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ὑπερβολή

MainId: 005123000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: υ

StrongCodes: G5236

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'It is difficult to determine the extent to which this set of meanings ({D:78.33}) differs from those in {D:78.31}, but a number of contexts for the terms in {D:78.33} would seem to imply something even beyond what is indicated in the series containing the base περισσ ({D:78.31}).'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 005123001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ὑπερβολή

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ῆς

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

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 005123001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 78.33

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Degree

      LEXSubDomains: More Than, Less Than [Comparative Degree]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-05-04 08:27:32

         DefinitionShort: a degree which exceeds extraordinarily a point on an implied or overt scale of extent{N:001}

         Glosses: ['extraordinary', 'extreme', 'supreme', 'far more', 'much greater', 'to a far greater degree']

         Comments: There are obviously a number of problems involved in attempting to render an expression of extraordinary degree, but it is sometimes possible to express such a degree by building up a series of intensive markers. For example, in {S:04900200700018} one might translate τὸ ὑπερβάλλον πλοῦτος τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ as ‘his very, very great grace,’ and in {S:04700400700022} one might render ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ θεοῦ as ‘God has very, very great power.’ Such expressions, however, may not do full justice to the intensity of degree expressed in {L:ὑπερβάλλω} and ὑπερβολή, since in a number of languages the closest equivalent might be something involving figurative meanings. For example, τὸ ὑπερβάλλον πλοῦτος τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ in {S:04900200700018} might be rendered as ‘he is gracious beyond anything we can imagine,’ and in {S:04700400700022} ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ θεοῦ may be rendered as ‘God has power beyond any words to describe.’

      LEXReferences: ROM 7:13, 1COR 12:31, 2COR 1:8, 2COR 4:7, 2COR 4:17, 2COR 4:17, 2COR 12:7, GAL 1:13