Eph_1:21 ; Eph_4:10 , Heb_9:5 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὑπεράνω [page 652] above : cf. the iii/A.D. Hadrumetum literary memorial, discussed by Deissmann BS p. 273 ff., where we find .8ff. ὁρκίζω σε τὸν ὑπεράνω τῶν ὑπεράνω θεῶν : cf. LXX Eze_10:19 . See also PSI II. 151 .4 (iii/A.D.) ἡ δὲ βασιλεὶς ἡ τού [του ] γυνὴ ὑπεράνω αὐτοῦ ἀνέκει̣[το , and cf. Teles p. 44 .1 εἰ δὲ πάντων τις τῶν τοιούτων ὑπεράνω γένοιτο ἐν πολλῇ ἂν εἴη ἀδείᾳ . On ὑπεράνω for ὑπέρ in LXX Greek see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 25.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ὑπεράνω "over, above", Luc.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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

Bible Occurrences (3)

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