# ὑπερβάλλω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From ὑπερ- (huper-) +‎ βάλλω (bállō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hy.per.bál.lɔː/ → /y.perˈβal.lo/ → /i.perˈva.lo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /hy.per.bál.lɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /(h)y.perˈbal.lo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /y.perˈβal.lo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /y.perˈval.lo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /i.perˈva.lo/

### Verb

ὑπερβάλλω • (huperbállō)
* (transitive) to throw over or beyond (a mark), to overshoot
* (intransitive) to run beyond, overrun
* (transitive) to outstrip or pass
* to outdo, surpass, prevail over [with genitive or accusative]
* (transitive) to go beyond, exceed
* (intransitive) to exceed all bounds, be in excess, be extraordinary
* (intransitive) to go on further and further
* to pass over, cross (mountains, rivers, etc.), to double (a headland) [with accusative or genitive]
* (intransitive) to cross over
* (transitive) to run over, overflow (of water)
* (intransitive) to be at the highest point (of the sun)
* (transitive, middle voice) to outdo, overcome, conquer
* (intransitive, middle voice) to be the conqueror, to win
* (transitive, middle voice) to overbid, outbid
* (transitive, middle voice) to put off, postpone
* (intransitive, middle voice) to delay, linger

#### Quotations

* 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 3:10:καὶ γὰρ οὐδὲ δεδόξασται τὸ δεδοξασμένον ἐν τούτῳ τῷ μέρει ἕνεκεν τῆς ὑπερβαλλούσης δόξης.kaì gàr oudè dedóxastai tò dedoxasménon en toútōi tôi mérei héneken tês huperballoúsēs dóxēs.Translation by KJVFor even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
* New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 3:19:γνῶναί τε τὴν ὑπερβάλλουσαν τῆς γνώσεως ἀγάπην τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα πληρωθῆτε εἰς πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ.gnônaí te tḕn huperbállousan tês gnṓseōs agápēn toû Khristoû, hína plērōthête eis pân tò plḗrōma toû Theoû.Translation by KJVAnd to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

#### Derived terms

* ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ)
* ὑπερβάλλων (huperbállōn, “exceeding, excessive”)
* ὑπερβεβλημένος (huperbeblēménos, “excellent, surpassing”)

#### Descendants

* Greek: υπερβάλλω (ypervállo)

### Further reading

* “ὑπερβάλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* ὑπερβάλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* ὑπερβάλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “ὑπερβάλλω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
* “ὑπερβάλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ὑπερβάλλω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G5235 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. beat idem, page 67.better idem, page 77.beyond idem, page 77.bound idem, page 90.cap idem, page 111.clear idem, page 136.conquer idem, page 161.cross idem, page 185.defeat idem, page 203.distance idem, page 240.double idem, page 248.encroach idem, page 271.exceed idem, page 288.excel idem, page 288.excess idem, page 288.extreme idem, page 298.far idem, page 306.go idem, page 364.out-bid idem, page 582.outbalance idem, page 582.outdo idem, page 582.outstrip idem, page 583.overcome idem, page 585.overdo idem, page 585.overshoot idem, page 586.pass idem, page 595.preponderate idem, page 636.prevail idem, page 638.riot idem, page 716.round idem, page 722.run idem, page 726.subdue idem, page 830.surmount idem, page 844.surpass idem, page 844.transcend idem, page 888.traverse idem, page 890.vanquish idem, page 943.