ὑπερβολ-ή, ἡ, (ὑπερβάλλω)

a throwing beyond others, δίσκων ὑπερβολαῖς Philostr. Im. 2.19: in intr. sense, altitude of a star, Arist. Mete. 342b32.

2. overshooting, superiority, χερῶν ὑπερβολαῖς E. Fr. 434; στρατιᾶς Th. 6.31.

3. excess, τοῦ μεγέθεος Archyt. 1; opp. ἔλλειψις or ἔνδεια, Pl. Prt. 356a, 357a, 357b; θερμασίης Hp. Vict. 2.65; ὑ. δισσὴ.., τῷ ποσῷ καὶ τῷ ποιῷ Arist. PA 668b14; ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἔχειν c. acc. et inf., And. 3.33, etc.: hence in various phrases, χρημάτων ὑπερβολῇ.. πρίασθαι at an extravagant price, E. Med. 232; ἐπέφερον τὴν ὑ. τοῦ καινοῦσθαι pushed on their extravagance in revolutionizing, Th. 3.82; οὐκ ἔχον ἐστὶν ὑπερβολήν it can go no further, D. 21.119, cf. 25.54; ἃ μηδὲ πιθανὰς τὰς ὑ. ἔχει Men. Her. 62; so οὐδεμίαν or μηδεμίαν ὑ. λείπειν, Isoc. 4.5,110, cf. D. 3.25; οὐδεμίαν ὑ. καταλείπων φιλοτιμίας SIG 545.13 (Delph., iii B. C.); εἴ τις ὑ. τούτου if there is aught beyond (worse than) this, D. 19.66, cf. Isoc. 5.42; ταῦτ’ οὐχ ὑ.; is not this the extreme, the last degree? D. 27.38; ὑπερβολὴν ποιήσομαι I will put an extreme case, Id. 19.332; τοσαύτην ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι ὥστε.. to go so far that.., Id. 18.190: folld. by a gen., ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐκείνων τῆς αὑτοῦ βδελυρίας to carry his own rascality beyond theirs, Id. 22.52, cf. 23.201, And. 4.22, Lys. 14.38; ὑ. ποιεῖν τῆς τιμῆς to raise the price, Arist. Pol. 1259a26; εἰς ὑ. εὐδαιμονίας ἥκειν Isoc. 11.14; τοσαύτας ὑ. δωρειῶν παρές χηται D. 20.141; ὑ. ἀνοίας ἔχειν Polystr.p.27 W.

4. with Pr in Adverbial phrases, = ὑπερβαλλόντως, εἰς ὑπερβολήν in excess, exceedingly; εἰς ὑ. ἄμεινον E. Fr. 494; ἀγαθὸς εἰς ὑ. Antiph. 80.11; ἐς ὑ. ἐκθερμαίνεσθαι Hp. Vict. 2.65: c. gen., κτήσαιτ’ ἂν ὄλβον εἰς ὑ. πατρός E. Fr. 282.6 (v.l. εἰς ὑπεκτροφὴν πάτρας); far beyond, τοῦ πρόσθεν εἰς ὑ. πανοῦργος, i. e. far more wicked, Id. Hipp. 939, cf. D. 61.33; ἀναλίσκειν πάντα εἰς ὑπερβολάς Pl. 326d: - ἐξ ὑπερβολῆς Plb. 8.15.8: - καθ’ ὑπερβολὰν τοξεύσας with surpassing aim, S. OT 1196 (lyr.); καθ’ ὑ. ἐπαινεῖν extravagantly, Isoc. 5.11; οἱ καθ’ ὑ. ἐν ἐνδείᾳ ὄντες in extremity of need, Arist. Pol. 1295b18; αἱ καθ’ ὑ. ἡδοναί Id. EN 1151a12; τὸ καθ’ ὑ. τραχύ Phld. Po.Herc. 994.35; καθ’ ὑ. ἁμαρτωλός Rom 7:13: c. gen., καθ’ ὑ. φιλοδοξίας OGI 472.9 (Didyma, i A. D.): - so in dat., εὐτελὴς ὑπερβολῇ Men. 615; παχεῖ’ ὑ. Philem. 41; ὑ. ἀγαθός Arist. HA 625a29, etc.

5. preeminence, perfection, without any notion of excess, δι’ ἀρετῆς ὑπερβολήν Id. EN 1145a24, cf. Rh. 1367b1, Pol. 1284a4; ἡ ὑ. τῆς φιλίας the best and noblest kind of friendship, Id. EN 1166b1; but ἡ καθ’ ὑ. φιλία, = ἡ καθ’ ὑπεροχήν, Id. EE 1238b18.

