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Strong's G5247 · Greek

ὑπεροχή

huperoche · hoop-er-okh-ay'

from 5242; prominence, i.e. (figuratively) superiority (in rank or character)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὑπεροχή (G5247)

2 ὑπεροχή , -ῆς, ἡ ( ὑπερέχω ) [in LXX: Je 52:22 ( קוֹמָה ), II Mac 3:11 , al. ;] a projection, eminence , as the peak of a mountain. Metaph. (Arist.), excellence, pre-eminence : λόγου ἢ σοφίας , I Co 2:1 ; οἱ ἐν ὑ. (for a parallel to this phrase, v. Deiss., BS , 255, and cf. II Mac, l.c. ), I Ti 2:2 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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