noun · neuter
hupsem
Strong’sG5311
height, heaven
stem hups-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 6 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.
ὕψος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for קוֹמָה, מָרוֹם, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5311 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhoop'-sos
elevation, i.e. (abstractly) altitude, (specially), the sky, or (figuratively) dignity
Fromfrom a derivative of G5228;
King Jamesbe exalted, height, (on) high.
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
(ὕψι) height, ὕψος κρεῖσσον ἐκπηδήματος Refs 5th c.BC+; ὕ. ἔχειν, λαμβάνειν, rise some height, Refs 5th c.BC+ in height, opposed to μῆκος, εὖρος, πλάτος, Refs 5th c.BC+; so ἐς ὕψος Refs 5th c.BC+
II metaphorically, summit, crown, ὕ. ἀμαθίας Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 sublimity, grandeur, τῶν λόγων Refs 3rd 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 or object direct | hupsem2×ὕψος | hupseim |
| of, belonging to genitive | hupseu2×ὕψους | hupseiu |
| to, for dative | hupse1×ὕψει | hupsei |
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
hupse 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
hupsem“height”subject or objectdirect singular2×
Ephesians 3:18… tinem tem platem kai mēkem kai hupsem kai bathem,… comprehend the length and width and height and depth
Revelation 21:16… mēkem kai tem platem kai tem hupsem autau iseim atō.… stadia in length and width and height.
hupseu“on high”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 1:78… en hei episkepteti nin anatolas ek hupseu,… the Dawn will visit us from on high,
Luke 24:49… ta pola heōs hou endueveia ek hupseu dunamian.… have been clothed with power from on high.”
hupse“exaltation”to, fordative singular1×
James 1:9“exaltation”… tos adelfos tos tapeinos en te hupse autou,The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
hupsem1×
Ephesians 4:8dio legatō; Anabainarantos eis hupsem aichmalōteuata aichmalōsian, dōata domeim toi anthrōpoi.… it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave …