Greek - English Dictionary
G5228 - Than
| Strong's No.: | G5228 |
| Greek: | ὑπέρ |
| Transliteration: | huper |
| Phonetic: | hoop-er' |
| Word Origin: | A primary preposition |
| Bible Usage: | (+ exceeding abundantly) above in (on) behalf of beyond by + very chiefest concerning exceeding (above -ly) for + very highly more (than) of over on the part of for sake of in stead than to (-ward) very. In compounds it retains many of the above applications. |
| Part of Speech: | Preposition |
| Strongs Definition: |
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| Thayers Definition: | 1. in behalf of, for the sake of 2. over, beyond, more than 3. more, beyond, over |
| Bible References:
Than |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
above ( 12 )
abundantly ( 1 )
behalf ( 4 )
beyond ( 1 )
by ( 1 )
chiefest ( 2 )
concerning ( 1 )
exceedingly ( 1 )
for ( 103 )
highly ( 1 )
his ( 1 )
more ( 3 )
of ( 11 )
over ( 1 )
part ( 1 )
sake ( 6 )
sakes ( 1 )
stead ( 2 )
than ( 3 )
to ( 1 )
toward ( 1 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.