2001 Translation

YPEROCHĒN, yperochēn

Sounds Like: hoo-per-okh-EEN

Translations: excellence, superiority, preeminence, authority, an excellence, a superiority, an authority

From the root: ΥΠΕΡΟΧΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a state of being superior, preeminent, or excelling in quality, rank, or power. It can denote a position of authority or a distinguished quality. It is used to describe something that stands out above others.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5242 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:60, 1:79, 1:175, 1:196, 1:218

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 57:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Corinthians — 2:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 12 — 2:66

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 8:6
• Book Four — 3:51
• Book Five — 4:27
• Book Seven — 4:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Maccabees — 13:6, 15:13

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 1 Corinthians — 2:1

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΟΧΗ.

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.

• ΥΠΕΡΟΧΑΙΣ — excellences, superiorities, preeminences, advantages, authorities, dignities, (in) excellences, (in) superiorities, (in) preeminences, (in) advantages, (in) authorities, (in) dignities
• ΥΠΕΡΟΧΑΣ — excellence, superiority, preeminence, authority, a superiority, an excellence
• ΥΠΕΡΟΧΗ — excellence, an excellence, superiority, a superiority, preeminence, authority, an authority, prominence, a prominence
• ΥΠΕΡΟΧΗΣ — (of) superiority, (of) preeminence, (of) excellence, (of) authority, (of) eminence
• ΥΠΕΡΟΧΙΔΗ — preeminence, superiority, excellence, a preeminence, an excellence

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