surpassing

Greek Noun Female

ὑπερ-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ὑπερβάλλω), [in LXX: καθ᾽ ὑ, 4Ma.3:18 *;] a throwing beyond. Metaphorical, excess, superiority, excellence: 2Co.4:7 12:7; καθ᾽ ὑπερβολήν, beyond measure, exceedingly, Rom.7:13, 1Co.12:31, 2Co.1:8, Gal.1:13; κ. ὑ. εἰς ὑ, beyond all measure, 2Co.4:17. (AS)

surpassing

Greek Noun Female

ὑπερβολ-ή, ἡ, (ὑπερβάλλω) a throwing beyond others, δίσκων ὑπερβολαῖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in intransitive sense, altitude of a star, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) overshooting, superiority, χερῶν ὑπερβολαῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) excess, τοῦ μεγέθεος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἔλλειψις or ἔνδεια, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἔχειν with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] at an extravagant price, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπέφερον τὴν ὑ. τοῦ καινοῦσθαι pushed on their extravagance in revolutionizing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔχον ἐστὶν ὑπερβολήν it can go no further, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so οὐδεμίαν or μηδεμίαν ὑ. λείπειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις ὑ. τούτου if there is aught beyond (worse than) this, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ οὐχ ὑ; is not this the extreme, the last degree? [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπερβολὴν ποιήσομαι I will put an extreme case, [Refs]; τοσαύτην ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι ὥστε. to go so far that, [Refs] to carry his own rascality beyond theirs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ποιεῖν τῆς τιμῆς to raise the price, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ἀνοίας ἔχειν Polystr.p.27 W. 4) with preposition in Adverbial phrases, ={ὑπερβαλλόντως}, εἰς ὑπερβολήν in excess, exceedingly; εἰς ὑ. ἄμεινον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; far beyond, τοῦ πρόσθεν εἰς ὑ. πανοῦργος, i. e. far more wicked, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὰν τοξεύσας with surpassing aim, [Refs 5th c.BC+]extravagantly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ καθ᾽ ὑ. ἐν ἐνδείᾳ ὄντες in extremity of need, [NT+4th c.BC+]:—so in dative, εὐτελὴς ὑπερβολῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+] 5) preeminence, perfection, without any notion of excess, δι᾽ ἀρετῆς ὑπερβολήν [Refs]; ἡ ὑ. τῆς φιλίας the best and noblest kind of friendship, [Refs]; but ἡ καθ᾽ ὑ. φιλία, ={ἡ καθ᾽ ὑπεροχήν}, [Refs] 6) overstrained phrase, hyperbole, ὑπερβολὰς εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+] make strong statements, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as a figure of speech, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 7) τὸ καθ᾽ ὑπερβολήν the superlative degree, in Adjectives, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τιθέναι ὑπερβολῇ[Refs] 8) overbid at auction, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II) crossing over, passage of mountains, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) in singular or plural, place of passage, mountain-pass, with or without τοῦ ὄρους, τῶν ὀρέων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τοῦ Ταύρου Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; αἱ τῶν Ἄλπεων ὑ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III) (from middle) delay, τοῦ κακοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) the conic section called hyperbola, because the square of the ordinate is equal to a rectangle with height equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter (as base) but exceeding (ὑπερβάλλον), i. e. overlapping, that base, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with g1519 (εἰς) or g2596 (κατά)) pre- eminently; abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure; from g5235 (ὑπερβάλλω)