ὑπάρχω huparchō

Greek word for “be already” · Strong’s G5225 · used 60 times in 60 verses

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Meaning

ὑπάρχω; 1. to begin, make a beginning (Hom., Hdt., al.).;

How it is translated

Glosses given for huparchō in context, with how often each is used:

• being 24
• possessions 14
• were 3
• be 3
• was 2
• is 2
• existing 2
• living 1
• there is 1
• when is owning 1
• was? 1
• there is existing 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 12 (3), Luke 16 (3), Acts 4 (3), Acts 16 (3), Acts 17 (3), Acts 27 (3), Luke 8 (2), Luke 11 (2), Acts 3 (2), Acts 19 (2)

Forms

• ὑπάρχων 14
• ὑπάρχοντα 7
• ὑπάρχοντες 6
• ὑπάρχειν 6
• ὑπαρχόντων 5
• ὑπῆρχεν 5
• ὑπάρχουσιν 4
• ὑπάρχει 3
• ὑπάρχοντος 3
• ὑπῆρχον 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with huparchō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἶναι einai “to exist” 6
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 7
• πωλέω pōleō “to sell” 4
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 6
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 6
• ζηλωτής zēlōtēs “zealot” 3
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 5
• καθίστημι kathistēmi “to appoint/conduct” 3
• τίθημι tithēmi “to place” 4
• εἰ ei “if” 6
• οὐδέ oude “nor” 4
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 5

Key verses

The verses using huparchō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 19:21 — Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
• Luke 11:13 — If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
• Luke 12:15 — And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Luke 16:14 — And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
• Luke 16:23 — And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Acts 2:30 — Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ…
• Acts 4:32 — And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own;…
• Acts 17:24 — God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
• Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect…
• Philippians 2:6 — Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
• Philippians 3:20 — For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
• Hebrews 10:34 — For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.