ΥΠΕΡΑΝΙΣΧΟΥΣΑΝ, υπερανισχουσαν
YPERANISCHOUSAN, yperanischousan
Sounds Like: hoo-per-ah-nis-KHOO-sahn
Translations: rising above, excelling, surpassing, a rising above, an excelling, a surpassing
From the root: ΑΝΙΣΧΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle formed from 'hyper' (over, above) and 'anischō' (to rise up, to appear). It describes something that is rising above, excelling, or surpassing something else. It implies a position of superiority or prominence. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb to indicate an action that is ongoing or completed in relation to the main verb of the sentence.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G5221 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 6:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΙΣΧΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΑΣΧΕΙΝΤΟΝ — to rise, to cause to rise, to appear
- ΑΝΙΣΧΩ — to rise, to spring up, to cause to rise, to bring up
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