ΥΠΕΡΤΕΡΑ, υπερτερα
YPERTERA, ypertera
Sounds Like: hoo-per-TEH-rah
Translations: superior, higher, more excellent, a superior (thing/person)
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective meaning 'superior,' 'higher,' or 'more excellent.' It is used to describe something that is of greater quality, rank, or position than something else. It can be used to compare two things or to indicate that something is generally of a higher standard.
Inflection: Feminine, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5242 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΤΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΡΤΕΡΑΝ — superior, a superior, higher, a higher, more excellent, a more excellent
- ΥΠΕΡΤΕΡΟΝ — superior, more excellent, higher, a superior, a more excellent
- ΥΠΕΡΤΕΡΟΣ — superior, higher, greater, more excellent
- ΥΠΕΡΤΕΡΟΥΣ — superior, excelling, preeminent, surpassing
- ΥΠΕΡΤΕΡΩΝ — superior, more powerful, stronger, of superior, of more powerful, of stronger
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