ΥΨΗΛΟΥΣ, υψηλους
YPSĒLOUS, ypsēlous
Sounds Like: hoop-see-LOOS
Translations: high, lofty, exalted, proud, a high one, a lofty one
From the root: ΥΨΗΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is high, lofty, or elevated, either physically (like a high place or building) or metaphorically (like a proud or exalted person). It can refer to physical height, but also to a position of prominence, or a state of being proud or arrogant. In the provided examples, it refers to 'high eyes' (lofty/proud gaze) and 'high houses' (elevated structures).
Inflection: Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G5308 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 3:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΨΗΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΗΛΩΝ — high, lofty, exalted, a high place, a lofty place
- ΥΨΗΛΑ — high, lofty, exalted, proud, haughty, on high, highly
- ΥΨΗΛΑΙ — high, lofty, exalted, tall
- ΥΨΗΛΑΙΣ — high, lofty, exalted, a high, a lofty, an exalted
- ΥΨΗΛΑΣ — high, lofty, tall, exalted
- ΥΨΗΛΗ — high, lofty, exalted, a high (place), a lofty (place)
- ΥΨΗΛΗΝ — high, a high, lofty, a lofty, exalted, a exalted, tall, a tall
- ΥΨΗΛΗΣ — high, lofty, exalted, of high degree, of high estate, of high rank, of high position
- ΥΨΗΛΟ — high, lofty, exalted, tall, a high place, a high thing
- ΥΨΗΛΟΙ — high, lofty, exalted, tall, a high one, a lofty one
- ΥΨΗΛΟΙΣ — (to) high, (to) lofty, (to) exalted, (on) high places, (to) heights
- ΥΨΗΛΟΝ — high, lofty, exalted, tall, a high thing, a lofty thing
- ΥΨΗΛΟΣ — high, lofty, exalted, a high one, a lofty one
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΑΤΑ — most highly, highest, very high, exceedingly high
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΑΤΗ — highest, most high, very high, loftiest, most exalted
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΑΤΗΝ — highest, most high, very high, a highest
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΑΤΟΙΣ — (to) highest, (to) most high, (to) loftiest
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΑΤΟΝ — highest, a highest, most high, a most high, loftiest, a loftiest, most exalted, a most exalted
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΑΤΟΣ — highest, most high, tallest, most tall
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΑΤΟΥ — of the highest, of the most high, of the most exalted, of the loftiest
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΑΤΟΥΣ — highest, tallest, most high, most tall
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΑΤΩ — highest, a highest, most high, a most high, loftiest, a loftiest, (in) the highest, (in) the most high
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΕΡΟ — higher, taller, more exalted
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) higher, (to) loftier, (to) more exalted
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΕΡΟΝ — higher, taller, more high, more exalted, a higher thing
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΕΡΟΣ — higher, taller, more exalted, more eminent
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΕΡΩ — (to) higher, (to) loftier, a higher thing, a loftier thing
- ΥΨΗΛΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of higher, of loftier, of more exalted, of taller
- ΥΨΗΛΟΥ — of high, of lofty, of exalted, of tall, of high-minded, of proud
- ΥΨΗΛΩ — (to) high, (to) lofty, (to) exalted, (to) a high place
- ΥΨΗΛΩΝ — of high, of lofty, of exalted, of tall
- ΥΨΥΛΟΤΕΡΑ — higher, taller, a higher one, a taller one
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