Definition

to hold oneself above, i.e. (figuratively) to excel; participle (as adjective, or neuter as noun) superior, superiority

Etymology

from G5228 (ὑπέρ) and G2192 (ἔχω);

Where the KJV renders it

• better
• excellency
• higher
• pass
• supreme

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

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