Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
height
Usage: ὕψος, -ους, τό [in LXX for קוֹמָה, מָרוֹם, etc. ;] height: Eph.3:18 Jas.1:9, Rev.21:16; of heaven (EV, on high), ἐξ ὕ., Luk.1:78 24:49; εἰς ὕ., Eph.4:8 (LXX)† (AS)
Hypsos means “be exalted” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5311 — nephets (“scattering”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5311 ὕψος (hupsos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hupsos (hoop'-sos) n. 1. elevation 2. (abstractly) altitude, (specially), the sky It has 125 linked Bible usages across 34 books. Visible English usage signals include high, height, and exalted. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
hupsos (hoop'-sos) n. 1. elevation 2. (abstractly) altitude, (specially), the sky 3. (figuratively) dignity [from a derivative of G5228] KJV: be exalted, height, (on) high Root(s): G5228
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height
Usage: ὕψος, -ους, τό [in LXX for קוֹמָה, מָרוֹם, etc. ;] height: Eph.3:18 Jas.1:9, Rev.21:16; of heaven (EV, on high), ἐξ ὕ., Luk.1:78 24:49; εἰς ὕ., Eph.4:8 (LXX)† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hupsos, 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.
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Strong's G5311 (ὕψος) appears 124 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
97 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.
And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.
And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
19 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
In the first year of the reign of Cyrus, King Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:
and built in Ecbatana walls round about of stones hewn three cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall seventy cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits:
and he made the gates thereof, even gates that were raised to the height of seventy cubits, and the breadth of them was forty cubits, for the going forth of his mighty armies, and for the setting in array of his footmen:
3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.
First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5311.
And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.
And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.
And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.
And the height of the curtains shall be of fifty cubits for the one side of the gate; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And for the second side the height of the curtains shall be of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
And the length of the court shall be a hundred cubits on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass.
And thou shalt make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.
and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;
The people Zebulun exposed their soul to death, And Naphtali came to the high places of their land.
And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath by name, out of Gath, his height was four cubits and a span.
Set up a pillar, O Israel, for the slain that died upon thy high places: How are the mighty fallen!
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, even the slain ones upon thy high places!
He sent from above and took me; He drew me out of many waters.
He makes my feet like harts’ feet, And sets me upon the high places.
was forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height five and twenty cubits.
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
was twenty cubits, and the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar
was ten cubits, and so was it with the second cherub.
And he cast the two pillars for the porch of the house: eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar, and a circumference of fourteen cubits encompassed it, even the thickness of the pillar: the flutings were four fingers wide, and thus was the other pillar formed.
And he made two molten chapiters to put on the heads of the pillars: five cubits was the height of one chapiter, and five cubits was the height of the other chapiter.
And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was completely circular round about: its height was five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits.
And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height was six cubits.
And there were axles in the wheels under the base. And the height of one wheel was a cubit and a half.
And he built the house with the wood of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth was fifty cubits, and its height was of thirty cubits, and it was made with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had side pieces of cedar.
Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou reviled? and against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and raised thine eyes on high? Is it against the Holy One of Israel?
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, I will go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and I have cut down the height of his cedar, and his choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of Carmel.
The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was of brass: and the height of the chapiter was three cubits: the border, and the pomegranates on the chapiter round about were all of brass: and so it was with the second pillar with its border.
And David knew that the Lord had designed him to be king over Israel; because his kingdom was highly exalted, on account of his people Israel.
And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy.
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief: and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very greatly multiplied.
And still farther, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for myself, and, behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house.
And Solomon the son of David was established over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and increased him exceedingly.
And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within with pure gold.
Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and their chapiters of five cubits.
And he made a brazen altar, the length of it twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height ten cubits.
And he made the molten sea, in diameter ten cubits, entirely round, and the height of it five cubits, and the circumference thirty cubits.
For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and set it in the midst of the court of the sanctuary; the length of it was five cubits, and the breadth of it five cubits, and the height of it three cubits: and he stood upon it, and fell upon his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread abroad his hands to heaven,
And Jehoshaphat increased in greatness exceedingly, and built in Judea places of abode, and strong cities.
And the Levites of the children of Kohath, and they of the sons of Korah, rose up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
And Hezekiah humbled himself after the exaltation of his heart, he and the dwellers in Jerusalem; and the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
Who exalts the lowly, And raises up them that are lost:
In her season she will lift herself on high; She will scorn the horse and his rider.
Assume now a lofty bearing and power; And clothe thyself with glory and honor.
And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: And for this cause do thou return on high.
The ungodly walk around: According to thy greatness thou hast greatly exalted the sons of men.
He sent from on high and took me, He drew me to himself out of many waters.
Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; For there are many warring against me.
Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, Thou hast received gifts for man, Yea, for they were rebellious, that thou mightest dwell among them.
They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: They have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not unrighteousness against God.
For the ends of the earth are in his hands; And the heights of the mountains are his.
For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; The Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;
For as the heaven is high above the earth, The Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him.
Send forth thy hand from on high; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of strange children;
Righteousness exalts a nation: But sins diminish tribes.
The fool has been set in very high places, While rich men would sit in a low one.
And they shall look up, and fears shall be in the way, And the almond tree shall blossom, And the locust shall increase, And the caper shall be scattered: Because man has gone to his eternal home, And the mourners have gone about the market:
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its high boughs: And now shall thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy nose as apples;
For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Ask for thyself a sign of the Lord thy God, in the depth or in the height.
