What does ὑπέρ · φίλος mean in the Bible?
e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than".
Greek · G5228, G5384
ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων
Above/for · friendly/friend
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ὑπέρ G5228 above/for
Pronunciation hypér
Substitutionary sacrifice: giving one's life in place of another's redemption, especially Christ's atonement.
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φίλος G5384 friendly/friend
Pronunciation phílos
Friend denoting intimate personal relationship, distinct from servant; marks chosen companionship.
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What does ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων (hyper tōn philōn) mean in the Bible?
ὑπέρ · φίλος is a Greek phrase meaning ""over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5228, G5384?
G5228, G5384 is connected to 150 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. "over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
Source Gloss
"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 150
Matt 5:44 · Matt 10:24 · Matt 10:37 · Mark 9:40 · Mark 14:24 · Luke 6:40 · Luke 9:50 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 22:19 · Luke 22:20 · John 1:30 · John 6:51 · John 10:11 · John 10:15 · John 11:4 · John 11:50 149×
2 Cor 11:23 1×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain