ὑπέρ: Difference between revisions

|astxt=[[ὑπέρ]] (when following subst.—poët.—[[ὕπερ]]; so as adv., II Co 11:23), prep. c. gen., acc. <br /><b class="num">I.</b>C. gen., primarily of place (rest or motion), over, above, across, beyond, hence, metaph.,<br /><b class="num">1.</b>for, on behalf of: of prayer, Mt 5:44, Ac 8:24, Ro 10:1, Ja 5:16, al.; of laying down life, Jo 10:11, Ro 9:3, al.; esp. of Christ giving his life for man's redemption, Mk 14:24, Jo 10:15, Ac 21:13, Ro 5:6-8, al.; opp. to [[κατά]], Mk 9:40, Lk 9:50, Ro 8:31. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>Causal, for, because of, for the sake of: c. gen. pers., Ac 5:41, Ro 1:5, Phl 1:29, II Co 12:10, al.; c. gen. rei, Jo 11:4, Ro 15:8, II Co 1:6, al. <br /><b class="num">3.</b> = [[ἀντί]] (v. M, Pr., 105), for, instead of, in the name of: I Co 15:29, II Co 5:15, 21 Ga 3:13, Col 1:7, Phm 13 (cf. Field, Notes, 225). <br /><b class="num">4.</b>In more colourless sense, = [[περί]] (M, Pr., l.c.), for, concerning, with regard to: Ro 9:27, II Co 1:6 8:23 12:8, Phl 1:7, II Th 2:1, al. <br /><b class="num">II.</b>C. acc., primarily of place, over, beyond, across, hence, metaph., of measure or degree in excess, above, beyond, over, more than: Mt 10:24, 37 Lk 6:40, Ac 26:13, I Co 10:13, II Co 1:8, Eph 1:22 3:20, Phm 16, al.; after comparatives = than (Jg 11:25, al.), Lk 16:8, He 4:12. <br /><b class="num">III.</b>As adv. (v. supr. ad init.), more: [[ὕπερ]] [[ἐγώ]], I more, II Co 11:23; in compounds, v.s. [[ὑπεράνω]], [[ὑπερλίαν]], [[ὑπερπερισσῶς]]. <br /><b class="num">IV.</b>In composition: over ([[ὑπεραίρω]]), beyond ([[ὑπερβάλλω]]), more (ὐπερνικάω), on behalf of (ὐπερεντυγχάνω).