ὑπερβολή, ὑπερβολης, ἡ (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, 2Co_4:7; 2Co_12:7; καθ' ὑπερβολήν, beyond measure, exceedingly, preeminently: Rom_7:13; 1Co_12:31 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 2b.; Buttmann, § 125, 11 at the end); 2Co_1:8; Gal_1:13 (4Ma_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), 2Co_4:17. STRONGS NT 5236a: ὑπερεγώὑπερεγώ (Lachmann), equivalent to ὑπέρ ἐγώ (see ὑπέρ, II. 2 c.): 2Co_11:23. Cf. Winer's Grammar, 46 (45).

ὑπερβολή hyperbolē 8 x pr. a throwing beyond, an overshooting; extraordinary amount or character, transcendency, 2Co_12:7 ; 2Co_4:7 ; καθ ὑπερβολήν , adverbially, exceedingly, extremely, Rom_7:13 ; 2Co_1:8 ; Gal_1:13 ; a far better way, 1Co_12:31 ; beyond all measure, 2Co_4:17

** ὑπερ -βολή , -ῆς , ἡ ( < ὑπερβάλλω ), [in LXX : καθ᾿ ὑ ., 4Ma_3:18 * ;] a throwing beyond . Metaph ., excess, superiority, excellence: 2Co_4:7 ; 2Co_12:7 ; καθ᾿ ὑπερβολήν , beyond measure, exceedingly, Rom_7:13 , 1Co_12:31 , 2Co_1:8 , Gal_1:13 ; κ . ὑ . εἰς ὑ ., beyond all measure , 2Co_4:17 .†

ὑπερβολή [page 652] For the phrase καθ᾽ ὑπερβολήν , beyond measure, exceedingly, as in Rom_7:13 , al. , cf. P Tebt I. 23 .4 (B.C. 119 or 114) καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν βεβαρυμμένοι , I am excessively vexed (Edd.), ib. 42 .5 ( c. B.C. 114) ἠδικημένος καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπ [ὸ ] Ἁρμιύσιος , I have been excessively unfairly treated by Harmiusis (Edd.). Other exx. of the word are P Amh II. 36 .13 ( c. B.C. 135) λείπω τε τὴν ὑπερβολήν , I do not exaggerate (Edd.), P Lond 1916 .15 ( c. A.D. 330 340) τῆς [ὑ ]περβολῆς ὑμῶν , your superfluity (Bell), and, with reference to extension of time, delay, P Petr II. 3 (18 b ) .14 (B.C. 258 253) οὐ [κέ ?]τι ὕστερον ὑπερβολὴν δεξομένων , apparently of contractors receiving no further extension of time, and ib. 37 Ib recto .17 (iii/B.C.) ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς οὐδεμίας ὑπερβολῆς προσδεῖται . If we can trust the restoration, a striking ex. of ὑπερβολή occurs in the famous calendar inscr. Priene 105 .39 f. ( c. B.C. 9), where the birthday of the Emperor Augustus is referred to in the terms οὐδ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ἐσομένοις ἐλπίδ [α λιπὼν ὑπερβολῆς ], ἦρξεν δὲ τῶι κόσμωι τῶν δι᾽ αὐτὸν εὐαγγελί [ων ἡ γενέθλιος ] τοῦ θεοῦ , he has not left for those who will come after him any hope of surpassing him, but the birthday of the god was for the world the beginning of good tidings on his account.

ὑπερβολή ὑπερβολή, ἡ, [Etym: ὑπερβάλλω] "a throwing beyond" others: "an overshooting, superiority", Thuc. "excess, over-great degree" of a thing, Plat. ; in various phrases, χρημάτων ὑπερβολῇ πρίασθαι to buy at an extravagant price, Eur. ; οὐκ ἔχει ὑπερβολήν it can go no further, Dem. ; εἴ τις ὑπ. τούτου if there's "aught beyond" (worse than) this, id=Dem. ; ὑπερβολὴν ποιεῖσθαι "to go to all extremities, to put an extreme case", id=Dem. ; foll. by a gen., ὑπ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐκείνων τῆς αὑτοῦ βδελυρίας to carry his own rascality "beyond" theirs, id=Dem. ; ἐπέφερον τὴν ὑπ. τοῦ καινοῦσθαι pushed on their "extravagance" in revolutionising, Thuc. with a prep. in Adverbial sense, = ὑπερβαλλόντως, εἰς ὑπερβολήν "in excess, exceedingly;" c. gen. "far beyond", τοῦ πρόσθεν εἰς ὑπ. πανοῦργος, i. e. "far more" wicked, Eur. :— καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν τοξεύσας "with surpassing aim", Soph. ; καθ. ὑπ. "extravagantly", Isocr. , etc. "overstrained phrase, hyperbole", id=Isocr. , Arist. "a crossing over" mountains, Xen. (from Mid.) "a deferring, delay", Hdt. , Dem.

ὑπερ-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ὑπερβάλλω), [in LXX: καθ᾽ ὑ., 4Ma.3:18 * ;] a throwing beyond. Metaphorical, excess, superiority, excellence: 2Co.4:7 12:7; καθ᾽ ὑπερβολήν, beyond measure, exceedingly, Rom.7:13, 1Co.12:31, 2Co.1:8, Gal.1:13; κ. ὑ. εἰς ὑ., beyond all measure, 2Co.4:17.† (AS)