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ὑπό

hupoby/under: byHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentPreposition220 occurrences23 books200 verses

Definition

ὑπό (before smooth breathing ὑπ᾽, Matthew 8:9b, Luke 7:8b; before rough breathing ὑφ᾽, Romans 3:9; on the neglect of elision in Mt, Lk, ll. witha, Galatians 3:22, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., iv),

prep. with genitive, dative (not in NT), accusative

I. C. genitive, primarily of place, under, hence, metaphorically, of the efficient cause, by: after passive verbs, with genitive of person(s), Matthew 1:22, Mark 1:5, Luke 2:18, John 14:21, Acts 4:11, 1 Corinthians 1:11, Hebrews 3:4, al.; with genitive of thing(s), Matthew 8:24, Luke 7:24, Romans 3:21, al.; with neut. verbs and verbs with pass, meaning, Matthew 17:12, Mark 5:26, 1 Corinthians 10:9, 10, 1 Thessalonians 2:14, al.

II. C. accusative, under;

1. of motion: Matthew 5:15; 8:8, Mark 4:21, Luke 13:34; hence, metaphorically, of subjection, Romans 7:14, 1 Corinthians 15:27, Galatians 3:22, 1 Peter 5:6, al.

2. Of position: John 1:49, Acts 4:12, Romans 3:13, 1 Corinthians 10:1, al.; hence, metaphorically, under, subject to, Matthew 8:9, Romans 3:9, 1 Corinthians 9:20, Galatians 4:5, al.

3. Of time, about: Acts 5:21.

III. In composition: under (ὑποδέω), hence, of subjection (ὑποτάσσω), compliance (ὑπακούω), secrecy (ὑποβάλλω), diminution (ὑποπνέω).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ὑπό:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

220 total
  1. Luke 7:24ὑπὸ · in
    After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
  2. Luke 7:30ὑπ’ · by
    But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
  3. Luke 8:14ὑπὸ · by
    The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
  4. Luke 8:29ὑπὸ · by
    For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
  5. Luke 9:7ὑπό
    When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
  6. Luke 9:8ὑπό
    …others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that a prophet of old had arisen.
  7. Luke 10:22ὑπὸ · by
    All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
  8. Luke 11:33ὑπὸ · under
    No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
  9. Luke 13:17ὑπ’
    When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
  10. Luke 13:34ὑπὸ · under [her]
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  11. Luke 14:8ὑπό; ὑπ’
    “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
  12. Luke 16:22ὑπὸ · by
    One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
  13. Luke 17:20ὑπὸ · by
    When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
  14. Luke 17:24ὑπὸ; ὑπ’
    For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
  15. Luke 21:16ὑπὸ · by
    You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
  16. Luke 21:17ὑπὸ · by
    And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
  17. Luke 21:20ὑπὸ · by
    But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
  18. Luke 21:24ὑπὸ · by
    They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
  19. Luke 23:8ὑπ’
    When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.
  20. John 1:48ὑπὸ · under
    “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
  21. John 14:21ὑπὸ · by
    Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
  22. Acts 2:5ὑπὸ · under
    Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
  23. Acts 2:24ὑπ’ · in
    But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.
  24. Acts 4:11ὑφ’
    This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
  25. Acts 4:12ὑπὸ · under
    Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
  26. Acts 5:16ὑπὸ · by
    Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
  27. Acts 5:21ὑπὸ · At
    At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
  28. Acts 8:6ὑπὸ
    The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.
  29. Acts 10:17ὑπὸ · by
    While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
  30. Acts 10:22ὑπὸ · among; ὑπὸ
    “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
  31. Acts 10:33ὑπὸ
    So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
  32. Acts 10:38ὑπὸ · by
    …how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
  33. Acts 10:41ὑπὸ
    …not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
  34. Acts 10:42ὑπὸ · by
    And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
  35. Acts 12:5ὑπὸ
    So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
  36. Acts 13:4ὑπὸ · by
    So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
  37. Acts 13:45ὑπὸ
    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
  38. Acts 15:3ὑπὸ · by
    Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
  39. Acts 15:40ὑπὸ · by
    …but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
  40. Acts 16:2ὑπὸ
    The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
  41. Acts 16:4ὑπὸ · by
    As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
  42. Acts 16:6ὑπὸ
    After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
  43. Acts 16:14ὑπὸ
    Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
  44. Acts 17:13ὑπὸ
    But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
  45. Acts 17:19ὑπὸ
    So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
  46. Acts 17:25ὑπὸ · by
    Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
  47. Acts 20:3ὑπὸ · [And when]
    …where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.