Lexical Definition

‎ὑπεραίρομαι‎ hyperaíromai (hoop-er-ah'-ee-rom-ahee) be haughty ^G:V
middle voice from ‎ὑπέρ‎ and ‎αἴρω‎

exalt self, be exalted above measure.

• to raise oneself over, i.e. (figuratively) to become haughty

Abbott-Smith

ὑπερ-αίρω [in LXX: II Ch 32:23 (נָשָׂא ni.), etc. ;]
to lift or raise over. Mid., to uplift oneself: II Co 12:7; seq. ἐπί, c. acc, pers., II Th 2:4 (cf. II Mac 5:23).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὑπεραίρω,

lift or raise up over, εἰς τὸν ἔξω τόπον τὴν τοῦ ἡνιόχου κεφαλήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑρμάτων ὑ. τὸ σκάφος over the rocks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑ. τὸ φθέγμα raise it very high, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, lift oneself or rise above, πάντων [Refs] W.: absolutely, to be lifted up, [NT]; give oneself airs, be coy, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; exalt oneself above, ἐπὶ θεόν [NT]

__2 heighten, ναῦν τοίχοις [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II intransitive,
__II.1 with accusative, jump over, τειχία [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cross, Ἄλπεις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]pass over, [Refs]; ὑ. τὴν ἄκραν double the cape, [Refs]; κάμψαντες τὸν Πάχυνον ὑ. [τὸ πέλαγος] εἰς.. [Refs 1st c.BC+]: absolutely, cross the sea, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: as naval and military term, outflank, τὸ λαιὸν τῶν πολεμίων [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.: without a sense of motion, rise above, τὸ ὕδωρ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 excel, τινι in a thing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with accusative, excel, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; νοῦν ὑπεραίρει [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.3 overshoot, go beyond, μήθ᾽ ὑπεράρας μήθ᾽ ὑποκάμψας καιρόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; exceed, ὑ. τῆς οὐσίας τὸ μέγεθος ὁ τῶν τέκνων ἀριθμός [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πυγωνιαῖον ἢ μικρὸν ὑπεραῖρον a little more, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν ὑπεραιρόντων ἱερέων the priests in excess (of a certain number), [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τῶν ὑπεραιρούντων (sic) τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἱερέων [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὸ ὑπεραῖρον ἀργύριον the money (received) in excess, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τοσοῦτον ἐν [τοῖς δαπανηθεῖσιν] ὑπερῆρεν [αὐτόν] he so far exceeded him in his expenditure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; λόγος ὑπεραίρων τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ ταῖς γνώμαις overdone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ ὑπεραῖρον exaggeration, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III with genitive, pass beyond, double a cape, τοῦ ἀκρωτηρίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; rise above, τῆς γῆς [Refs]
__III.2 transcend, exceed, μήθ᾽ ὑπεραίροντα τῶν εἰθισμένων ὄγκων (τὸν εἰθ. ὄγκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; overcome, τέχνῃ τοῦ ῥοθίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.3 with genitive, despise,[Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__IV overflow, τὰ ἀγγεῖα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, of a stream, ὑ. εἰς τὰ χωρία [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.2 ὑ. ὑπέρ τι project beyond.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἱ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ζυγῷ ὑ. τοὺς πρωτοστάτας πήχεις σ, i.e. their σάρισαι project beyond.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑπεραίρειν ἔξω τὰ βλέφαρα project beyond the eyelids, of a tumour, [Refs 6th c.AD+], compare 15; overlap, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__V Ὑπεραίρων, οντος, ὁ, Most Excellent, = Latin Exsuperatorius, name given to December by Commodus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 2Cor.12.7 ☩ 2Thess.2.4}