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have finished doing all things on Mount Zion and Jerusalem, that I will visit upon the proud heart, even upon the ruler of the Assyrians, and upon the boastful haughtiness of his eyes.
And he shall bring down the height of the refuge of the wall, and it shall come down even to the ground.
And the desert places of Jordan shall blossom and rejoice; the glory of Lebanon has been given to it, and the honor of Carmel; and my people shall see the glory of the Lord, and the majesty of God.
Whom hast thou reproached and provoked? and against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice? and hast thou not lifted up thine eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel?
For thou hast reproached the Lord by messengers; for thou hast said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Lebanon; and I have cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:
I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years.
As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me,
Lift up your eyes on high, and see, who has displayed all these things? even he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by means of his great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped thee.
And thy pride, O daughter of Zion, shall be taken away.
For though Babylon should go up as the heaven, and though she should strengthen her walls with her power, from me shall come they that shall destroy her, saith the Lord.
Thus said the Lord; Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob, and will have pity upon his prisoners; and the city shall be built upon her hill, and the people shall settle after their manner.
And as for the pillars, the height of one pillar was thirty-five cubits; and a line of twelve cubits compassed it round; and the thickness of it all round was four fingers.
He has sent fire from his lofty habitation, He has brought it into my bones: He has spread a net for my feet, He has turned me back: He has made me desolate And mourning all the day.
neither did their backs turn: and they were high: and I beheld them, and the backs of them four were full of eyes round about.
Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; To whom hast thou compared thyself in thy haughtiness?
And he was fair in his height by reason of the multitude of his branches: for his roots were amidst much water.
in order that none of the trees by the water should exalt themselves by reason of their size: whereas they set their top in the midst of the clouds, yet they continued not in their high state in their place, all that drank water, all were consigned to death, to the depth of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
And behold a wall round about the house without, and in the man’s hand a reed, the measure of it was six cubits by the cubit, and a span: and he measured across the front wall; the breadth was equal to the reed, and the length of it equal to the reed.
And there were four tables of hewn stone for whole burnt offerings, the breadth of them was a cubit and a half, and the length of them two cubits and a half, and their height was a cubit: on them they shall place the instruments with which they slay there the whole burnt offerings and the victims.
And as for the height of the house round about, each space between the sides was equal to a reed of six cubits;
a wooden altar, the height of it three cubits, and the length two cubits, and the breadth two cubits; and it had horns, and the base of it and the sides of it were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table, which is before the face of the Lord.
And these are the measures of the altar by the cubit of a cubit and a span, the cavity shall be a cubit deep, and a cubit shall be the breadth, and the border on the rim of it round about shall be a span: and this shall be the height of the altar
In his eighteenth year Nebuchadnezzar the king made a golden image, its height was sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits: and he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
I had a vision upon my bed; and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
The tree grew large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its extent to the extremity of the whole earth:
The tree which thou sawest, that grew large and strong, whose height reached to the sky and its extent to all the earth;
Nevertheless I cut off the Amorite from before them, whose height was as the height of a cedar, and he was strong as an oak; and I dried up his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness, and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his name.
It is he that executes judgment in the height above, and he has established justice on the earth:
Behold, I have made thee small among the Gentiles: thou art greatly dishonored. The pride of thy heart has elated thee, dwelling as thou dost in the holes of the rocks, as one that exalts his habitation, saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to the ground?
For, behold, the Lord comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and will go upon the high places of the earth.
Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.
The nations shall see thee and be in pain, As thou dost divide the moving waters: The deep uttered her voice, And raised her form on high.
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
In the first year of the reign of Cyrus, King Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:
and built in Ecbatana walls round about of stones hewn three cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall seventy cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits:
and he made the gates thereof, even gates that were raised to the height of seventy cubits, and the breadth of them was forty cubits, for the going forth of his mighty armies, and for the setting in array of his footmen:
For this people of the children of Israel do not trust in their spears, but in the height of the mountains wherein they dwell, because it is not easy to come up to the tops of their mountains.
And God turn these things to thee for a perpetual praise, to visit thee in good things, because thou hast not spared thy life for the affliction of our nation, but hast revenged our ruin, walking a straight way before our God. And all the people said, So be it, so be it.
For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, Neither did the sons of the Titans smite him, Nor high giants set upon him: But Judith the daughter of Merari Weakened him with the beauty of her countenance.
As had been her glory, so was her dishonor increased, and her excellency was turned into mourning.
I also will write unto them words of encouragement, and promise them dignities and gifts, that I may have their aid.
and making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.
And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the waves of the sea (so proud was he beyond the condition of men) and weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and carried in a horse litter, showing forth unto all the manifest power of God.
And the deep, and wisdom?
Say not thou, I will hide myself from the Lord: Shall any remember me from above? I shall not be remembered among so many people: For what is my soul among such an infinite number of creatures?
He vieweth the power of the height of heaven; And all men are but earth and ashes.
Whoso casteth a stone on high casteth it on his own head; And a deceitful stroke shall make wounds.
The pride of the height, the clear firmament, The beauty of heaven, with his glorious show;
The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing, Being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the firmament of heaven;
The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, Which remained with him unto his old age: So that he entered upon the high places of the land, And his seed obtained it for a heritage:
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Hypsos (Strong's G5311) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be exalted". hupsos (hoop'-sos) n. 1. elevation 2. (abstractly) altitude, (specially), the sky
This page currently indexes 125 linked usages for Strong's G5311 across 34 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5311 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as high, height, and exalted. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 97 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 19 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G5311, with linked reader references where each row is available.