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|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).

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