noun · feminine
huperbolas
Strong’sG5236
surpassing excellence, exceedingly
stem huperbol-8 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ὑπερ-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ὑπερβάλλω), [in LXX: καθ’ ὑ., IV Mac 3:18 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5236 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhoop-er-bol-ay'
a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with G1519 or G2596) pre- eminently
Fromfrom G5235;
King Jamesabundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ὑπερβάλλω) a throwing beyond others, δίσκων ὑπερβολαῖς Refs 2nd c.AD+: in intransitive sense, altitude of a star, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 overshooting, superiority, χερῶν ὑπερβολαῖς Refs 5th c.BC+
3 excess, τοῦ μεγέθεος Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to ἔλλειψις or ἔνδεια, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἔχειν with accusative et infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+ at an extravagant price, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπέφερον τὴν ὑ. τοῦ καινοῦσθαι pushed on their extravagance in revolutionizing, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐκ ἔχον ἐστὶν ὑπερβολήν it can go no further, Refs 4th c.BC+; so οὐδεμίαν or μηδεμίαν ὑ. λείπειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἴ τις ὑ. τούτου if there is aught beyond (worse than) this, Refs 5th c.BC+; ταῦτ᾽ οὐχ ὑ.; is not this the extreme, the last degree? Refs 4th c.BC+; ὑπερβολὴν ποιήσομαι I will put an extreme case, Refs; τοσαύτην ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι ὥστε.. to go so far that.., Refs to carry his own rascality beyond theirs, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑ. ποιεῖν τῆς τιμῆς to raise the price, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑ. ἀνοίας ἔχειν Polystr.p.27 W.
4 with preposition in Adverbial phrases, ={ὑπερβαλλόντως}, εἰς ὑπερβολήν in excess, exceedingly; εἰς ὑ. ἄμεινον Refs 5th c.BC+; far beyond, τοῦ πρόσθεν εἰς ὑ. πανοῦργος, i. e. far more wicked, Refs 5th c.BC+ —καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὰν τοξεύσας with surpassing aim, Refs 5th c.BC+extravagantly, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ καθ᾽ ὑ. ἐν ἐνδείᾳ ὄντες in extremity of need, NT+4th c.BC+:—so in dative, εὐτελὴς ὑπερβολῇ Refs 4th c.BC+
5 preeminence, perfection, without any notion of excess, δι᾽ ἀρετῆς ὑπερβολήν Refs; ἡ ὑ. τῆς φιλίας the best and noblest kind of friendship, Refs; but ἡ καθ᾽ ὑ. φιλία, ={ἡ καθ᾽ ὑπεροχήν}, Refs
6 overstrained phrase, hyperbole, ὑπερβολὰς εἰπεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+ make strong statements, Refs 4th c.BC+; as a figure of speech, Refs 4th c.BC+
7 τὸ καθ᾽ ὑπερβολήν the superlative degree, in Adjectives, Refs 4th c.BC+; τιθέναι ὑπερβολῇRefs
8 overbid at auction, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II crossing over, passage of mountains, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 in singular or plural, place of passage, mountain-pass, with or without τοῦ ὄρους, τῶν ὀρέων, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑ. τοῦ Ταύρου Wilcken Refs 3rd c.BC+; αἱ τῶν Ἄλπεων ὑ. Refs 2nd c.BC+
III (from middle) delay, τοῦ κακοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+
IV the conic section called hyperbola, because the square of the ordinate is equal to a rectangle with height equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter (as base) but exceeding (ὑπερβάλλον), i. e. overlapping, that base, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | huperbolas1×ὑπερβολὴ | huperbolais |
| object accusative | huperbolan6×ὑπερβολὴν | huperbolain |
| direct address vocative | huperbolar | huperbolair |
| of, belonging to genitive | huperbolau | huperbolaiu |
| to, for dative | huperbola1×ὑπερβολῇ | huperbolai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
huperbola is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
huperbolas“extraordinary”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Corinthians 4:7“extraordinary”… houton en ostrakinei skevei, hina tas huperbolas tau dunamiau ateiō tou theou kai …… we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from …
huperbolan“*”objectaccusative singular6×
Romans 7:13“*”… mi katergazorōntas thanaton; hina geneteia kata huperbolan hamartōlas tas hamartas dia tau entolau.… it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
1 Corinthians 12:31“more excellent”… charismeim teim megotereim. kai ēti kata huperbolan hodan vi deikamō.… desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.
2 Corinthians 1:8“extraordinary”… generantau en ta Asia, hoti kata huperbolan huper dunamian barina, hōste exaporira nin …… brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of …
2 Corinthians 4:17“excess”… parautika elafrem tau thlipsiau nu kata huperbolan eis huperbolan aiōniem barosem doxau katergazotō …For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
2 Corinthians 4:17“(more) excess”… tau thlipsiau nu kata huperbolan eis huperbolan aiōniem barosem doxau katergazotō ni,For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
Galatians 1:13“*”… pote en to Ioudaismo, hoti kata huperbolan diōkame tan ekklēsan tou theou kai …… of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
huperbola“extraordinary”to, fordative singular1×
2 Corinthians 12:7“extraordinary”kai ta huperbola taiu apokalupsiaiu. dio hina mē huperairomeiō, …… surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me …