Definition

"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than

Etymology

a primary preposition;

Where the KJV renders it

• (+ exceeding
• abundantly) above
• in (on) behalf of
• beyond
• by
• + very chiefest
• concerning
• exceeding (above
• -ly)
• for
• + very highly
• more (than)
• of
• over
• on the part of
• for sake of
• in stead
• than
• to(-ward)
• very

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.