STRONGS G5235:
ὑπερβάλλω; from
Homer down;
1. transitive,
to surpass in throwing; to throw over or beyond anything.
2. intransitive,
to transcend, surpass, exceed, excel; participle
ὑπερβαλλων,
excelling, exceeding;
Vulg. (in
Ephesians 1:19;
Ephesians 3:19)
supereminens; (
Aeschylus,
Herodotus,
Euripides,
Isocrates,
Xenophon,
Plato, others):
2 Corinthians 3:10;
2 Corinthians 9:14;
Ephesians 1:19;
Ephesians 2:7; with a genitive of the object surpassed (
Aeschylus Prom. 923;
Plato, Gorgias, p. 475 b.; cf.
Matthiae, § 358, 2),
ἡ ὑπερβαλλουσα τῆς γνώσεως ἀγάπη Χρσιτου, the love of Christ which passeth knowledge,
Ephesians 3:19 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 346 (324) note).
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