ΥΠΕΡΗΡΕΝ, υπερηρεν
YPERĒREN, yperēren
Sounds Like: hoo-per-AY-ren
Translations: lifted up above, exalted oneself, was arrogant, became arrogant
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΑΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular, aorist active indicative form of the verb Ὑπεραίρω (hyperairō). It is a compound verb formed from the preposition ὑπέρ (hyper), meaning 'over' or 'above', and the verb αἴρω (airō), meaning 'to lift' or 'to take up'. Therefore, it means 'to lift up above' or 'to raise oneself above others'. In a figurative sense, it often implies 'to exalt oneself', 'to be arrogant', or 'to become haughty'. It describes an action completed in the past.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G5229 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 48:13
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 8:290
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 48:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΑΙΡΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΡΑΙΡΟΜΕΝΟΣ — exalting oneself, lifting oneself up, being exalted, being lifted up, becoming arrogant
- ΥΠΕΡΑΙΡΩ — to be overly exalted, to be overly lifted up, to be conceited, to be arrogant, to be puffed up, to exalt oneself, to lift oneself up
- ΥΠΕΡΑΙΡΩΜΑΙ — I am exalted, I am lifted up, I become proud, I am overly proud
- ΥΠΕΡΑΡΑΣ — surpassing, excelling, exceeding, having surpassed, when he surpassed
- ΥΠΕΡΗΡΑΝ — they lifted up, they exalted, they were lifted up, they rose above
- ΥΠΕΡΗΡΑΣ — you excelled, you surpassed, you were superior, you were preeminent
- ΥΠΕΡΗΡΕ — he lifted up, he exalted, he raised up, he was lifted up, he was exalted, he was raised up
- ΥΠΕΡΗΡΘΗ — was lifted up, was exalted, was raised up, was elevated
- ΥΠΕΡΗΡΚΑΣ — you have lifted up, you have exalted, you have raised yourself up, you have become arrogant, you have become conceited
- ΥΠΕΡΗΡΚΩΣ — lifted up, exalted, raised high, arrogant, puffed up
- ΥΠΕΡΗΡΜΕΝΟΝ — exalted, lifted up, arrogant, haughty, an exalted thing, a lifted up thing
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