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Lexicon :: Strong's G5242 - hyperechō

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ὑπερέχω
Transliteration
hyperechō (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-er-ekh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:523,1230

Strong’s Definitions

ὑπερέχω hupĕrĕchō, hoop-er-ekh'-o; from G5228 and G2192; to hold oneself above, i.e. (figuratively) to excel; participle (as adjective, or neuter as noun) superior, superiority:—better, excellency, higher, pass, supreme.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G5242 in the following manner: higher (1x), better (1x), excellency (1x), pass (1x), supreme (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G5242 in the following manner: higher (1x), better (1x), excellency (1x), pass (1x), supreme (1x).
  1. to have or hold over one

  2. to stand out, rise above, overtop

    1. to be above, be superior in rank, authority, power

      1. the prominent men, rulers

    2. to excel, to be superior, better than, to surpass

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑπερέχω hupĕrĕchō, hoop-er-ekh'-o; from G5228 and G2192; to hold oneself above, i.e. (figuratively) to excel; participle (as adjective, or neuter as noun) superior, superiority:—better, excellency, higher, pass, supreme.
STRONGS G5242:
ὑπερέχω; from Homer down;
1. transitive, to have or hold over one (as τήν χεῖρα, of a protector, with a genitive of the person protected; so in Greek writings from Homer down; Josephus, Antiquities 6, 2, 2).
2. intransitive, to stand out, rise above, overtop (so properly, first in Homer Iliad 3, 210); metaphorically,
a. to be above, be superior in rank, authority, power: βασιλεῖ ὡς ὑπεχοντι (A. V. as supreme), 1 Peter 2:13; ἐξουσία ὑπερεχουσαι, of magistrates (A. V. higher powers), Romans 13:1 (οἱ ὑπερεχοντες, substantively, the prominent men, rulers, Polybius 28, 4, 9; 30, 4, 17; of kings, Sap 6:6).
b. to excel, to be superior: τίνος, better than (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 22), Philippians 2:3 (Sir. 36:7; Xenophon, venta 1, 11; Plato, Menex., p. 237d.; Demosthenes, p. 689, 10; Diodorus 17, 77); to surpass: τινα or τί (cf. Buttmann, § 130, 4), Philippians 4:7; τό ὑπερέχον, a substantive, the excellency, surpassing worth (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 34, 2), Philippians 3:8.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
13:1
Philippians
2:3; 3:8; 4:7
1 Peter
2:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5242 matches the Greek ὑπερέχω (hyperechō),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 -

And the LORD said to her:

Two nations are in your womb;

two peoples will come from you and be separated.

One people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 -

“No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil, and how could I sin against God? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 -

“What remains along the length of the tent curtains ​— ​a half yard[fn] on one side and a half yard on the other side ​— ​should hang over the sides of the tabernacle on either side to cover it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:27 -

“he may calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man he sold it to, and return to his property.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 -

The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside the sanctuary; they are still there today.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 -

The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place[fn] in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside; they are still there today.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:23 -

“This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms. It will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it.

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