G5247: ὑπεροχή (hyperochḗ)

G5247 ὑπεροχή (hyperochḗ)

Greek

Quick Definition

ὑπεροχή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. superiority, excellence

Strong's Definition

from 5242; prominence, i.e. (figuratively) superiority (in rank or character)

KJV Usage: authority, excellency

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὑπεροχή (G5247)

noun, f. | -ῆς | ἔχω

87.26 · Status · High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]

high status, high sounding, pompous a state of high rank or position, with the implication in some contexts of being too high or excessive

1CO 2:1 · 1TI 2:2

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὑπεροχή, -ῆς, ἡ, (fr. ὑπέροχος, and this fr. ὑπερέχω. q-V-), prop. elevation, pre-eminence, superiority, (prop. in Polyb., Plut., al.); metaph. excellence (Plat., Aristot., Polyb., Joseph., Plut., al.) : of ἐν ὕπερ. sc. ὄντες, [R. V. those that are in high place}, of magistrates, 1 Tim. ii. 2 (ἐν ὑπερ. κεῖσθαι, to have great honor and authority, 2 Mace. iii. 11) ; καθ᾽ ὑπεροχὴν λόγου ἢ σοφίας, [A.V. with excellency of speech or of wisdom i. 6.1 with distinguished eloquence or wisdom,,1 Co. ii. 1.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὑπεροχή hyperochē 2x

prominence; met., excellence, rare quality, 1 Cor. 2:1; eminent station, authority, 1 Tim. 2:2*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὑπεροχή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< ὑπερέχω) [in LXX: Je 52:22 (קוֹמָה), II Mac 3:11, al. ;]

a projection, eminence, as the peak of a mountain. Metaph. (Arist.), excellence, pre-eminence: λόγου ἢ σοφίας, I Co 2:1; οἱ ἐν ὑ. (for a parallel to this phrase, v. Deiss., BS, 255, and cf. II Mac, l.c.), I Ti 2:2.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὑπεροχή he will far excel them (sc. the other competitors).”’ Cf. Preisigke 463818 (B.c. 181-145) ὑπὲρ ὧν πλειονάκι ἐντεTEVXVIGY ὑπερέχων ἡμᾶς ἀπράκτους καθίστησι. In P Leid scribed as ὁ μόνος Kal ὑπερέχων. From the inscrr. we may cite Syi/ 540 (=%972)71 (B.c. 175-172) ἐξελεῖ δὲ καὶ τὰ δέματα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἐν ταῖς στήλαις ὅσα ἂν ὑπερέχηι. Reference may also be made to the realistic description of Christ’s Exaltation in Hermas Sim. ix. 6---ἠἀνήρ τις ὑψηλὸς τῷ μεγέθει, ὥστε τὸν πύργον ὑπερέχειν.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὑπεροχή (huperochē) — authority. ὑπεροχ-ή, ἡ, (ὑπερέχω [Refs] projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; top of an upright beam, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν μαστῶν) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: absolutely, an eminence, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

2. rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι.. ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II. metaphorically, pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, [Refs]; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude,[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. like{ὑπερβολή}, excess, opposed to ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; excess, of a sum of money, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; in Physics, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν ἠθῶν (i.e. τοῦ Επικούρου) [Refs]; φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ᾽ ὑ., where one exceeds the other in rank, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι [NT+2nd c.BC+]

II.4. of language, periphrasis. prolixity, opposed to ἔλλειψις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.5. as a title, Excellency, [Refs 6th c.AD+]