Strong's #5228: huper (pronounced hoop-er')
a primary preposition; "over", i.e. (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:--(+ 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 the comparative, it retains many of the above applications.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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huper
1) in behalf of, for the sake of
2) over, beyond, more than
3) more, beyond, over
Part of Speech: preposition
Relation: a primary preposition
Citing in TDNT: 8:507, 1228
Usage:
This word is used 161 times:
Hebrews 9:7: "blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors"
Hebrews 9:24: "in the presence of God for us:"
Hebrews 10:12: "after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down"
Hebrews 13:17: "yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give"
James 5:16: "one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent"
1 Peter 2:21: "because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us"
1 Peter 3:18: "for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us"
1 Peter 4:1: "Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves"
1 John 3:16: "he laid down his life for us: and we"
1 John 3:16: "we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."
3 John 1:7: "Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of"