6. overstrained phrase, hyperbole, ὑπερβολὰς εἰπεῖν Isoc. 4.88; οἱ πρὸς ὑπερβολὴν πεπονημένοι λόγοι ib.11; ὑπερβολὰς εἰπεῖν make strong statements, Id. 3.35, D. 27.64; as a figure of speech, Arist. Rh. 1413a29, Demetr. Eloc. 52, Str. 3.2.9; πρὸς -ὴν εἰρημένος Id. 1.2.33.

7. τὸ καθ’ ὑπερβολήν the superlative degree, in Adjectives, Arist. Top. 134b24; τιθέναι ὑπερβολῇ ib. 139a9; καθ’ ὑ. εἰπεῖν Id. Cael. 281a16.

8. overbid at auction, PPetr. 2p.44 (iii B. C.).

II crossing over, passage of mountains, etc., X. An. 1.2.25, Plb. 3.34.6, etc.

2. in sg. or pl., place of passage, mountain-pass, with or without τοῦ ὄρους, τῶν ὀρέων, X. An. 3.5.18, 4.1.21, 4.4.18; ὑ. τοῦ Ταύρου Wilcken Chr. 1 ii 14 (iii B. C.); αἱ τῶν Ἄλπεων ὑ. Plb. 3.39.10; αἱ Ἄλπιαι ὑ. Str. 7.1.5; ἡ κατὰ τὸν Αἷμον ὑ. D.S. 19.73.

III (from Med.) delay, τοῦ κακοῦ Hdt. 8.112, cf. Decr. ap. D. 18.29, Plb. 14.9.8; [τῆς κρίσεως] ὑ. λαβούσης PEnteux. 65.3 (iii B. C.). the conic section called hyperbola, because the square of the ordinate is equal to a rectangle with height equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter (as base) but exceeding (ὑπερβάλλον), i. e. overlapping, that base, Apollon. Perg. Con. 1.12, Procl. in Euc. p.419F.

ὑπερβολή hyperbolē 8x

    pr. a throwing beyond, an overshooting; extraordinary amount or character, transcendency, 2Co 12:7; 2Co 4:7;

    καθ’ ὑπερβολήν, adverbially, exceedingly, extremely, Rom 7:13; 2Co 1:8; Gal 1:13;

    a far better way, 1Co 12:31;

    beyond all measure, 2Co 4:17

G5236 — ὑπερβολή

ὑπερβολης, ἡ (ὑπερβάλλω, which see), from Herodotus (8, 112, 4) and Thucydides down;

1. properly, a throwing beyond.

2. metaphorically, superiority, excellence, preeminence (R. V. exceeding greatness): with a genitive of the thing, 2Co 4:7; 2Co 12:7; καθ' ὑπερβολήν, beyond measure, exceedingly, preeminently: Rom 7:13; 1Co 12:31 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 2b.; Buttmann, § 125, 11 at the end); 2Co 1:8; Gal 1:13 (4 Macc. 3:18; Sophocles O. R. 1196; Isocrates, p. 84 d. (i. e. πρός Φιλ. 5); Polybius 3, 92, 10; Diodorus 2, 16; 17, 47); καθ' ὑπέρ εἰς ὑπερβολήν, beyond all measure (R. V. more and more exceedingly), 2Co 4:17.

** ὑπερ - βολή , - ῆς , ἡ

( < ὑπερβάλλω ),

[in LXX : καθ᾿ ὑ ., 4Ma 3:18 * ;]

a throwing beyond. Metaph ., excess, superiority, excellence: 2Co 4:7; 2Co 12:7; καθ᾿ ὑπερβολήν , beyond measure, exceedingly, Rom 7:13, 1Co 12:31, 2Co 1:8, Gal 1:13; κ . ὑ . εἰς ὑ ., beyond all measure, 2Co 4:17. †

詞類次數：名詞（8）

原文字根：在上面-投

字義溯源：投出超過別人的，極其優越，更高超的，極，極其，極力，傑出，太重，超越，優越，無比，無比高超；源自（G5235（ὑπερβάλλω）=超越），由（G5228（ὑπέρ / ὑπερεγώ）*=在上，過於）與（G906（βάλλω / ἀμφιβάλλω）*=投，擲）組成

出現次數：總共（8）；羅（1）；林前（1）；林後（5）；加（1）

譯字彙編：

1）無比（1）林後4:17；

2）無比高超（1）林後12:7；

3）極力（1）加1:13；

4）極其（1）林後4:17；

5）超越（1）林後4:7；

6）更高超的（1）林前12:31；

7）太重（1）林後1:8；

8）極了（1）羅7:13