ὑπεροχ-ή, ἡ,
(ὑπερέχω 11)
projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; Ephipp. 3, cf. Gp. 9.10.4; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, Plb. 10.10.10, Plu. 2.936a; top of an upright beam, Ath.Mech. 17.4; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, Ruf. Onom. 139; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν μαστῶν) Sor. 1.55: abs., an eminence, Plb. 3.104.3.
2. rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι.. ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.200; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς Plot. 5.8.3.
II metaph., pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις Arist. Rh. 1389a13; ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑ. Id. Pol. 1297b18; τὴν ὑ. ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις ib. 1293b41; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, ib. 1296a31; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude, ib. 1293a4; ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. IG 22.3800: pl., πρὸς τὰς ὑ. οὕτω διακεῖσθαι Isoc. 12.16; διαφέρεσθαι ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταις ὑ. Arist. Pol. 1323a35.
2. like cross ὑπερβολή, excess, opp. ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, Id. Metaph. 1004b12, cf. Archim. Spir. 11, Aequil. 1.2, Dioph. 1.6, al.; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, Papp. 76.21, al., cf. Archyt. 2, Porph. in Harm. p.266 W.; excess, of a sum of money, SIG 976.66 (Samos, ii B.C.); in Physics, Arist. Ph. 187a16, 189b10, HA 486b8, al.; διαφέρειν καθ’ ὑπεροχήν Id. PA 644a17, al.; τάχος τὸ ὑ. [ἔχον] κινήσεως Id. Metaph. 1052b30; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὑ. Id. EN 1098a11, cf. Rh. 1368a25; τῶν ἠθῶν (sc. τοῦ Επικούρου) IG 22.1099.27 (Epist. Plotinae), cf. 42(1).86.18 (Epid., prob.); φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ’ ὑ., where one exceeds the other in rank, etc., Arist. EN 1158b12, cf. 1161a20: pl., κατὰ πλούτων ὑπεροχάς Pl. Lg. 711d; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς εὐτυχημάτων ὄντες Arist. Pol. 1295b14.
3. alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, Plb. 1.64.1; τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως ὑ. Antiph. 187.4; δαιμόνων ὑ. OGI 383.75 (Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.); οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι D.S. 4.41; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες PTeb. 734.24 (ii B.C.), [1Ti 2:2]; ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑ. κείμενος LXX [2Ma 3:11].
4. of language, periphrasIsa prolixity, opp. ἔλλειψις, Pl. Plt. 283c.
5. as a title, Excellency, Just. Nov. 25.5; ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑ. POxy. 130.20 (vi A.D.).
G5247 — ὑπεροχή
ὑπεροχῆς, ἡ (from ὑπέροχος, and this from ὑπερέχω, which see), properly, elevation, pre-eminence, superiority (properly, in Polybius, Plutarch, others); metaphorically, excellence (Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, others): τῶν ἐν ὑπεροχή, namely, ὄντες (R. V. those that are in high place), of magistrates, [1Ti 2:2] (ἐν ὑπεροχή κεῖσθαι, to have great honor and authority, 2 Macc. 3:11); καθ' ὑπεροχήν λόγου ἡ σοφίας (A. V. with excellency of speech or of wisdom i. e.) with distinguished eloquence or wisdom, [1Co 2:1].
ὑπεροχή , - ῆς , ἡ ( < ὑπερέχω ),
[in LXX : [Jer 52:22] (H6967), [2M][a 3:11], al. ;]
a projection, eminence, as the peak of a mountain. Metaph . ( Arist .), excellence, pre-eminence: λόγου ἢ σοφίας , [1Co 2:1]; οἱ ἐν ὑ (for a parallel to this phrase, v. Deiss., BS , 255, and cf. 2Mac, l.c .), [1Ti 2:2]. †