Greek word study

ὑπέρhypér — in behalf of, above

gen: in behalf of; acc: above.

Translated in the King James as: (+ 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

Appears 149 times in Scripture

Origin: a primary preposition;

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Where it appears

Matthew — 5×

Matt 5:44 Matt 10:24 Matt 10:37+ 2 more in Matthew

Mark — 2×

Mark 9:40 Mark 14:24

Luke — 5×

Luke 6:40 Luke 9:50 Luke 16:8 Luke 22:19 Luke 22:20

John — 13×

John 1:30 John 6:51 John 10:11 John 10:15 John 11:4 John 11:50 John 11:51 John 11:52 John 13:37 John 13:38 John 15:13 John 17:19 John 18:14

Acts — 8×

Acts 5:41 Acts 8:24 Acts 9:16 Acts 15:26 Acts 21:13 Acts 21:26 Acts 26:1 Acts 26:13

Romans — 17×

Rom 1:5 Rom 5:6 Rom 5:7 Rom 5:8 Rom 8:27 Rom 8:31 Rom 8:32 Rom 8:34 Rom 9:3 Rom 9:27 Rom 10:1 Rom 14:15 Rom 15:8 Rom 15:9 Rom 15:30 Rom 16:4+ 1 more in Romans

1 Corinthians — 10×

1 Cor 1:13 1 Cor 4:6 1 Cor 10:13 1 Cor 10:30 1 Cor 11:24 1 Cor 12:25 1 Cor 15:3 1 Cor 15:29+ 2 more in 1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians — 32×

2 Cor 1:6 2 Cor 1:7 2 Cor 1:8 2 Cor 1:11 2 Cor 5:12 2 Cor 5:14 2 Cor 5:15 2 Cor 5:20 2 Cor 7:4 2 Cor 7:7 2 Cor 7:12 2 Cor 7:14 2 Cor 8:16 2 Cor 8:23 2 Cor 8:24 2 Cor 9:3 2 Cor 9:14 2 Cor 11:5 2 Cor 11:23 2 Cor 12:5 2 Cor 12:6 2 Cor 12:10 2 Cor 12:11 2 Cor 12:13 2 Cor 12:15+ 7 more in 2 Corinthians

Galatians — 4×

Gal 1:4 Gal 1:14 Gal 2:20 Gal 3:13

Ephesians — 11×

Eph 1:16 Eph 1:22 Eph 3:1 Eph 3:13 Eph 3:20 Eph 5:2 Eph 5:20 Eph 5:25 Eph 6:19 Eph 6:20+ 1 more in Ephesians

Philippians — 7×

Phil 1:4 Phil 1:7 Phil 1:29 Phil 2:9 Phil 2:13 Phil 4:10+ 1 more in Philippians

Colossians — 7×

Col 1:7 Col 1:9 Col 1:24 Col 2:1 Col 4:12 Col 4:13+ 1 more in Colossians

1 Thessalonians — 3×

1 Thess 3:2 1 Thess 3:10 1 Thess 5:13

2 Thessalonians — 3×

2 Thess 1:4 2 Thess 1:5 2 Thess 2:1

1 Timothy — 3×

1 Tim 2:1 1 Tim 2:2 1 Tim 2:6

Titus — 1×

Titus 2:14

Philemon — 2×

Philemon 1:16 Philemon 1:21

Hebrews — 10×

Heb 2:9 Heb 4:12 Heb 5:1 Heb 7:25 Heb 7:27 Heb 9:7 Heb 9:24 Heb 10:12 Heb 13:17+ 1 more in Hebrews

James — 1×

James 5:16

1 Peter — 2×

1 Pet 2:21 1 Pet 3:18

1 John — 2×

1 John 3:16+ 1 more in 1 John

3 John — 1×

3 John 1:7

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.