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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ὕψος

MainId: 005202000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: υ

StrongCodes: G5311

BaseForms:

  1. BaseFormID: 005202001000000

    PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

    Inflections:

    1. Lemma: ὕψος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ους

    RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ὑψόω', 'Meanings': []}

    LEXMeanings:

    1. LEXID: 005202001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 81.3

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Spacial Dimensions

      LEXSubDomains: High, Low, Deep

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

        LastEdited: 2022-05-06 08:13:45

        DefinitionShort: the measurement of height

        Glosses: height

        Comments: In {S:04900301800028} the four different dimensions of space are used figuratively in the sense of ‘that which is all-encompassing.’

      LEXReferences: EPH 3:18, REV 21:16

    2. LEXID: 005202001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 1.13

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Geographical Objects and Features

      LEXSubDomains: Regions Above the Earth

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

        LastEdited: 2022-05-06 08:13:45

        DefinitionShort: a location above the earth and associated with supernatural events or beings

        Glosses: ['high', 'world above', 'sky', 'heaven', 'on high']

        Comments: In {S:04202404900044} ὕψος refers to heaven as a type of substitute reference for God, and in many languages it is advisable to translate ‘until the power from God comes down on you.’ In {S:04900400800010} the phrase ἀναβὰς εἰς ὕψος may be rendered literally as ‘when he went up to the heights,’ but it is preferable in a number of languages to translate ‘when he went up to heaven,’ for a literal rendering of ‘heights’ might imply only a high building or a mountain.|In contexts in which these expressions refer clearly to ‘heaven’ or ‘the sky,’ it is better to use terms meaning ‘heaven’ or ‘sky’ rather than terms meaning ‘height’ or ‘that which is high.’

      LEXReferences: LUKE 24:49, EPH 4:8

    3. LEXID: 005202001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 87.19

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Status

      LEXSubDomains: High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

        LastEdited: 2022-05-06 08:13:45

        DefinitionShort: a position of high status

        Glosses: ['high position', 'high rank', 'prominence']

      LEXReferences: YAC 1:9

    4. LEXID: 005202001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 14.42

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physical Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Light

      LEXCollocations: ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

        LastEdited: 2022-05-06 08:13:45

        DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: dawning from on high) the bright dawn of salvation (or possibly to be understood as a title for the Messiah)

        Glosses: the dawn from on high

        Comments: The expression ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους occurs in a highly poetic liturgical passage in Luke 1, and many translators have preferred to retain the more or less literal rendering. Others, however, have interpreted this as the dawning of salvation and have therefore translated ἐπισκέψεται ἡμᾶς ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους as ‘salvation will dawn upon us from heaven’ or ‘from heaven salvation will come to us as the dawn does.’ If one wishes to employ ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους as simply a title for the Messiah, one can translate ‘the Messiah will come to us,’ but it is normally better to preserve the figurative expression and relate it to the coming of the Messiah as ‘the Messiah will come to us even as the dawn does from on high.’ One may also treat the problem of interpretation in a footnote.

      LEXReferences: LUKE 1:78