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Strong's #5308 - ὑψηλός
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- high, lofty
- exalted on high
- with an uplifted arm, i.e. with signal power
- metaph. eminent, exalted
- in influence and honour
- to set the mind on, to seek, high things (as honours and riches), to be aspiring
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ὑψηλός, ή, όν
(also -ός, όν Demetr.Troezen. 1 Diels): Comp. and Sup. -ότερος, -ότατος, and irreg. -έστατος Paus. 5.13.9: (ὕψι, ὕψος): —
high, lofty, θάλαμος Od. 1.426; πύργος Il. 3.384, etc.; of a highland country, χώρη ὀρεινὴ.. καὶ ὑψηλή Hdt. 1.110; ὑψλὰ χωρία Th. 3.97; and ὑψηλά alone, Pl. Lg. 732c; ἐφ' ὑψηλοῦ εἶναι, καθῆσθαι, X. HG 4.5.4, Luc. Rh.Proverbs 6:1-35; ἐν ὑψηλῷ τινι καταστάς Plu. Eum. 17; ἀπὸ ὑψηλοῦ κρεμασθείς Pl. Tht. 175d; ἀφ' ὑψηλοτέρου καθορῶντες X. HG 6.2.29; ἐποικοδομήσαντες ὑψηλότερον [τὸ τεῖχος ] Th. 7.4. Adv., -λῶς καθήμενος Pherecr. 64.
II metaph., high, lofty, stately, proud, ὄλβος, ἀρεταί, κλέος, Pi. O. 2.22, 5.1, P. 3.111; τέχνη θεσπεσία τις καὶ ὑ. Pl. Euthd. 289e; ὑ. καὶ χαύνη ἐλπίς Id. 341e; ὑψηλὰ κομπεῖν talk high and boastfully, S. Aj. 1230.
2. of persons, opp. δυσδαίμων, E. Hel. 418; ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε Id. Heracl. 613 (lyr.); ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς ὑ. εἶναι Id. Hipp. 730; ἐπὶ τούτοις ὑ. ἐξαρεῖν αὑτόν Pl. R. 494d, cf. And. 3.7, Aeschin. 2.174; [ δαίμονα] ὑ. αἴρειν E. Supp. 555; τὸ νέον ἅπαν ὑ. καὶ θρασύ Metrod. Fr. 57; αὑτὸν παρέχειν -ότερον λημμάτων Luc. Nigr. 25; ὑ. τῷ ἤθει Plu. Dio 4.
3. upraised, i.e. mighty, ἐν βραχίονι -λῷ LXX Exodus 6:1, al.
4. of poets, sublime, Longin. 40.2; τὰ -ότερα the loftier, sublimer thoughts or language, Id. 43.3; ὑ. λέξις, λόγος, D.H. Lys. 13, Plu. Per. 5. Adv. -λῶς Gal. 10.12.
ὑψηλός, ὑψηλή, ὑψηλόν (ὕψι on high, ὕψος) (from Homer down), high; lofty;
a. properly, of place: ὄρος, Matthew 4:8; Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:2; Luke 4:5 R G L brackets; Revelation 21:10; τεῖχος, Revelation 21:12; neuter τά ὑψηλά (the heights of heaven; the Sept. for מָרום, Psalm 92:4
b. metaphorically, eminent, exulted: in influence and honor, Luke 16:15; ὑψηλά φρονεῖν, to set the mind on, to seek, high things (as honors and riches), to be aspiring, Romans 12:16; also Romans 11:20 L marginal reading T Tr WH; 1 Timothy 6:17 T WH marginal reading; (Lucian, Icaromen. 11, Hermot. 5).
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ὑψηλός , -ή , -όν ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1116, also for H1116, H7311, etc.;]
high, lofty: ὄρος , Matthew 4:8; Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:2, Revelation 21:10; τεῖχος , Revelation 21:12; μετὰ βραχίονος ., fig., Acts 13:17 (cf. Exodus 6:6, al); pl., ὑψηλά , of heaven (Psalms 93:4, Isaiah 33:5, al.), Hebrews 1:3; compar., ὑψηλότερος τ . οὐρανῶν , Hebrews 7:26. Metaph: Luke 16:15; ὑψηλὰ ψρσνεῖν , Romans 11:20; Romans 12:16, 1 Timothy 6:17 (WH, txt., ὑψηλοφρονείν ).†
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";murder";: cf. P Tebt I. 55 (B.C. 118), where an amnesty is granted by Ptolemy and Cleopatra to all their subjects π ]λ ̣ὴ ̣ν τ ̣[ῶν φόν ]ους ἑκουσίοις καὶ ἱεροσυλίαις evνεχομ ̣[ένων, ";except to persons guilty of wilful murder or sacrilege"; (Edd.). In ib. 144 (B.C. 114) notice is sent to a certain Heras εὐθυνομένωι (";arraigned";) . . . φόνωι καὶ ἄλλαις αἰτία <ι >ς, where the reference may be to ";manslaughter"; rather than to actual ";murder";: see Archiv ii. p. 498f. Add P Amh II. 6634 (A.D. 124) Στοτοήτιος λέγοντος ἐνκεκλ [η ]κέναι τοῖς [π ]ερὶ Σαταβοῦν φόνου ἐπ [ὶ ] τῷ ἀδελφῶι αὐτοῦ, ";Stotoëtis stated that he had accused Satabous and his friends of murder committed against his brother"; (Edd.), and Gnomon 36 (c. A.D. 150) (= BGU V. p. 20) τῶν ἐπὶ φόνοις ἢ μίζοσιν ἁμαρτήμασιν κολαζομένων.
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