King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5229
Transliteration: hyperairō
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-ah'-ee-rom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lift or raise over, to uplift oneself
Meaning: to lift or raise over, to uplift oneself
ὑπεραίρω: present middle ὑπεραίρομαι; (ὑπέρ and αἴρω); to lift or raise up over something; middle to lift oneself up, be exalted, be haughty: 2 Corinthians 12:7 (R. V. to be exalted overmuch); ἐπί τινα, above one, 2 Thessalonians 2:4; with a dative incommodi τίνι, to carry oneself haughtily to, behave insolently toward one, 2 Macc. 5:23; (very variously in secular authors from Aeschylus and Plato down).
Word Summary
hyperairō: to lift or raise over, to uplift oneself
Original Word: ὑπεραίρωTransliteration: hyperairō
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-ah'-ee-rom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lift or raise over, to uplift oneself
Meaning: to lift or raise over, to uplift oneself
Strong's Concordance
exalt self, be exalted above measure. Middle voice from huper and airo; to raise oneself over, i.e. (figuratively) to become haughty -- exalt self, be exalted above measure.
see GREEK huper
see GREEK airo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5229: ὑπεραίρωὑπεραίρω: present middle ὑπεραίρομαι; (ὑπέρ and αἴρω); to lift or raise up over something; middle to lift oneself up, be exalted, be haughty: 2 Corinthians 12:7 (R. V. to be exalted overmuch); ἐπί τινα, above one, 2 Thessalonians 2:4; with a dative incommodi τίνι, to carry oneself haughtily to, behave insolently toward one, 2 Macc. 5:23; (very variously in secular authors from Aeschylus and Plato down).