Lexical Definition
ὑπάρχω hypárchō (hoop-ar'-kho) be already G:V
from ὑπό and ἄρχομαι
after, behave, live.
- to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand)
- expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
Abbott-Smith
ὑπάρχω [in LXX for הָיָה, יֵשׁ, לוּן, etc.; τ. ὑπάρχοντα for מִקְנֶה, רְכוּשׁ, etc. ;]
1. to begin, make a beginning (Hom., Hdt., al.).
2. to be in existence, be ready, be at hand (Hdt., Thuc., al.): Ac 19:40 27:12, 21; seq. ἐν, Ac 28:18.
3. to be, prop, expressing continuance of an antecedent state or condition (cf. Gifford, Incarnation, 11 ff.; MM, xxv): c. nom. pred., Lk 8:41 9:48, Ac 4:34 7:55 8:16 16:3 19:36 21:20, I Co 7:26 12:22, Ja 2:15, II Pe 3:11; ptcp. c. pred., Lk 16:14 23:50, Ac 2:30 3:2 17:24 22:3, Ro 4:19, I Co 11:7, II Co 8:17 12:16, Ga 1:14 2:14; pl., Lk 11:13, Ac 16:20, 37 17:29, II Pe 2:19; seq. ἐν, c. dat. rei, Lk 7:25 16:23, Ac 5:4 10:12, I Co 11:18, Phl 3:20; ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων (R, mg., being originally), Phl 2:6; ἐν, c. dat. pers., (among), I Co 11:18; μακρὰν ἀπό, Ac 17:27; πρὸς τ. σωτηρίας, Ac 27:34.
4. to belong to (Thuc., Xen., al.): c. dat. pers., Ac 3:6 4:37 28:7, II Pe 1:8; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, one's belongings, possessions: c. dat. pers., Lk 8:3 12:15, Ac 4:32; c. gen. pers., Mt 19:21 24:47 25:14, Lk 11:21 12:33, 44 14:33 16:1 19:8, I Co 13:3, He 10:34 (cf. προ-υπάρχω).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 19:21 · 24:47 · 25:14 |
| Luke | 7:25 · 8:3 · 8:41 · 9:48 · 11:13 · 11:21 · 12:15 · 12:33 · 12:44 · 14:33 · 16:1 · 16:14 · 16:23 · 19:8 · 23:50 |
| Acts | 2:30 · 3:2 · 3:6 · 4:32 · 4:34 · 4:37 · 5:4 · 7:55 · 8:16 · 10:12 · 16:3 · 16:20 · 16:37 · 17:24 · 17:27 · 17:29 · 19:36 · 19:40 · 21:20 · 22:3 · 27:12 · 27:21 · 27:34 · 28:7 · 28:18 |
| Romans | 4:19 |
| 1 Corinthians | 7:26 · 11:7 · 11:18 · 12:22 · 13:3 |
| 2 Corinthians | 8:17 · 12:16 |
| Galatians | 1:14 · 2:14 |
| Philippians | 2:6 · 3:20 |
| Hebrews | 10:34 |
| James | 2:15 |
| 2 Peter | 1:8 · 2:19 · 3:11 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ὑπάρχω,
future
__A -ξω[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ὑπῆρξα (see. below [Refs]:—passive, future ὑπαρχθήσομαι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]perfect ὕπηργμαι, Ionic dialect -αργμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—begin, take the initiative:—Constr.:
__A.1 absolutely, [ὑπάρχων ἠδίκεις αὐτούς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.44 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ ὑπάρξας the beginner (in a quarrel), [ὑπάρχων ἀλλὰ τιμωρούμενος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 358 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2 with genitive, take the initiative in, begin, ἀδίκων ἔργων, ἀδικίης, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.3 with participle, take the initiative in doing, ἐμὲ ὑπῆρξαν ἄδικα ποιεῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπάρχει εὖ (or κακῶς) ποιῶν τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀμύνεσθαι οἷσπερ καὶ οἱ Λκεδαιμόνιοι ὑπῆρξαν retaliating by the means which the L. had used first, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.3.b in middle with infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.4 with accusative, ὑ. εὐεργεσίας εἴς τινα or τινι take the initiative in [doing] kindnesses to one, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑ. τοῦτο (i.e. τὸ εὐνοεῖν) [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, ὑπηρεσίαι ὑπηργμέναι εἰς Φίλιππον αὑτῷ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ ἔκ τινος ὑπαργμένα (Ionic dialect for ὑπηργ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄξιον τῶν ὑ. equivalent to what was done for him, [Refs 4th c.BC+] a beginning of it had been made, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B in active only, to be the begining, παιδοβόροι μὲν πρῶτον ὑπῆρξαν μόχθοι τάλανες [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πολλῶν κακῶν, μεγάλων ἀχέων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 to be already in existence, πημονῆς δ᾽ ἅλις γ᾽ ὑπάρχει [Refs 4th c.BC+]was already there, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὗται αἱ νέες τοῖσι Ἀθηναίοισι ὑπῆρχον already existed, opposed to to those they were about to build, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ τοίνυν σφι χώρη γε μηδεμία ὑπῆρχε if they had no country originally existing, [Refs]; χωρὶς δὲ τούτων οἱ χίλιοι ὑπῆρχον the original thousand existed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμῖν.. ἐλευθερίαν τε ὑπάρχειν καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων ξυμμάχοις κεκλῆσθαι there is in store for you.