Strong's Concordance
huperoché: a projection, eminence
Original Word: ὑπεροχή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: huperoché
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-okh-ay')
Short Definition: superiority, excellence
Definition: superiority, excellence, preeminence, authority.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 5247 hypero (from 5242/hyperéō, "hold above") – prominence (because elevated); pre-eminent (superior). See 5242 (hyperéō).
5247 (hyperoē) is "primarily, 'a projection, eminence,' as a mountain peak, hence, metaphorically, 'pre-eminence, superiority, excellency' " (Vine, Unger, White, NT, 46).
[5247 (hyperoxḗ) is properly "a projection (eminence), as the peak of a mountain; metaphorically, excellence, pre-eminence" (so also in Aristotle, A-S).]
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5247: ὑπεροχήὑπεροχή,
ὑπεροχῆς,
ἡ (from
ὑπέροχος, and this from
ὑπερέχω, which see), properly,
elevation, pre-eminence, superiority (properly, in
Polybius,
Plutarch, others); metaphorically,
excellence (
Plato,
Aristotle,
Polybius,
Josephus,
Plutarch, others):
τῶν ἐν ὑπεροχή, namely,
ὄντες (
R. V. those that are in high place), of magistrates,
1 Timothy 2:2 (
ἐν ὑπεροχή κεῖσθαι, to have great honor and authority, 2 Macc. 3:11);
καθ' ὑπεροχήν λόγου ἡ σοφίας (
A. V. with excellency of speech or of wisdom i. e.) with distinguished eloquence or wisdom,
1 Corinthians 2:1.
