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Strong's Concordance G5236
ὑπεÏβολή
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Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Greek form
- ὑπεÏβολή
- Transliteration
- huperbole
- Pronunciation
- {hoop-er-bol-ay'}
- Occurrences
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- Glosses
- from 5235; a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with 1519 or 2596) pre- eminently:--abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure.
- Related source reference
- see GREEK for 2596
- Strong’s number
- G5236
- Definition
- from 5235; a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with 1519 or 2596) pre- eminently:--abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure.
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James Strong, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary; CrossWire SWORD StrongsGreek module 2.0; historical public-domain lexicon wording preserved.
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<entryFree n="5236"> <orth>ὑπεÏβολή</orth><lb/> <orth type="writing">uJperbolhv</orth> <orth rend="bold" type="trans">huperbole</orth> <pron rend="italic">{hoop-er-bol-ay'}</pron> <def> from 5235; a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with 1519 or 2596) pre- eminently:--abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure. <lb/> see GREEK for 5235 <lb/> see GREEK for 1519 <lb/> see GREEK for 2596 </def> </entryFree>