ὑπέρ (when following subst.—poët.—ὕπερ; so as adv., 2Co.11:23), prep. with genitive, accusative I. C. genitive, primarily of place (rest or motion), over, above, across, beyond, hence, metaphorically, 1. for, on behalf of: of prayer, Mat.5:44, Act.8:24, Rom.10:1, Jas.5:16, al.; of laying down life, Jhn.10:11, Rom.9:3, al.; esp. of Christ giving his life for man's redemption, Mrk.14:24, Jhn.10:15, Act.21:13, Rom.5:6-8, al.; opposite to κατά, Mrk.9:40, Luk.9:50, Rom.8:31. 2. Causal, for, because of, for the sake of: with genitive of person(s), Act.5:41, Rom.1:5, Php.1:29, 2Co.12:10, al.; with genitive of thing(s), Jhn.11:4, Rom.15:8, 2Co.1:6, al. 3. = ἀντί (see M, Pr., 105), for, instead of, in the name of: 1Co.15:29, 2Co.5:15, 21 Gal.3:13, Col.1:7, Phm 13 (cf. Field, Notes, 225). 4. In more colourless sense, = περί (M, Pr., l.with), for, concerning, with regard to: Rom.9:27, 2Co.1:6 8:23 12:8, Php.1:7, 2Th.2:1, al. II. C. accusative, primarily of place, over, beyond, across, hence, metaphorically, of measure or degree in excess, above, beyond, over, more than: Mat.10:24, 37 Luk.6:40, Act.26:13, 1Co.10:13, 2Co.1:8, Eph.1:22 3:20, Phm 16, al.; after comparatives = than (Jdg.11:25, al.), Luk.16:8, Heb.4:12. III. As adv. (see supr. ad init.), more: ὕπερ ἐγώ, I more, 2Co.11:23; in compounds, see: ὑπεράνω, ὑπερλίαν, ὑπερπερισσῶς. IV. In composition: over (ὑπεραίρω), beyond (ὑπερβάλλω), more (ὐπερνικάω), on behalf of (ὐπερεντυγχάνω). (AS)
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G5228 — ὑπέρ
huper · above/for · Greek
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Matthew 5:44 · ὑπὲρbut I—I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,Matthew 10:24 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρ‘A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;Matthew 10:37 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρ‘He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,Mark 7:37 · ὑπερπερισσῶςand they were being beyond measure astonished, saying, ‘Well hath he done all things; both the deaf he doth make to hear, and the dumb to speak.’Mark 9:40 · ὑπὲρfor he who is not against us is for us;Mark 14:24 · ὑπὲρand he said to them, ‘This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;Luke 6:40 · ὑπὲρA disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.Luke 9:50 · ὑπὲρand Jesus said unto him, ‘Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.’Luke 16:8 · ὑπὲρ‘And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.Luke 22:19 · ὑπὲρAnd having taken bread, having given thanks, he brake and gave to them, saying, ‘This is my body, that for you is being given, this do ye—to remembrance of me.’Luke 22:20 · ὑπὲρIn like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.John 1:30 · ὑπὲρthis is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:John 6:51 · ὑπὲρ‘I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live—to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.’John 10:11 · ὑπὲρ‘I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;John 10:15 · ὑπὲρaccording as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,John 11:4 · ὑπὲρand Jesus having heard, said, ‘This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.’John 11:50 · ὑπὲρnor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.’John 11:51 · ὑπὲρAnd this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,John 11:52 · ὑπὲρand not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one.John 13:37 · ὑπὲρPeter saith to him, ‘Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;’John 13:38 · ὑπὲρJesus answered him, ‘Thy life for me thou wilt lay down! verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will not crow till thou mayest deny me thrice.’John 15:13 · ὑπὲρgreater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;John 17:19 · ὑπὲρand for them do I sanctify myself, that they also themselves may be sanctified in truth.John 18:14 · ὑπὲρand Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people.Acts 5:41 · ὑπὲρthey, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,Acts 8:24 · ὑπὲρAnd Simon answering, said, ‘Beseech ye for me unto the Lord, that nothing may come upon me of the things ye have spoken.’Acts 9:16 · ὑπὲρfor I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.’Acts 15:26 · ὑπὲρmen who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—Acts 21:13 · ὑπὲρand Paul answered, ‘What do ye—weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;’Acts 21:26 · ὑπὲρThen Paul, having taken the men, on the following day, with them having purified himself, was entering into the temple, announcing the fulfilment of the days of the purification, till the offering was offered for each one of them.Acts 26:13 · ὑπὲρat mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light—and those going on with me;Romans 1:5 · ὑπὲρthrough whom we did receive grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name;Romans 5:6 · ὑπὲρFor in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;Romans 5:7 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρfor scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;Romans 5:8 · ὑπὲρand God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;Romans 8:27 · ὑπὲρand He who is searching the hearts hath known what is the mind of the Spirit, because according to God he doth intercede for saints.Romans 8:31 · ὑπὲρWhat, then, shall we say unto these things? if God is for us, who is against us?Romans 8:32 · ὑπὲρHe who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?Romans 8:34 · ὑπὲρwho is he that is condemning? Christ is He that died, yea, rather also, was raised up; who is also on the right hand of God—who also doth intercede for us.Romans 9:3 · ὑπὲρfor I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ—for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,Romans 9:27 · ὑπὲρAnd Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, ‘If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;Romans 10:1 · ὑπὲρBrethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that is to God for Israel, is—for salvation;Romans 14:15 · ὑπὲρand if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.Romans 15:8 · ὑπὲρAnd I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,Romans 15:9 · ὑπὲρand the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, ‘Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,’Romans 15:30 · ὑπὲρAnd I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,Romans 16:4 · ὑπὲρwho for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations—1 Corinthians 1:13 · ὑπὲρHath the Christ been divided? was Paul crucified for you? or to the name of Paul were ye baptized;1 Corinthians 4:6 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρAnd these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,1 Corinthians 10:13 · ὑπὲρNo temptation hath taken you—except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear it.1 Corinthians 10:30 · ὑπὲρand if I thankfully do partake, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?1 Corinthians 11:24 · ὑπὲρand having given thanks, he brake, and said, ‘Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye—to the remembrance of me.’1 Corinthians 12:25 · ὑπὲρthat there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another,1 Corinthians 15:3 · ὑπὲρfor I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,1 Corinthians 15:29 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρSeeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?2 Corinthians 1:6 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρand whether we be in tribulation, it is for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation;2 Corinthians 1:7 · ὑπὲρand our hope is stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings—so also of the comfort.2 Corinthians 1:8 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρFor we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above our power, so that we despaired even of life;2 Corinthians 1:11 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.2 Corinthians 5:12 · ὑπὲρfor not again ourselves do we recommend to you, but we are giving occasion to you of glorifying in our behalf, that ye may have something in reference to those glorifying in face and not in heart;2 Corinthians 5:14 · ὑπὲρfor the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,2 Corinthians 5:15 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρand for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.2 Corinthians 5:20 · Ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρin behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, ‘Be ye reconciled to God;’2 Corinthians 5:21 · ὑπὲρfor him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.2 Corinthians 7:4 · ὑπὲρgreat is my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,2 Corinthians 7:7 · ὑπὲρand not only in his presence, but also in the comfort with which he was comforted over you, declaring to us your longing desire, your lamentation, your zeal for me, so that the more I did rejoice,2 Corinthians 7:12 · ὑπὲρIf, then, I also wrote to you—not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God—2 Corinthians 7:14 · ὑπὲρbecause if anything to him in your behalf I have boasted, I was not put to shame; but as all things in truth we did speak to you, so also our boasting before Titus became truth,2 Corinthians 8:16 · ὑπὲρAnd thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,2 Corinthians 8:23 · ὑπὲρwhether—about Titus—my partner and towards you fellow-worker, whether—our brethren, apostles of assemblies—glory of Christ;2 Corinthians 8:24 · ὑπὲρthe shewing therefore of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf, to them shew ye, even in the face of the assemblies.2 Corinthians 9:2 · ὑπὲρfor I have known your readiness of mind, which in your behalf I boast of to Macedonians, that Achaia hath been prepared a year ago, and the zeal of you did stir up the more part,2 Corinthians 9:3 · ὑπὲρand I sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, ye may be ready,2 Corinthians 9:14 · ὑπὲρand by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you;2 Corinthians 11:5 · ὑπερλίανfor I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,2 Corinthians 11:23 · ὑπὲρministrants of Christ are they?—as beside myself I speak—I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;2 Corinthians 12:5 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρOf such an one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities,2 Corinthians 12:6 · ὑπὲρfor if I may wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for truth I will say; but I forebear, lest any one in regard to me may think anything above what he doth see me, or doth hear anything of me;2 Corinthians 12:8 · ὑπὲρConcerning this thing thrice the Lord did I call upon, that it might depart from me,2 Corinthians 12:10 · ὑπὲρwherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses—for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;2 Corinthians 12:11 · ὑπερλίανI have become a fool—boasting; ye—ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles—even if I am nothing.2 Corinthians 12:13 · ὑπὲρfor what is there in which ye were inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this injustice!2 Corinthians 12:15 · ὑπὲρand I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.2 Corinthians 12:19 · ὑπὲρAgain, think ye that to you we are making defence? before God in Christ do we speak; and the all things, beloved, are for your up-building,2 Corinthians 13:8 · ὑπὲρfor we are not able to do anything against the truth, but for the truth;Galatians 1:4 · ὑπὲρwho did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,Galatians 