What does ὕψος (hýpsos) mean in the Bible?
ὕψος (hýpsos): Elevation or exaltation, often representing heaven or the divine realm in theological contexts.
Greek · G5311
ὕψος
Height
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ὕψος G5311
Pronunciation hýpsos
What does ὕψος (hýpsos) mean in the Bible?
ὕψος (hýpsos): Elevation or exaltation, often representing heaven or the divine realm in theological contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5311?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include height (2), on high (2), high (1), high position (1).
Where does ὕψος (hýpsos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:78. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (2), Luke (2), James (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It height 2× Ephesians 3:18, Revelation 21:16
on high 2× Luke 1:78, Luke 24:49
high 1× Ephesians 4:8
high position 1× James 1:9
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:78 ὕψους to on high Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Luke 24:49 ὕψους to on high Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Ephesians 3:18 ὕψος to height Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Ephesians 4:8 ὕψος to high Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular James 1:9 ὕψει to high position Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Revelation 21:16 ὕψος to height Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:78
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Luke 2 Ephesians 2 James 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
ὕψος 3x hypsos Ephesians 3:18, Ephesians 4:8, Revelation 21:16
ὕψους 2x hypsous Luke 1:78, Luke 24:49
ὕψει 1x hypsei James 1:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2x Luke 1:78, Luke 24:49
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Ephesians 3:18, Revelation 21:16
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Ephesians 4:8
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1x James 1:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Elevation or exaltation, often representing heaven or the divine realm in theological contexts.
Strong's G5311
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 3:14-21 Source Gloss
height
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:78 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ὕψους, uyouv
height, heaven
Read verse Luke 24:49 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ὕψους. uyouv
height, heaven
Read verse Ephesians 3:18 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ὕψος, uyov
height, heaven
Read verse Ephesians 4:8 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὕψος uyov
height, heaven
Read verse James 1:9 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
ὕψει uyei
height, heaven
Read verse Revelation 21:16 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ὕψος uyov
height, heaven
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 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 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Eph 3:18 · Rev 21:16 2×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Luke 1:78 · Luke 24:49 2×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Jas 1:9 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Eph 4:8 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Spiritual dimension of Christ's love, part of cosmic vastness believers comprehend
Ascension of Christ to the highest place, source of spiritual gifts distributed
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὕψος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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