ὑπό hupo

Greek word for “by/under” · Strong’s G5259 · used 221 times in 201 verses

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Meaning

ὑπό (before smooth breathing ὑπ᾽, Mat.8:9b, Luk.7:8b;

Senses in the lexicon

• by/under: by (173)
• by/under: under (48)

How it is translated

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

• by 158
• under 53
• from 8
• the 1
• at 1

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 10 (6), Galatians 4 (6), Galatians 3 (5), Luke 7 (4), Luke 21 (4), Acts 16 (4), 1 Corinthians 10 (4), Matthew 3 (3), Matthew 8 (3), Mark 1 (3)

Forms

• ὑπὸ 182
• ὑπ᾽ 25
• ὑφ᾽ 9
• ὑπό 5

Words used with it

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

• νόμος nomos “law” 15
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 14
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 14
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 14
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 10
• περί peri “about” 12
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 12
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 12
• τε te “and/both” 10
• ἐλέγχω elegchō “to rebuke” 6
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 10
• βαπτίζω baptizō “to baptize” 7

Key verses

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

• Matthew 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to…
• Matthew 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even…
• Luke 13:34 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen…
• John 14:21 — He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will…
• Acts 2:24 — Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
• Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was…
• Galatians 3:10 — For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in…
• Galatians 4:4 — But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
• Colossians 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13 — But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through…
• Hebrews 2:3 — How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
• James 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature;…

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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.