Quick Definition
ὑπεραίρω v. I raise beyond, uplift
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 5228 and 142; to raise oneself over, i.e. (figuratively) to become haughty
KJV Usage: exalt self, be exalted above measure
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | αἴρω
88.211 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Arrogance, Haughtiness, Pride
to be overly proud, to be puffed up with pride, to feel overly self-confident to become puffed up with pride, with the probable implication of being disparaging toward others
39.39 · Hostility, Strife · Rebellion
to rise up in pride against to exalt oneself in pride against someone or something ὑπεραίρω[b] involves two distinct types of components: (1) the development of opposition, and (2) the psychological basis for such opposition, namely, pride. In almost all instances it will be necessary to represent the two complementary components by a phrasal equivalent, for example, ‘to be proud and to rise up against’ or ‘because of one’s pride, to rise up in opposition to.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑπεραίρω hyperairō 3x
to raise or lift up above or over; mid. to lift up one’s self; met. to be over-elated, 2 Cor. 12:7 (2x); to bear one’s self arrogantly, to rear a haughty front, 2 Thess. 2:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑπερ-αίρω
[in LXX: II Ch 32:23 (נָשָׂא ni.), etc. ;]
to lift or raise over. Mid., to uplift oneself: II Co 12:7; seq. ἐπί, c. acc, pers., II Th 2:4 (cf. II Mac 5:23).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑπεραίρω, lit. ‘‘raise over.” In BGU IV. 1085? (ii/A.D.), an advocate’s plea, the plaintiff ‘‘ does not press his claim beyond the two talents ᾿᾿--οὐκ ὑπεραίρει τὴν] συντείμησιν τῶν δύο ταλάντων. The gen. here answers to ἐπί c. acc. in 2 Thess 24, a stronger opposition. See also BGU I. 116 (ii/ili A.D.) (= Chrest. I. p. 122) ὑπὲρ ἐπικεφαλίο[υ] τῶν ὑπεραιρόντων ἱερέων, with reference to the poll-tax levied on the priests who ‘‘ exceeded the number of the priests’’: cf. Wilcken Os¢r i. p. 241 f. The verb is construed c. acc. in Sy//* 877A® {c. A.D. 200) Td |v ὑπεράραντα [πάντας τοὺς] πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἡγεϊμονεύσαντ]ας, and similarly in Aristeas 16, 290.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑπεραίρω (huperairō) — be haughty. ὑπεραίρω, lift or raise up over, εἰς τὸν ἔξω τόπον τὴν τοῦ ἡνιόχου κεφαλήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑρμάτων ὑ. τὸ σκάφος over the rocks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑ. τὸ φθέγμα raise it very high, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, lift oneself or rise above, πάντων [Refs] W.: absolutely, to be lifted up, [NT]; give oneself airs, be coy, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; exalt oneself above, ἐπὶ θεόν [NT]
2. heighten, ναῦν τοίχοις [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. intransitive,
II.1. with accusative, jump over, τειχία [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cross, Ἄλπεις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]pass over, [Refs]; ὑ. τὴν ἄκραν double the cape, [Refs]; κάμψαντες τὸν Πάχυνον ὑ. [τὸ πέλαγος] εἰς.. [Refs 1st c.BC+]: absolutely, cross the sea, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: as naval and military term, outflank, τὸ λαιὸν τῶν πολεμίων [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.: without a sense of motion, rise above, τὸ ὕδωρ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. excel, τινι in a thing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with accusative, excel, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; νοῦν ὑπεραίρει [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.3. overshoot, go beyond, μήθ᾽ ὑπεράρας μήθ᾽ ὑποκάμψας καιρόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; exceed, ὑ. τῆς οὐσίας τὸ μέγεθος ὁ τῶν τέκνων ἀριθμός [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πυγωνιαῖον ἢ μικρὸν ὑπεραῖρον a little more, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν ὑπεραιρόντων ἱερέων the priests in excess (of a certain number), [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τῶν ὑπεραιρούντων (sic) τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἱερέων [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὸ ὑπεραῖρον ἀργύριον the money (received) in excess, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τοσοῦτον ἐν [τοῖς δαπανηθεῖσιν] ὑπερῆρεν [αὐτόν] he so far exceeded him in his expenditure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; λόγος ὑπεραίρων τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ ταῖς γνώμαις overdone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ ὑπεραῖρον exaggeration, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III. with genitive, pass beyond, double a cape, τοῦ ἀκρωτηρίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; rise above, τῆς γῆς [Refs]
III.2. transcend, exceed, μήθ᾽ ὑπεραίροντα τῶν εἰθισμένων ὄγκων (τὸν εἰθ. ὄγκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; overcome, τέχνῃ τοῦ ῥοθίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.3. with genitive, despise,[Refs 3rd c.AD+]
IV. overflow, τὰ ἀγγεῖα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, of a stream, ὑ. εἰς τὰ χωρία [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV.2. ὑ. ὑπέρ τι project beyond.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἱ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ζυγῷ ὑ. τοὺς πρωτοστάτας πήχεις σ, i.e. their σάρισαι project beyond.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑπεραίρειν ἔξω τὰ βλέφαρα project beyond the eyelids, of a tumour, [Refs 6th c.AD+], compare 15; overlap, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
V. Ὑπεραίρων, οντος, ὁ, Most Excellent, = Latin Exsuperatorius, name given to December by Commodus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]