Quick Definition
ὑπερβαίνω v. I transgress, go beyond
Strong's Definition
from 5228 and the base of 939; to transcend, i.e. (figuratively) to overreach
KJV Usage: go beyond
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | βαίνω (go, walk)
88.296 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt
to transgress, to sin against to transgress the will and law of God by going beyond prescribed limits
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπερ-βάλλω ; fr. Hom. down; 1. trans. fo surpass in throwing; to throw over or beyond any thing. 2. intrans. fo transcend, surpass, exceed, excel; ptep. trepβάλλων, excelling, exceeding; Vulg. [in Eph. i. 19; iii. 19] supereminens; (Aeschyl., Hdt., Eur., Isocr., Xen., Plat., al.) : 2 Co. iii. 10; ix. 14; Eph. i. 19; ii. 7; with a gen. of the object surpassed (Aeschyl. Prom. 923; Plat. Gorg. p. 475 b.; cf. Matthiae § 358, 2), ἡ ὑπερβάλλουσα τῆς γνώσεως ἀγάπη Χριστοῦ, the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, Eph. iii. 19 [ef. W. 346 (324) note].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑπερβαίνω hyperbainō 1x
to overstep; to wrong, transgress, 1 Thess. 4:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑπερ-βαίνω
[in LXX for עָבַר, etc. ;]
trans., to step over, transgress (R, overreach: I Th 4:6).
Intrans., to transgress: metaph., I Th 4:6 (R, txt.; v. M, Th., in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑπερβάλλω. The meaning “‘ exceed,” ‘‘ surpass,” as in 2 Cor 319, ad., is seen in Aristeas 84 χορηγίᾳ κατὰ πάντα ὑπερβαλλούσῃ, “‘ with a prodigality beyond all precedent” (Thackeray), and the address P Lond 19251 (mid. iv/a.D.) τῷ ποθινοτάτῳ éJriothuns ὑπερβάλλοντι dara ΤΙαπνο[υτίῳ, ‘to the most desired, excellent in knowledge Apa Papnutius” (Bell). In P Petr III. 30° (iii/B.c.) ὑπερεβάλετο, said of a defendant in a case, is rendered by the editors ‘‘she applied for a postponement.” For the meaning ‘‘outbid” at an auction, cf. P Hal I. 14% (iii/B.c.) ὑπερβεβλῆ[σθ]αί pe ὑπὸ Πετενύριος, P Oxy IIT. 513% (A.D. 184) ἕνεκα τοῦ ὑ[πΊ]ερβεβλῆσθαι τὴν προκειμένην οἰκίαν ὑπὸ cov, and 26. XIV. 16355 (A.D. 275) βούϊλομαι ὑπερ]βαλεῖν Αὐρήλιον Σερῆν[ον, ΕἸ wish to outbid Aurelius Serenus ” (Edd.). From the inscrr. we may cite Sy// 684 (=%1071) Βύβων τἐτέρει χερὶ ὑπερκεφαλά μ᾽ ὑπερεβάλετο ὁ Φόρυ[ος (“ἡ Bybon, son of Phorys, threw me with one hand away over his head ”)—the words being cut in very ancient characters on a block of sandstone found in Olympia.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑπερβαίνω (huperbainō) — to wrong. ὑπερβαίνω, future -βήσομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+]aorist 2 ὑπερέβην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ὑπέρβᾰσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—step over, mount, scale, with accusative, τεῖχος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. τοὺς οὔρους cross the boundaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὄρεα, Αἷμον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόμους step over the threshold of the house, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τὴν οἰκίαν τινός, of burglars, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] (the usage with genitive is more than uncertain; in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rivers, overflow, ἐς τὴν χώρην, ἐς τὰς ἀρούρας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. overstep, transgress, μέτρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἀληθές exceed the truth, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: absolutely, transgress, trespass, sin, ὅτε κέν τις ὑπερβήῃ (Epic dialect aorist subjunctive) καὶ ἁμάρτῃ [NT+8th c.BC+]
3. pass or go beyond, τοὺς προσεχέας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; leave out, omit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; pass over, i. e. leave unmolested, the next heir, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑ. τῆς οὐσίας omit part of it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. jump across an intervening space, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
5. of Time, pass by, elapse, ὑπερβάντων τῶν τῆς συμπαθείας χρόνων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. go beyond, ὑπερβὰς ἑβδομήκοντα [ἔτη] after passing the age of seventy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τοῦτο go beyond this, in their demands, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; transcend, τὸν νοῦν [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: absolutely, dies ὑπερβαίνοντες supernumerary days in the calendar, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.2. surpass, outdo, πάσῃ παρὰ πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὑ. ἀρετῇ [Refs 6th c.BC+]
III. stand over. shield, protect, with dative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV. in perfect, to be higher than, δύο [ἐσχάρας] ὑπερβεβηκυίας τὴν ἐν τῷ μεταφρένῳ ἐσχάραν [Refs 7th c.AD+] __B Causal in aorist 1, put over, ὑπερβησάτω ἐπὶ τὰς δεξιὰς πλευρὰς τὴν κνήμην, as a direction to one mounting a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]