authority

Greek Noun Female

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)

authority

Greek Noun Female

ὑπεροχ-ή, ἡ, (ὑπερέχω [Refs] projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; top of an upright beam, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν μαστῶν) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: absolutely, an eminence, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 2) rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι. ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II) metaphorically, pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, [Refs]; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude,[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) like{ὑπερβολή}, excess, opposed to ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm, one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ, of an arithmetical progression, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; excess, of a sum of money, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; in Physics, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν ἠθῶν (i.e. τοῦ Επικούρου) [Refs]; φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ᾽ ὑ, where one exceeds the other in rank, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι [NT+2nd c.BC+] II.4) of language, periphrasis. prolixity, opposed to ἔλλειψις, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.5) as a title, Excellency, [Refs 6th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

prominence, i.e. (figuratively) superiority (in rank or character); authority, excellency; from g5242 (ὑπερέχω)