ὑπέρ
hypér
"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
Lexicon
Derivation: a primary preposition;
"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
- "over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding
- with the accusative case superior to, more than
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (+ exceeding, abundantly) above, in (on) behalf of, beyond, by, + very chiefest, concerning, exceeding (above, -ly), for, + very highly, more (than), of, over, on the part of, for sake of, in stead, than, to(-ward), very
Usage
159 occurrences · 0 OT · 159 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for105 · 66%
- of11 · 7%
- above10 · 6%
- more than3 · 2%
- on3 · 2%
- for that3 · 2%
- sake3 · 2%
- than2 · 1%
- it is for2 · 1%
- behalf2 · 1%
- stead2 · 1%
- part1 · 1%
- sakes1 · 1%
- name's sake1 · 1%
- be for1 · 1%
- concerning1 · 1%
- of men above1 · 1%
- one for1 · 1%
- given1 · 1%
- you in1 · 1%
- toward1 · 1%
- beyond1 · 1%
- any do enquire of1 · 1%
- the very1 · 1%
- am more1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.