2001 Translation

YPSĒLOIS, ypsēlois

Sounds Like: yp-see-LOYS

Translations: (to) high, (to) lofty, (to) exalted, (on) high places, (to) heights

From the root: ΥΨΗΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'high', 'lofty', or 'exalted'. It can refer to physical height, such as a high mountain or a high place, or to metaphorical elevation, such as a high status or an exalted position. When used substantively, especially in the dative plural as in this form, it often refers to 'high places' or 'heights', which in ancient contexts could be sites of worship or sacrifice.

Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Neuter

Strong’s number: G5308 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 6:7, 9:50, 13:33
• Psalms — 92:4, 112:5
• Sirach — 24:4
• Isaiah — 10:34, 26:5, 33:5, 57:15
• Hebrews — 1:3

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 7 — 4:90
• Book 12 — 5:252
• Book 13 — 5:181

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Kings — 3:2, 3:3, 16:28, 22:44
• 2 Kings — 12:3, 14:4, 15:4, 15:35, 16:4, 17:11, 23:5
• 1 Maccabees — 6:7, 9:50, 13:33
• Psalms — 92:4, 112:5
• Sirach — 24:4
• Isaiah — 10:34, 26:5, 57:15

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Hebrews — 1:3

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
• 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
• ΥΨΗΛΟΥΣ — high, lofty, exalted, proud, a high one, a lofty one
• 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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