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Strong's G5310 · Greek

ὕψιστος

hupsistos · hoop'-sis-tos

superlative from the base of 5311; highest, i.e. (masculine singular) the Supreme (God), or (neuter plural) the heavens


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὕψιστος (G5310)

13 ὕψιστος , -η, -ον superlat. , without positive in use, in cl. chiefly poët. (Æsch., Soph., al.), [in LXX chiefly for עֶלְיוֹן , also for מָרוֹם , etc. ;] highest, most high : of place, τὰ ὕ. (of the heavens), Mt 21:9 , Mk 11:10 , Lk 2:14 19:38 (cf. Jos 16:19 , Is 57:15 ); of God (in cl., of Zeus; Pind., Æsch., al.), ὕ. , Lk 1:32 , 35 , 76 6:35 (as freq. in Si 4:10 , al.); ὁ ὕ. , Ac 7:48 ; ὁ θεὸς ὁ ὕ. , Mk 5:7 , Lk 8:28 , Ac 16:17 , He 7:1 (cf. Ge 14:18 ).†

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

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