ΥΠΕΡΒΗΝΑΙ, υπερβηναι
YPERBĒNAI, yperbēnai
Sounds Like: hoo-per-BEE-nai
Translations: to go over, to cross over, to step over, to transgress, to exceed, to pass beyond
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΒΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ὑπέρ' (hyper), meaning 'over' or 'beyond', and the verb 'βαίνω' (bainō), meaning 'to go' or 'to step'. As an infinitive, it describes the action of going over, stepping beyond a boundary, or exceeding a limit. It can be used in contexts where one physically crosses something or metaphorically oversteps a rule or boundary.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5235 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΒΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΥΑΡΠΕΡΜΒΗ — transgress, go beyond, overstep, pass over, exceed
- ΥΠΕΡΒΑΙΕΝ — go over, pass over, transgress, overstep, go beyond, exceed
- ΥΠΕΡΒΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to go beyond, to transgress, to overstep, to exceed
- ΥΠΕΡΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΕΣ — transgressing, going beyond, overstepping, exceeding
- ΥΠΕΡΒΑΙΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they go beyond, they transgress, they overstep, they pass over
- ΥΠΕΡΒΑΙΝΩ — to go beyond, to transgress, to overstep, to pass over, to exceed
- ΥΠΕΡΒΑΙΝΩΝ — overstepping, transgressing, going beyond, passing over, exceeding
- ΥΠΕΡΒΑΝΤΑΣ — transgressing, overstepping, going beyond, those who transgress, transgressors
- ΥΠΕΡΒΑΝΤΕΣ — having gone over, having stepped over, having passed over, having transgressed, having exceeded
- ΥΠΕΡΒΑΣ — passing over, transgression, a passing over, a transgression
- ΥΠΕΡΒΕΒΗΚΟΤΑ — having gone beyond, exceeding, surpassing, overstepping, transgressing
- ΥΠΕΡΒΕΒΗΚΟΤΕΣ — having gone beyond, having overstepped, having surpassed, having transgressed
- ΥΠΕΡΒΗ — pass over, go beyond, transgress, exceed
- ΥΠΕΡΒΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will transgress, will go beyond, will overstep, will pass over
- ΥΠΕΡΒΗΣΕΤΕ — you will transgress, you will go beyond, you will overstep, you will exceed
- ΥΠΕΡΒΗΣΗ — transgression, overstepping, passing over, a passing over
- ΥΠΕΡΒΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will go over, I will pass over, I will overcome, I will transgress, I will overstep
- ΥΠΕΡΕΒΗ — went beyond, overstepped, transgressed, exceeded
- ΥΠΕΡΕΒΗΝ — I went beyond, I overstepped, I transgressed
- ΥΠΕΡΕΒΗΣΑΝ — they went over, they crossed over, they transgressed, they exceeded
- ΥΠΕΡΕΒ‾Η‾ — transgressed, went beyond, overstepped, passed over
- ΥΠΕΡΠΕΠΑΙΚΟΤΑ — having gone beyond, having overstepped, having transgressed, having exceeded
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