What does ὕψιστος · υἱός mean in the Bible?
ὕψιστος · υἱός is a Greek phrase meaning "children of the Most High".
Greek · G5310, G5207
υἱοὶ ὑψίστου
Highest · son
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ὕψιστος G5310 Highest
Pronunciation hýpsistos
Superlative form reserved for God's transcendent supremacy; emphasizes absolute divine sovereignty above all creation.
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υἱός G5207 son
Pronunciation huiós
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What does υἱοὶ ὑψίστου (huioi hypsistou) mean in the Bible?
ὕψιστος · υἱός is a Greek phrase meaning "children of the Most High".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5310, G5207?
G5310, G5207 is connected to 13 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. children of the Most High
Source Gloss
children of the Most High
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 13 Case pattern Genitive (8) Number pattern Singular (9)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 7:48 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Mark 5:7 · Luke 1:32 · Luke 1:35 · Luke 1:76 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 8:28 · Acts 16:17 · Heb 7:1 8×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 21:9 · Mark 11:10 · Luke 2:14 · Luke 19:38 4×
Word Origins
υἱοὶ ὑψίστου is built from this root:
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