Strong's Number 5236

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
huperbole {hoop-er-bol-ay'}
Word Origin:
from 5235
TDNT:
8:520,1230
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
far more 2596 1, exceeding 2596 1, more excellent 2596 1, out of measure 2596 1, beyond measure 2596 1, excellency 1, abundance 1, exceeding 1519 1

Total: 8
Definition:
  1. a throwing beyond
  2. metaph.
    1. superiority, excellence, pre-eminence
    2. beyond measure, exceedingly, preeminently
    3. beyond all measure
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament