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It conveys the idea of surpassing greatness or an extraordinary degree of something. In a biblical context, it often describes the overwhelming and abundant nature of God's grace, power, or love.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek literature, "huperbolé" was used to describe something that was excessive or exaggerated. In rhetoric, it referred to hyperbole, a figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. In the New Testament, the term is used to emphasize the extraordinary nature of divine attributes or actions, contrasting them with human limitations.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 5236</b> <i>hyperbolḗ</i> – This very emphatic term means "superlatively, beyond, measure" (Souter). <a href="/greek/5235.htm">See 5235</a> (<i>hyperbállō</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/5235.htm">huperballó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a throwing beyond, excess, superiority<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>all comparison (1), beyond* (1), excessively* (1), far...all comparison (1), measure (1), more excellent (1), surpassing greatness (2), utterly (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5236: ὑπερβολή</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὑπερβολή</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ὑπερβολης</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">ὑπερβάλλω</span>, which see), from <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> (8, 112, 4) and <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> down; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> properly, <span class="accented">a throwing beyond</span>. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> metaphorically, <span class="accented">superiority, excellence, preeminence</span> (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">exceeding greatness</span>): with a genitive of the thing, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">2 Corinthians 4:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12-7.htm">2 Corinthians 12:7</a>; <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπερβολήν</span>, <span class="accented">beyond measure, exceedingly, preeminently</span>: <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-13.htm">Romans 7:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/12-31.htm">1 Corinthians 12:31</a> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 54, 2b.; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, § 125, 11 at the end); <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/1-13.htm">Galatians 1:13</a> (4 Macc. 3:18; <span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span> O. R. 1196; <span class="abbreviation">Isocrates</span>, p. 84 d. (i. e. <span class="greek2">πρός</span> <span class="greek2">Φιλ</span>. 5); <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span> 3, 92, 10; <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> 2, 16; 17, 47); <span class="greek2">καθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπέρ</span> <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπερβολήν</span>, beyond all measure (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">more and more exceedingly</span>), <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4-17.htm">2 Corinthians 4:17</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <p><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5236a: ὑπερεγώ</span><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὑπερεγώ</span></span> (Lachmann), equivalent to <span class="greek2">ὑπέρ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐγώ</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ὑπέρ</span></span>, II. 2 c.): <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23</a>. Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 46 (45).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>abundance, excess<p>From <a href="/greek/5235.htm">huperballo</a>; a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with <a href="/greek/1519.htm">eis</a> or <a href="/greek/2596.htm">kata</a>) pre- eminently -- abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5235.htm">huperballo</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1519.htm">eis</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2596.htm">kata</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>υπερβολη υπερβολή ὑπερβολὴ ὑπερβολῇ υπερβολην υπερβολήν ὑπερβολὴν υπερεδυνάμωσαν hyperbole hyperbolē hyperbolḕ hyperbolêi hyperbolē̂i hyperbolen hyperbolēn hyperbolḕn uperbole uperbolē uperbolen uperbolēn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 7:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γένηται καθ' <b>ὑπερβολὴν</b> ἁμαρτωλὸς ἡ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> sin would become <span class="itali">utterly</span> sinful.<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> might become beyond <span class="itali">excessively</span> sinful<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/12-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 12:31</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔτι καθ' <b>ὑπερβολὴν</b> ὁδὸν ὑμῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you a still <span class="itali">more excellent</span> way.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto you a more <span class="itali">excellent</span> way.<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/12-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> yet by <span class="itali">more surpassing</span> a way to you<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 1:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι καθ' <b>ὑπερβολὴν</b> ὑπὲρ δύναμιν</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> out <span class="itali">of measure,</span> above<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that against <span class="itali">excessively</span> beyond [our] power<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/4-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 4:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἵνα ἡ <b>ὑπερβολὴ</b> τῆς δυνάμεως</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> so <span class="itali">that the surpassing greatness</span> of the power<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that <span class="itali">the excellency</span> of the power<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that the <span class="itali">surpassingness</span> of the power<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/4-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 4:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡμῶν καθ' <b>ὑπερβολὴν</b> εἰς ὑπερβολὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of glory <span class="itali">far</span> beyond<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of us far <span class="itali">surpassing</span> to excessiveness<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/4-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 4:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑπερβολὴν εἰς <b>ὑπερβολὴν</b> αἰώνιον βάρος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> far beyond <span class="itali">all comparison,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/4-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> surpassing to <span class="itali">excessiveness</span> an eternal weight<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/12-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 12:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τῇ <b>ὑπερβολῇ</b> τῶν ἀποκαλύψεων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Because of the surpassing greatness</span> of the revelations,<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I should be exalted above measure <span class="itali">through the abundance</span> of the revelations,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/12-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> And by the <span class="itali">surpassingness</span> of the revelations<p><b><a href="/text/galatians/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 1:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι καθ' <b>ὑπερβολὴν</b> ἐδίωκον τὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> beyond <span class="itali"> measure</span> and tried to destroy<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> beyond <span class="itali">measure</span> I persecuted<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that beyond <span class="itali">exceeding measure</span> I was persecuting the<p><b><a href="/greek/5236.htm">Strong's Greek 5236</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5236.htm">8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/uperbole__5236.htm">ὑπερβολὴ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/uperbole_n_5236.htm">ὑπερβολὴν — 6 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5235.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5235"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5235" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5237.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5237"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5237" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>