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Lexicon :: Strong's G5236 - hyperbolē

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ὑπερβολή
Transliteration
hyperbolē (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-er-bol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:520,1230

Strong’s Definitions

ὑπερβολή hupĕrbŏlē, hoop-er-bol-ay'; from G5235; a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with G1519 or G2596) pre- eminently:—abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G5236 in the following manner: far more (with G2596) (1x), exceeding (with G2596) (1x), more excellent (with G2596) (1x), out of measure (with G2596) (1x), beyond measure (with G2596) (1x), excellency (1x), abundance (1x), exceeding (with G1519) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G5236 in the following manner: far more (with G2596) (1x), exceeding (with G2596) (1x), more excellent (with G2596) (1x), out of measure (with G2596) (1x), beyond measure (with G2596) (1x), excellency (1x), abundance (1x), exceeding (with G1519) (1x).
  1. a throwing beyond

  2. metaph.

    1. superiority, excellence, pre-eminence

    2. beyond measure, exceedingly, preeminently

    3. beyond all measure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑπερβολή hupĕrbŏlē, hoop-er-bol-ay'; from G5235; a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with G1519 or G2596) pre- eminently:—abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure.
STRONGS G5236:
ὑπερβολή, ὑπερβολης, (ὑπερβάλλω, which see), from Herodotus (8, 112, 4) and Thucydides down;
1. properly, a throwing beyond.
2. metaphorically, superiority, excellence, preeminence (R. V. exceeding greatness): with a genitive of the thing, 2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Corinthians 12:7; καθ' ὑπερβολήν, beyond measure, exceedingly, preeminently: Romans 7:13; 1 Corinthians 12:31 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 2b.; Buttmann, § 125, 11 at the end); 2 Corinthians 1:8; Galatians 1:13 (4 Macc. 3:18; Sophocles O. R. 1196; Isocrates, p. 84 d. (i. e. πρός Φιλ. 5); Polybius 3, 92, 10; Diodorus 2, 16; 17, 47); καθ' ὑπέρ εἰς ὑπερβολήν, beyond all measure (R. V. more and more exceedingly), 2 Corinthians 4:17.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
7:13
1 Corinthians
12:31
2 Corinthians
1:8; 4:7; 4:17; 12:7
Galatians
1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5236 matches the Greek ὑπερβολή (hyperbolē),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:13 -

Did that which is good [the Law], then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order that it might be revealed as sin, was producing death in me by [using] this good thing [as a weapon], so that through the commandment sin would become exceedingly sinful.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31 - But earnestly desire and strive for the greater gifts [if acquiring them is going to be your goal].

And yet I will show you a still more excellent way [one of the choicest graces and the highest of them all: unselfish love].

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:8 -

For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about [fn]our trouble in [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], how we were utterly weighed down, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life [itself].

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:7 -

But we have this precious treasure [the good news about salvation] in [unworthy] earthen vessels [of human frailty], so that the grandeur and surpassing greatness of the power will be [shown to be] from God [His sufficiency] and not from ourselves.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:17 - For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]!
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:7 - Because of the surpassing greatness and extraordinary nature of the revelations [which I received from God], for this reason, to keep me from thinking of myself as important, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, to torment and harass me—to keep me from exalting myself!
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:13 -

You have heard of my career and former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to hunt down and persecute the church of God extensively and [with fanatical zeal] tried [my best] to destroy it.

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