Hyperbole means “abundance” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5236 — nekar (“alien”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5236 ὑπερβολή (huperbole) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. huperbole (hoop-er-bol-ay') n. 1. a throwing beyond others 2. (figuratively) supereminence It has 8 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include more, far, abundance, and beyond. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
huperbole (hoop-er-bol-ay') n. 1. a throwing beyond others 2. (figuratively) supereminence {adverbially (with G1519 or G2596) pre-eminently} [from G5235] KJV: abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure Root(s): G5235 See also: G1519, G2596
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5236. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
surpassing
Usage: ὑπερ-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ὑπερβάλλω), [in LXX: καθ᾽ ὑ., 4Ma.3:18 * ;] a throwing beyond. Metaphorical, excess, superiority, excellence: 2Co.4:7 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.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render huperbole, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5236 (ὑπερβολή) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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7 indexed usages in New Testament.
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and to wrestle down the pains of the body, however excessive; and, through the excellency of reasoning, to abominate all the assaults of the passions.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5236.
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
and to wrestle down the pains of the body, however excessive; and, through the excellency of reasoning, to abominate all the assaults of the passions.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5236, grouped by book.
Hyperbole (Strong's G5236) is a Greek word most simply glossed "abundance". huperbole (hoop-er-bol-ay') n. 1. a throwing beyond others 2. (figuratively) supereminence
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G5236 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5236 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as more, far, abundance, and beyond. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5236, with linked reader references where each row is available.