adjective
hupsistos
Strong’sG5310
highest, most high, the heights
stem hupsist-13 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Highest or most high — a superlative form with no ordinary "high" word standing beside it in use 13.
Of place, it describes the highest heights, above all others, and in the Bible is used of the heaven above, as in the phrase "the highest" meaning heaven itself 134; Strong's notes that this neuter-plural use points to the heavens 2.
As a title, it means the Most High, used of God 1234; Strong's notes that the masculine-singular form of the word is this title for God, "the Supreme" 2. In earlier Greek writing the same title was applied to Zeus 13, while in the Bible it names God, either standing alone or joined with the word "God" 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ὕψιστος, -η, -ον superlat., without positive in use, in cl. chiefly poët. (Æsch., Soph., al.),
[in LXX chiefly for עֶלְיוֹן, also for מָרוֹם, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5310 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhoop'-sis-tos
highest, i.e. (masculine singular) the Supreme (God), or (neuter plural) the heavens
Fromsuperlative from the base of G5311;
King Jamesmost high, highest.
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
superlative without any Posit. in use: (ὕψι, ὑψοῦ):— highest, loftiest, of places, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐν τοῖς ὑ., i. e. in heaven above, NT
2 of Zeus, highest, Refs 5th c.BC+ from his temple there, LXX+2nd c.BC+
3 of things, στέφανος, κέρδος, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 | hupsistos | hupsistas | hupsistem | hupsistois | hupsistais | hupsisteim |
| object accusative | hupsiston | hupsistan | hupsistoin | hupsistain | ||
| direct address vocative | hupsistor | hupsistar | hupsistoir | hupsistair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hupsistou | hupsistau | hupsisteu | hupsistoiu | hupsistaiu | hupsisteiu |
| to, for dative | hupsisto | hupsista | hupsiste | hupsistoi | hupsistai | hupsistei |
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
hupsist 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.
13 occurrences, every one of them listed
hupsistei4×
Matthew 21:9… en onome kuriou; Hōsanna en tei hupsistei.… of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
Mark 11:10… patrou nu David; Hōsanna en tei hupsistei.… our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
Luke 2:14Doxas en hupsistei theo kai epi gēau eirēnas en …“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men …
Luke 19:38… en ourano eirēnas kai doxas en hupsistei.… in heaven and glory in the highest!”
hupsistou4×
Mark 5:7… si, Iēsur huior tou theou tou hupsistou? horkizamō sin ton theon, mē min …… with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God …
Luke 8:28… si, Iēsur huior tou theou tou hupsistou? domō su, mē min basanizaseia;… with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to …
Acts 16:17… tois anthrōpois doulois tou theou tou hupsistou alō, hotinois katangelalō vi hodan sōtērēau.… These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you …
Hebrews 7:1… basilevos Salēm, hierevos tou theou tou hupsistou, tos sunantarantos Abraam hupostrefarōnto apo tau …… of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the …
Hupsistou4×
Luke 1:32houtos eti megos kai huios Hupsistou kaliti, kai dōati auto kurios tos …… will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him …
Luke 1:35… hagiem epercheti epi sin, kai dunamias Hupsistou episkiazati si; dio kai tem gennorōntem …… upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy …
Luke 1:76kai sis de, paidiem, profētos Hupsistou kalisi, proporeuesi gar enōpion kuriou hetoimazara …… will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before …
Luke 6:35… misthos vu pollos, kai evi huiois Hupsistou, hoti autos chrēstos atō epi toin …… and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the …
hupsistos1×
Acts 7:48alla ouk tos hupsistos en cheiropoiētoi katoikatō; kathōs tos profētos …However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made …