Lexical Definition

‎ὑπερβολή‎ hyperbolḗ (hoop-er-bol-ay') surpassing ^G:N-F
from ‎ὑπερβάλλω‎

abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure.

• a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence
• adverbially (with ‎εἰς‎ or ‎κατά‎) pre- eminently

Abbott-Smith

** ὑπερ-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ (< ὑπερβάλλω), [in LXX: καθ’ ὑ., IV Mac 3:18 * ;]
a throwing beyond. Metaph., excess, superiority, excellence: II Co 4:7 12:7; καθ’ ὑπερβολήν, beyond measure, exceedingly, Ro 7:13, I Co 12:31, II Co 1:8, Ga 1:13; κ. ὑ. εἰς ὑ. , beyond all measure, II Co 4:17.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὑπερβολή-ή, ἡ,

(ὑπερβάλλω) a throwing beyond others, δίσκων ὑπερβολήαῖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in intransitive sense, altitude of a star, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 overshooting, superiority, χερῶν ὑπερβολήαῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 excess, τοῦ μεγέθεος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἔλλειψις or ἔνδεια, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπερβολήὴν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἔχειν with accusative et infinitive, [ὑπερβολήῇ.. πρίασθαι">Refs 5th c.BC+] at an extravagant price, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπέφερον τὴν ὑ. τοῦ καινοῦσθαι pushed on their extravagance in revolutionizing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔχον ἐστὶν ὑπερβολήήν it can go no further, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so οὐδεμίαν or μηδεμίαν ὑ. λείπειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις ὑ. τούτου if there is aught beyond (worse than) this, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ οὐχ ὑ.; is not this the extreme, the last degree? [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπερβολήὴν ποιήσομαι I will put an extreme case, [Refs]; τοσαύτην ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι ὥστε.. to go so far that.., [Refs] to carry his own rascality beyond theirs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ποιεῖν τῆς τιμῆς to raise the price, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ἀνοίας ἔχειν Polystr.p.27 W.
__4 with preposition in Adverbial phrases, ={ὑπερβαλλόντως}, εἰς ὑπερβολήήν in excess, exceedingly; εἰς ὑ. ἄμεινον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; far beyond, τοῦ πρόσθεν εἰς ὑ. πανοῦργος, i. e. far more wicked, [ὑπερβολήάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 326d:— ἐξ ὑπερβολήῆς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.15.8:">Refs 5th c.BC+] —καθ᾽ ὑπερβολήὰν τοξεύσας with surpassing aim, [Refs 5th c.BC+]extravagantly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ καθ᾽ ὑ. ἐν ἐνδείᾳ ὄντες in extremity of need, [NT+4th c.BC+]:—so in dative, εὐτελὴς ὑπερβολήῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 preeminence, perfection, without any notion of excess, δι᾽ ἀρετῆς ὑπερβολήήν [Refs]; ἡ ὑ. τῆς φιλίας the best and noblest kind of friendship, [Refs]; but ἡ καθ᾽ ὑ. φιλία, ={ἡ καθ᾽ ὑπεροχήν}, [Refs]
__6 overstrained phrase, hyperbole, ὑπερβολήὰς εἰπεῖν [ὑπερβολήὴν πεπονημένοι λόγοι [prev. work]11; ὑπερβολήὰς εἰπεῖν">Refs 5th c.BC+] make strong statements, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as a figure of speech, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__7 τὸ καθ᾽ ὑπερβολήήν the superlative degree, in Adjectives, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τιθέναι ὑπερβολήῇ[Refs]
__8 overbid at auction, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II crossing over, passage of mountains, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 in singular or plural, place of passage, mountain-pass, with or without τοῦ ὄρους, τῶν ὀρέων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τοῦ Ταύρου Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; αἱ τῶν Ἄλπεων ὑ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III (from middle) delay, τοῦ κακοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV the conic section called hyperbola, because the square of the ordinate is equal to a rectangle with height equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter (as base) but exceeding (ὑπερβάλλον), i. e. overlapping, that base, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Rom.7.13}