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] there is store of these things for us to have, [Refs 4th c.BC+]participle, ἡ ὑπάρχουσα οὐσία the existing property, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ὑ. τιμῆς for the current price, Syngr. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ὑ. πολῖται the existing citizens, [Refs]; τῆς φύσεως ὑ. nature being what it is, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also κρησφύγετόν τι ὑπάρχον εἶναι that there should be a refuge ready prepared, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 exist really, opposed to φαίνομαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.4 simply, be, τοῖσιν ἄγουσιν κλαύμαθ᾽ ὑπάρξει [Refs 5th c.BC+]: and with a predicate, θησαυρὸς ἄν σοι παῖς ὑπῆρχ᾽ οὑμός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύσεως ἀγαθῆς ὑπάρξαι to be of a good natural disposition, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγα ὑ. τοῖς τοιούτοις λόγοις ις of great advantage to them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πολλῶν ὑπάρξει κῦρος ἡμέρα καλῶν, ={κυρώσει πολλὰ καλά}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.4.b τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, much like{τὰ ὑπηργμένα} [Refs 4th c.BC+], a man's record, ἀνάξιον τῶν ὑ. τῇ πόλει καὶ πεπραγμένων τοῖς προγόνοις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν ὑ. your past record, [Refs]; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα αἰσχύνη the disgrace which has been incurred, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.5 sometimes with a participle, much like{τυγχάνω, τοιαῦτα [αὐτῷ] ὑπῆρχε ἐὀντα} [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.6 προγόνων ὑ. τῶν ἐξ Ἰλίου to be the descendant of.., [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B.II like{ὑπόκειμαι} [Refs]to be laid down, to be taken for granted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τούτου ὑπάρχοντος, τούτων ὑπαρχόντων, this being granted, [Refs]
__B.III belong to, fall to one, accrue, ὑπάρξει τοι.. τὰ ἐναντία you will have, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἀμφοτέροις [σωτηρίαν] [Refs]; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα φύσις your proper nature, its normal condition, [Refs]; τῇ τέχνῃ ὑπάρχειν διδούς assigning as a property of art, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 of persons, ὑ. τινί to be devoted to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ὑμῶν ὑπάρξων ἐκείνῳ he will be on his side against you, [Refs]
__B.III.2.b ἐν παντὶ.. πᾶς χωρίῳ, καὶ ᾧ μὴ ὑπάρχομεν every one in every place, even outside our sphere of influence (literal to which we do not belong), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+] denotes the subsistence of qualities in a subject, [Refs]; ὑ. τινί, ={κατηγορεῖσθαί τινος}, [Refs]; ὑ. κατά τινος[Refs]; ἐπί τινος[Refs]; ὑπάρξει τι [τῷ πρώτῳ] it will have predicates, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__B.IV frequently in neuter plural participle, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα,
__B.IV.1 in signification [Refs]existing circumstances, presentadvantages, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὰ ὑ.[Refs]under the circumstances, according to one's means, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.IV.2 in signification [Refs]possessions, resources, [Refs]; τὰ ἑκατέροις ὑ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]: as a substantive, τὰ ὑ. αὐτοῦ [LXX+NT]; ὑποθέμενος τὰ ὑ. καὶ ὑπάρξοντα present and future resources, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__B.IV.3 in Mathematics texts, ὑπάρχοντα εἴδη positive terms, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__B.V impersonal, ὑπάρχει the fact is that.., with accusative et infinitive, ὑ. γάρ σε μὴ γνῶναί τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ὑ. τοῦ ἔχειν.. as the case stands with regard to having, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.V.2 it is allowed, it is possible, with dative et infinitive, ὑ. ἡμῖν ἐπικρατεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also without a dative, οὐχ ὑ. εἰδέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+] as well as was possible, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.V.3 in neuter participle, ὑπάρχον ὑμῖν πολεμεῖν since it is allowed you to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C to be ὕπαρχος or subordinate colleague, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__C.II uncertain in the sense of ἄρχω, rule; for [Refs 5th c.BC+], where the [Refs 5th c.BC+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.24.47 ☩ LXX.Gen.12.5