- ὕψωμα
- ὕψωμα, ατος, τό (fr. ὕψι via ὑψόω; Plut., Mor. 782d; Sext. Emp., Math. 5, 33; 35; LXX; TestJob 41, 4; Philo, Praem. 2; Ps.-Phoc. 73; SibOr 8, 234; the mng. ‘linear extension’ [‘height’] is not found in our lit.)① as an astronomical term (cp. the t.t. ‘exaltation’ Plut., Mor. 149a; Ptolem., Apotel. 1, 20, 1ff; oft. Vett. Val.; PLond 110, 14; Cat. Cod. Astr. XII 102, 25. Neugebauer/Hoesen, glossary p. 199) the space above the horizon, the world above (which would be the domain of many transcendent forces) Ro 8:39 (opp. βάθος, q.v. 1 and s. Rtzst., Poim. 80; WKnox, St. Paul and the Church of the Gentiles ’39, 106f).—OGerhardt, D. Stern des Messias 1922, 15. ὁ θεὸς τῶν ὑψωμάτων GJs 6:2.② that which postures arrogantly, arrogance, πᾶν ὕψωμα ἐπαιρόμενον everything that rises up, prob.=all pride (every proud obstacle NRSV) that rises up against it 2 Cor 10:5 (Euthym.: ὑψηλοφρονία. But Chrysost. MPG LXI, 545 explains it by using πύργωμα, which would mean someth. like ‘towering fortress’; cp. PPetr III, 46, 3, 11 τοὺς ἐπαρθέντας τοίχους; TestJob 41:4 ἐποίησεν ἑαυτὸν ἀθρόως εἰς τὸ αὐτοῦ ὕψωμα ‘self-aggrandizement’).—DELG s.v. ὕψι. M-M. TW.
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