ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛΗΝ, υπερβολην
YPERBOLĒN, yperbolēn
Sounds Like: hoo-per-bo-LAYN
Translations: excess, abundance, surpassing, preeminence, exceedingly, beyond measure
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an excess, an abundance, or something that goes beyond the usual measure. It is often used to describe something that is outstanding, preeminent, or exceedingly great. In context, it can function adverbially to mean 'exceedingly' or 'beyond measure'. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπέρ' (hyper), meaning 'over' or 'beyond', and 'βολή' (bole), meaning 'a throwing' or 'a cast'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5236 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 1:2
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 19:140
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 13:234
- Book 2 — 2:8, 4:46
- Book 3 — 5:76, 7:166
- Book 4 — 8:322, 8:326
- Book 5 — 1:64, 1:78
- Book 6 — 10:196, 12:267
- Book 7 — 1:3, 1:38, 8:177, 15:392
- Book 8 — 4:128, 5:136, 7:182, 13:316
- Book 9 — 4:62, 4:74, 5:101, 11:231
- Book 10 — 2:28, 10:189
- Book 11 — 6:273
- Book 12 — 2:61, 2:91
- Book 13 — 8:244, 14:383
- Book 14 — 4:65
- Book 16 — 3:76, 8:255, 11:374
- Book 18 — 6:178
- Book 20 — 11:253
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:4, 2:5, 5:13, 19:3, 22:16, 23:9, 28:11, 33:13, 34:8
- Book Two — 7:3, 13:1, 16:8, 18:42
- Book Four — 4:19, 6:33, 7:28, 8:18, 9:56, 9:77
- Book Five — 4:42, 9:7, 11:44
- Book Six — 1:72
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 13:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 3:18
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛΗ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛΑΙ — excellences, abundances, surpassing qualities, excesses, hyperboles
- ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛΑΙΣ — excess, abundance, preeminence, surpassing greatness, a hyperbole
- ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛΑΣ — excess, abundance, a surpassing, preeminence, a hyperbole
- ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛΗ — excess, abundance, surpassing, preeminence, a surpassing, an excess
- ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛΗΣ — excess, abundance, surpassing, preeminence, a surpassing, an excess, a hyperbole
- ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛ‾Η‾ — excellence, surpassing, extraordinary, abundance, exceedingly, beyond measure, preeminence, a surpassing, an excess
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