Lexicon / G5247
ὑπεροχή
huperochē
  • authority
  • a projection, eminence
  • excellence, pre-eminence

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Glosses: authority

ὑπεροχή, -ῆς, ἡ

(ὑπερέχω) [in LXX: Jer.52:22 (קוֹמָה), 2Ma.3:11, al. ;]

a projection, eminence, as the peak of a mountain. Metaphorical (Arist.), excellence, pre-eminence: λόγου ἢ σοφίας, 1Co.2:1; οἱ ἐν ὑ (for a parallel to this phrase, see Deiss. BS, 255, and cf. 2Mac, l.with), 1Ti.2:2.†

(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: a projection, eminence; excellence, pre-eminence

a projection, eminence; excellence, pre-eminence