1:14 · ὑπὲρand I was advancing in Judaism above many equals in age in mine own race, being more abundantly zealous of my fathers’ deliverances,Galatians 2:20 · ὑπὲρwith Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh—in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;Galatians 3:13 · ὑπὲρChrist did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, ‘Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,’Ephesians 1:16 · ὑπὲρdo not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,Ephesians 1:22 · ὑπὲρand all things He did put under his feet, and did give him—head over all things to the assembly,Ephesians 3:1 · ὑπὲρFor this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,Ephesians 3:13 · ὑπὲρwherefore, I ask you not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.Ephesians 3:20 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπερεκπερισσοῦand to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,Ephesians 5:2 · ὑπὲρand walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,Ephesians 5:20 · ὑπὲρgiving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;Ephesians 5:25 · ὑπὲρThe husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,Ephesians 6:19 · ὑπὲρand in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,Ephesians 6:20 · ὑπὲρfor which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely—as it behoveth me to speak.Philippians 1:4 · ὑπὲρalways, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,Philippians 1:7 · ὑπὲρaccording as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.Philippians 1:29 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρbecause to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;Philippians 2:9 · ὑπὲρwherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that is above every name,Philippians 2:13 · ὑπὲρfor God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.Philippians 4:10 · ὑπὲρAnd I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye flourished again in caring for me, for which also ye were caring, and lacked opportunity;Colossians 1:7 · ὑπὲρas ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,Colossians 1:9 · ὑπὲρBecause of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,Colossians 1:24 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρI now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,Colossians 2:1 · ὑπὲρFor I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,Colossians 4:12 · ὑπὲρSalute you doth Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,Colossians 4:13 · ὑπὲρfor I do testify to him, that he hath much zeal for you, and those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.1 Thessalonians 3:2 · ὑπὲρand did send Timotheus—our brother, and a ministrant of God, and our fellow-workman in the good news of the Christ—to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,1 Thessalonians 3:10 · ὑπερεκπερισσοῦnight and day exceedingly beseeching, that we might see your face, and perfect the things lacking in your faith.1 Thessalonians 5:13 · ὑπερεκπερισσοῦand to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;2 Thessalonians 1:4 · ὑπὲρso that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;2 Thessalonians 1:5 · ὑπὲρa token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,2 Thessalonians 2:1 · ὑπὲρAnd we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him,1 Timothy 2:1 · ὑπὲρI exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:1 Timothy 2:2 · ὑπὲρfor kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,1 Timothy 2:6 · ὑπὲρwho did give himself a ransom for all—the testimony in its own times—Titus 2:14 · ὑπὲρwho did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;Philemon 1:13 · ὑπὲρwhom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,Philemon 1:16 · ὑπὲρno more as a servant, but above a servant—a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!Philemon 1:21 · ὑπὲρhaving been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;Hebrews 2:9 · ὑπὲρand him who was made some little less than messengers we see—Jesus—because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.Hebrews 4:12 · ὑπὲρfor the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;Hebrews 5:1 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρFor every chief priest—out of men taken—in behalf of men is set in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,Hebrews 6:20 · ὑπὲρwhither a forerunner for us did enter—Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become—to the age.Hebrews 7:25 · ὑπὲρwhence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God—ever living to make intercession for them.Hebrews 7:27 · ὑπὲρwho hath no necessity daily, as the chief priests, first for his own sins to offer up sacrifice, then for those of the people; for this he did once, having offered up himself;Hebrews 9:7 · ὑπὲρand into the second, once in the year, only the chief priest, not apart from blood, which he doth offer for himself and the errors of the people,Hebrews 9:24 · ὑπὲρfor not into holy places made with hands did the Christ enter—figures of the true—but into the heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;Hebrews 10:12 · ὑπὲρAnd He, for sin one sacrifice having offered—to the end, did sit down on the right hand of God,—Hebrews 13:17 · ὑπὲρBe obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.James 5:16 · ὑπὲρBe confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;1 Peter 2:21 · ὑπὲρfor to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,1 Peter 3:18 · ὑπὲρbecause also Christ once for sin did suffer—righteous for unrighteous—that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,1 John 3:16 · ὑπὲρ · ὑπὲρin this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;3 John 1:7 · ὑπὲρbecause for His name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;