- ὕψος
- ὕψος, ους, τό (Aeschyl., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr.; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 119 ὕψ., πλάτος al.; Just., D. 39, 5; Mel., P. [edd. and mss. fluctuate in use of the pl. ὕψη or ὕψηλα]) ‘height’.① extent or distance upward, heightⓐ of dimension 1 Cl 49:4 (perh. sense b). W. other dimensions (τὸ μῆκος καὶ τὸ πλάτος) Rv 21:16. (πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ βάθος) Eph 3:18 (βάθος 1).—Pl. ἀναφέρεσθαι εἰς τὰ ὕψη IEph 9:1.ⓑ of locale height=high place (SibOr 8, 235), mostly=heaven (Ps 17:17 ἐξ ὕψους; 101:20; TestJob 15:1 τῶν ἐν ὕψει; Just., D. 39, 5; Stephan. Byz. s.v. Λαοδίκεια: ἀφʼ ὕψους ὁ θεός) Lk 1:78 (ἀνατολή 3); 24:49; Eph 4:8 (Ps 67:19). τὰ ὕψη τῶν οὐρανῶν 1 Cl 36:2 (Diod S 4, 7, 4 ὕψος οὐράνιον; Aesop, Fab. 397b H. τὰ οὐράνια ὕψη).—τὰ ἐν ὕψεσι as someth. different from τὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς Dg 7:2 (opp. τὰ ἐν βάθεσι).② a position of high status, high position (of rank Herodian 1, 13, 6; 1 Macc 1:40; 10:24.—Of degree: Pla., Ep. 7, 351e ὕψος ἀμαθίας the ‘height’ of ignorance; Ps.-Aristot., De Mundo 6; Plut., Publ. 100 [6, 5]; Jos., Ant. 8, 126 ὕψος εὐδαιμονίας) Js 1:9 (opp. ταπεινός and ταπείνωσις as TestAbr B 7 p. 111, 21 [Stone p. 70]) τὸν ποιοῦντα ταπεινοὺς εἰς ὕψος who exalts the humble (unless εἰς ὕψ. means ‘upright’, as Apollod. [II B.C.]: 244 Fgm. 107d [=107e] Jac.) 1 Cl 59:3 (Job 5:11).③ a lofty opinion of oneself, pride, arrogance (PsSol 17:6) D 5:1. ὕψος δυνάμεως arrogance in an influential position B 20:1.—JKühn, Υψος ’41.—DELG s.v. ὕψι. M-M. TW. Sv.
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