adjective
hupsēlos
Strong’sG5308
high, lofty
stem hupsēl-11 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books4 of 26 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.
ὑψηλός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX chiefly for בָּמָה, also for בָּמָה, רוּם, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5308 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhoop-say-los'
lofty (in place or character)
Fromfrom G5311;
King Jameshigh(-er, -ly) (esteemed).
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
(also -ός, όν Demetr.Troezen. 1 Diels): comparative and superlative -ότερος, -ότατος, and irregular -έστατοςRefs 2nd c.AD+: (ὕψι, ὕψος): —high, lofty, θάλαμος Refs 8th c.BC+; of a highland country, χώρη ὀρεινὴ.. καὶ ὑψηλή Refs 5th c.BC+; and ὑψηλά alone, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐφ᾽ ὑψηλοῦ εἶναι, καθῆσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐποικοδομήσαντες ὑψηλότερον [τὸ τεῖχος] Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb, -λῶς καθήμενος Refs 5th c.BC+
II metaphorically, high, lofty, stately, proud, ὄλβος, ἀρεταί, κλέος, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑψηλὰ κομπεῖν talk high and boastfully, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 of persons, opposed to δυσδαίμων, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 upraised, i.e. mighty, ἐν βραχίονι -λῷ LXX
II.4 of poets, sublime, Refs 3rd c.AD+; τὰ -ότερα the loftier, sublimer thoughts or language, Refs; ὑ. λέξις, λόγος, Refs 1st c.BC+. adverb -λῶςRefs 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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hupsēlos | hupsēlas | hupsēlem6×ὑψηλὸν | hupsēlois | hupsēlais | hupsēleim2×ὑψηλὰ |
| object accusative | hupsēlon | hupsēlan | hupsēloin | hupsēlain | ||
| direct address vocative | hupsēlor | hupsēlar | hupsēloir | hupsēlair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hupsēlou1×ὑψηλοῦ | hupsēlau | hupsēleu | hupsēloiu | hupsēlaiu | hupsēleiu |
| to, for dative | hupsēlo | hupsēla | hupsēle | hupsēloi1×ὑψηλοῖς | hupsēlai | hupsēlei |
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
hupsēl 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.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
hupsēlou“uplifted”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 13:17… en gēa Aiguptau, kai meta brachionou hupsēlou exagata autoin ek autau,… stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of …
hupsēlem“high”subject or objectdirect singular6×
Matthew 4:8… paralabatō auton tos diabolos eis orem hupsēlem liōs, kai deikatō auto pantain tain …… devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the …
Matthew 17:1… autou, kai anaferatō autoin eis orem hupsēlem kata idian.… James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
Mark 9:2… Iōannon, kai anaferatō autoin eis orem hupsēlem kata idian monoin. kai metamorfita emprosthen …… John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was …
Revelation 21:10… en pneume epi orem megem kai hupsēlem, kai deikata mi tan polan tan …… Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city …
Revelation 21:12echarōntas teichem megem kai hupsēlem, echarōntas pulōnoin dōdeka, kai epi toi …The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with …
Luke 16:15“highly esteemed”… kardiain vu; hoti tem en anthrōpoi hupsēlem bdelugmem enōpion tou theou.… God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
hupsēloi“high”to, fordative plural1×
Hebrews 1:3… kathizata en dexa tau megalōsunau en hupsēloi,… right hand of the Majesty on high.
hupsēleim“arrogantly”subject or objectdirect plural2×
Romans 11:20“high things”… sis de ta pistia stēasē. mē hupsēleim fronasōr, alla fobosōr;… of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
Romans 12:16“arrogantly”… autem eis allēloin fronarōntois, mē teim hupsēleim fronarōntois alla toi tapeinoi sunapagorōntois. mē …Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
hupsēloteros1×
Hebrews 7:26… amiantos, chōrizorēntos apo toiu hamartōloiu, kai hupsēloteros toiu ouranoiu generantos;… set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.