- Transliteration: Huper

- Phonetic: hoop-er'

- Definition:

1. in behalf of, for the sake of

2. over, beyond, more than

3. more, beyond, over

- Origin: a primary preposition

- TDNT entry: 16:27,1

- Part(s) of speech: Preposition

- Strong's: A primary preposition; over that is (with the genitive case) of place above beyond across or causal for the sake of instead regarding; with the accusative case superior to more than. In compounds it retains many of the listed applications: - (+ exceeding abundantly) above in (on) behalf of beyond by + very chiefest concerning exceeding (above -ly) for + very highly more (than) of over on the part of for sake of in stead than to (-ward) very. In compounds it retains many of the above applications.