ὕψιστος
hupsistos
- Highest
- highest, most high
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: Highest
ὕψιστος, -η, -ον superlat. without positive in use, in cl. chiefly poët. (Æsch. Soph. al.),
[in LXX chiefly for עֶלְיוֹן, also for מָרוֹם, etc. ;]
highest, most high: of place, τὰ ὕ. (of the heavens), Mat.21:9, Mrk.11:10, Luk.2:14 19:38 (cf. Joshua 16:19, Isa.57:15); of God (in cl. of Zeus; Pind. Æsch. al.), ὕ. Luk.1:32, 35 1:76 6:35 (as frequently in Sir.4:10, al.); ὁ ὕ. Act.7:48; ὁ θεὸς ὁ ὕ. Mrk.5:7, Luk.8:28, Act.16:17, Heb.7:1 (cf. Gen.14:18).†
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Abbott-Smith
Glosses: highest, most high
highest, most high