ὑπέρ

Vocabulary form:

uJpevr

Definition:

gen: in behalf of;
acc: above

Erasmian:

Modern:

Frequency:

150

GK:

5642

Cognates:

"Hyper" is a common prefix designating excess, abundance.
An hyperbole is an exaggeration for effect.

Mnemonics:

Let's play hoops above the rim.

Mnemonic Singing:

Died He for me, who caused His pain,
For me, who Him to death pursued?

Mnemonics

Mnemonic with the genitive

Submitted by Joshua Thames on Wed, 2013-03-06 19:21

I can prepare her hair huper the air.

I get hyper (huper) "in(on)

Submitted by cbisher on Tue, 2015-10-13 11:08

I get hyper (huper) "in(on) behalf of" caffine

my heartrate accelerates above normal

ὑπέρ mnemonic

Submitted by AWOL on Tue, 2018-10-16 09:41

IN BEHALF OF GENji, the best player in our basketball team (we nickname him "HOOPER"), the game was won, and so we will set him ABOVE ourselves, and give him the ACCLAIM he deserves.

huper

Submitted by Luke Brandon on Tue, 2020-03-31 22:48

Hoop in the air = above

Mnemonic

Submitted by fsjis1 on Sat, 2021-02-13 19:52

Prepare the grey poupon in behalf of the guest of honor

Biblical Concordance

1 Corinthians 11:24	and after giving thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 12:25	so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same care for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) one another.
1 Corinthians 15:3	For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) our sins according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:29	Otherwise, what will they accomplish, those who are being baptized for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) the dead? If the dead are not actually raised, why then are they being baptized for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) them?
2 Corinthians 1:6	If we are distressed, it is for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) your encouragement that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.
2 Corinthians 1:7	And our hope for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) you is firm, because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our encouragement.
2 Corinthians 1:8	For we want you to know, brothers, about (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) the affliction we suffered in Asia, that we were burdened excessively beyond (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-acc) our power to cope, so that we despaired even of living.
2 Corinthians 1:11	as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that thanks may be given by many people on (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) our behalf (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) for the gracious gift granted to us through the help of many.
2 Corinthians 5:12	For we are not again recommending ourselves to you but giving you an occasion to boast on (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) our behalf (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen), so that you may be able to answer those who boast of what is seen and not of what is in the heart.
2 Corinthians 5:14	For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this: that one has died for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) all; therefore all have died.
2 Corinthians 5:15	And he died for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) all so that those who are living might no longer live for themselves but for the one who died for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) them and was raised.
2 Corinthians 5:20	Therefore we are ambassadors for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) Christ, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) Christ, “Be reconciled to God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21	He made him who knew no sin to be a sin-offering for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 7:4	I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our distress.
2 Corinthians 7:7	And not only by his arrival but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, as he reported to us your strong affection, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.
2 Corinthians 7:12	So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the offender, nor on account of the one offended, but that your earnestness toward (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 7:14	For if I have boasted to him about anything regarding (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) you, I have not been embarrassed, but just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boast to Titus about you has proved true.
2 Corinthians 8:16	But thanks be to God who put the same eagerness on (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) your behalf (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) in the heart of Titus,
2 Corinthians 8:23	As for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) Titus, he is my companion and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are delegates of the churches, an honor to Christ.
2 Corinthians 8:24	Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) you.
2 Corinthians 9:2	for I know your readiness to help, about which I keep boasting to the Macedonians, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
2 Corinthians 9:3	But I am sending these brothers so that what we say in praise of (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) you may not be an empty boast in this instance, that you may be ready just as I said you would be.
2 Corinthians 9:14	And in their prayers on (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) your behalf (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) they yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God bestowed on you.
2 Corinthians 11:23	Are they servants of Christ? — I am talking like a madman! — I am even more so: (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| adverb) in far more labors, in prison more often, in beatings more severe, facing death again and again.
2 Corinthians 12:5	On behalf of (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) this man I will boast, but on my own behalf (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) I will not boast, except in my weakness.
2 Corinthians 12:6	For even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I would be telling the truth. But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-acc) what he sees in me or he hears from me,
2 Corinthians 12:8	Three times I pleaded with the Lord about (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) this, that it would leave me.
2 Corinthians 12:10	For this reason I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with hardships, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:13	For in what way were you less favored than (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-acc) the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!
2 Corinthians 12:15	I will most gladly spend and be spent on behalf (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) of your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
2 Corinthians 12:19	Have you been thinking all along that we are defending ourselves to you? We are speaking before God as those in Christ; and all that we do, dear friends, is for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) your upbuilding.
2 Corinthians 13:8	For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) the truth.
Galatians 1:4	who gave himself for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Galatians 1:14	And I was advancing in Judaism beyond (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-acc) many of my own age in the entire nation, being extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
Galatians 2:20	and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) me.
Galatians 3:13	Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) us — for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree” —
Ephesians 1:16	I do not cease giving thanks for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) you, making mention of you in my prayers,
Ephesians 1:22	And he placed all things under Christ’s feet and gave him as head over (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-acc) all things to the church,
Ephesians 3:1	For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) the sake of you Gentiles —
Ephesians 3:13	I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings on (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) your behalf (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen), which are your glory.
Ephesians 3:20	Now to the one who is able to do far more abundantly beyond (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-acc) all that we ask or imagine, according to the power that is working within us,
Ephesians 5:2	and live in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:20	giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father at all times and for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) everything.
Ephesians 5:25	Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) her,
Ephesians 6:19	and for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) me, that when I open my mouth the word will be given to me — that with boldness I will make known the mystery of the gospel,
Ephesians 6:20	for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
Philippians 1:4	Always in every prayer of mine for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) all of you I pray with joy,
Philippians 1:7	It is right for me to feel this way about (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all share with me in the grace of God.
Philippians 1:29	For it has been granted to you on behalf of (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) Christ, not only to believe in him but also to suffer for (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-gen) him,
Philippians 2:9	Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above (hyper \| ὑπέρ \| prep-acc) every name,

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