Vocabulary Form
ὑπέρ
Definition

gen: in behalf of;
acc: above

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
150
GK
5642
Cognates

"Hyper" is a common prefix designating excess, abundance.
An hyperbole is an exaggeration for effect.

Mnemonics

Let's play hoops above the rim.

Mnemonic Singing

Died He for me, who caused His pain,
For me, who Him to death pursued?

Song

Biblical Concordance

1 Corinthians 11:24 and after giving thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 12:25 so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same care for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) one another.
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) our sins according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:29 Otherwise, what will they accomplish, those who are being baptized for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) the dead? If the dead are not actually raised, why then are they being baptized for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) them?
2 Corinthians 1:6 If we are distressed, it is for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) your encouragement that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.
2 Corinthians 1:7 And our hope for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) you is firm, because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our encouragement.
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we want you to know, brothers, about (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) the affliction we suffered in Asia, that we were burdened excessively beyond (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-acc) our power to cope, so that we despaired even of living.
2 Corinthians 1:11 as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that thanks may be given by many people on (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) our behalf (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) for the gracious gift granted to us through the help of many.
2 Corinthians 5:12 For we are not again recommending ourselves to you but giving you an occasion to boast on (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) our behalf (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen), so that you may be able to answer those who boast of what is seen and not of what is in the heart.
2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this: that one has died for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) all; therefore all have died.
2 Corinthians 5:15 And he died for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) all so that those who are living might no longer live for themselves but for the one who died for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) them and was raised.
2 Corinthians 5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) Christ, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) Christ, “Be reconciled to God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21 He made him who knew no sin to be a sin-offering for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our distress.
2 Corinthians 7:7 And not only by his arrival but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, as he reported to us your strong affection, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.
2 Corinthians 7:12 So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the offender, nor on account of the one offended, but that your earnestness toward (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 7:14 For if I have boasted to him about anything regarding (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) you, I have not been embarrassed, but just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boast to Titus about you has proved true.
2 Corinthians 8:16 But thanks be to God who put the same eagerness on (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) your behalf (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) in the heart of Titus,
2 Corinthians 8:23 As for (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) Titus, he is my companion and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are delegates of the churches, an honor to Christ.
2 Corinthians 8:24 Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) you.
2 Corinthians 9:2 for I know your readiness to help, about which I keep boasting to the Macedonians, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
2 Corinthians 9:3 But I am sending these brothers so that what we say in praise of (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) you may not be an empty boast in this instance, that you may be ready just as I said you would be.
2 Corinthians 9:14 And in their prayers on (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) your behalf (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) they yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God bestowed on you.
2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? — I am talking like a madman! — I am even more so: (hyper | ὑπέρ | adverb) in far more labors, in prison more often, in beatings more severe, facing death again and again.
2 Corinthians 12:5 On behalf of (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) this man I will boast, but on my own behalf (hyper | ὑπέρ | prep-gen) I will not boast, except in my weakness.