ὑπερβολ-ή G5236
surpassing degree, excess, extraordinary measure
1. surpassing degree, excess, extraordinary measure — An exceeding or surpassing degree; used almost exclusively in the Pauline epistles in the prepositional phrase kath' hyperbolen ('beyond measure, exceedingly') or in attributive/predicate constructions denoting extraordinary quality. This single lexicographic sense covers all NT occurrences, which share the core meaning of something exceeding the normal measure or going beyond bounds. Used adverbially: 'beyond measure we were burdened beyond our strength' (2 Cor 1:8 -- kath' hyperbolen), 'an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure' (2 Cor 4:17 -- kath' hyperbolen eis hyperbolen, an intensifying double usage), 'sin might become exceedingly sinful' (Rom 7:13 -- kath' hyperbolen), 'beyond measure I persecuted the church' (Gal 1:13 -- kath' hyperbolen). Used as a predicate noun: 'the surpassing greatness of the power' (2 Cor 4:7 -- he hyperbole tes dynameoos), 'the surpassingness of the revelations' (2 Cor 12:7 -- te hyperbole ton apokalypseoon). Used attributively: 'a still more excellent way' (1 Cor 12:31 -- kath' hyperbolen hodon). Multilingual glosses converge: German Uebermaass, Arabic faid/hadd, Spanish exceso/excelencia, Hebrew me'od/midda/odef, Korean ttwieonam/geuksimhage, Hindi atyant/bahulaayat, French au-dela/exces. 8×
AR["-","الْحَدِّ","طاقَةٍ","على-فَيْضٍ","فائِقَةٍ","فَرْطِ","فَيْضٍ","فَيْضُ"]·ben["অতিশয়","অতিশয়।","অতিশয়ে","মাত্রাতিরিক্ত,"]·DE["Uebermaass"]·EN["excellence","excess","measure","surpassing-greatness","surpassingness"]·FR["au-delà","excès"]·heb["מְאֹד","מִדָּה","עַל-יִתְרוֹן","עֹדֶף","שֶׁפַע-הַ-"]·HI["अत्यंत","अत्यधिकता","अत्यन्त","बहुतायत-के-कारण","बहुतायत-से","श्रेष्ठता","हद-तक,"]·ID["batas","berlebihan","kelimpahan","luar-biasa","mulia"]·IT["eccedere","uperbolēn"]·jav["kalangkungan","kalangkungan.","kaluwihan","langkung","langkung,","linangkung","sanget"]·KO["극도로","극심하게,","넘치는","뛰어남","뛰어남에","뛰어남을","뛰어남이","탁월한"]·PT["acima-de-toda-medida","excelente","excelência","excesso","medida","sobremaneira","toda-medida"]·RU["-заповеди","превосходно","превосходство","превосходству","сверхмерно","чрезвычайно","чрезмерностью"]·ES["excelencia","excesivamente","exceso","grandeza"]·SW["kiasi","kiasi.","kupita-kiasi","sana","wingi"]·TR["aşırı","aşırılığına","derecede","o-","yol"]·urd["اعلیٰ","افزونی","افضلیت","بہتایت","حد-سے-زیادہ","زیادہ"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὑπερβολ-ή, ἡ, (ὑπερβάλλω) a throwing beyond others, δίσκων ὑπερβολαῖς Refs 2nd c.AD+: in intransitive sense, altitude of a star, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 overshooting, superiority, χερῶν ὑπερβολαῖς Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 excess, τοῦ μεγέθεος Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to ἔλλειψις or ἔνδεια, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἔχειν with accusative et infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+ at an extravagant price,…