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Strong's #5246 - ὑπέρογκος
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- overswollen
- metaph. immoderate, extravagant
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ὑπέρογκ-ος, ον,
of excessive bulk or size, γενομένης τῆς κνήμης ὑ. swelled to a great size, X. HG 5.4.58; [ μαστοὶ] οἱ ὑ. Sor. 1.88; πιμελὴς καὶ ὑ. Luc. tim. 15; δύναμις ὑ., opp. ταπεινή, D. 4.23; τὰ ὑ. τῶν βελῶν Arist. Aud. 802b34.
2. immoderate, excessive, οὐσίαι Pl. 317c; τιμαί, εὐτυχίαι, etc., Plu. 2.820f, Aem. 34, etc.; φρόνημα Id. Lu 21; τὰ ὑ., opp. τὰ ἐλλείποντα, Pl. Lg. 728e; of style, ponderous, verbose, Plu. 2.7a (but also ὑπέρογκα λαλεῖν talk 'big', Judges 1:16, cf. 2 Peter 2:18): generally, exceedingly great, πρᾶγμα Luc. DMort. 23.2. Adv. -κως Ph. 1.103, Plu. Demetr. 30: neut. as Adv., ὑπέρογκον φρονεῖν Iamb. Protr. 14.
3. difficult, LXX 2 Samuel 13:2.
ὑπέρογκος, ὑπέρογκον (ὑπέρ, and ὄγκος a swelling), oversollen; metaphorically, immoderate, extravagant: λαλεῖν, φθέγγεσθαι, ὑπέρογκα (A. V. great swelling words) expressive of arrogance, Jude 1:16; 2 Peter 2:18; with ἐπί τόν Θεόν added, Daniel 11:36, Theod., cf. the Sept. Exodus 18:22, 26. (Xenophon, Plato, Josephus, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, Arrian.)
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ὑπέρ -ογκος , -ον ,
[in LXX: Deuteronomy 30:11 (H6381), etc.;]
of excessive weight or size; metaph., excessive, immoderate, in late writers, of arrogant speech (v. Mayor on Ju, l.c.): n. pl., 2 Peter 2:18, Judges 1:16.†
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A few miscellaneous exx. will suffice for this common verb—P Lille I. 5.7 (B.C. 260–59) εἰς σπέρμα, πρὸς αἰς φ [ησι ]ν ἔχειν πυῥοὖ π ̄γ ̄, ";pour semence, en plus des 83 artabes de blé qu’il dit avoir"; (Ed.), P Tebt II. 280.11 (B.C. 126) ὧν ἔφη ἠγπρἁκέναι᾽ κατὰ σὑγγραφήν, ";which (space) he stated he had bought by a contract,"; P Amh II. 30.44 (ii/B.C.) ἔφη ἐκχωρήσει <ι >ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας ἐν ἡ [μ ]έραις ι ̄, P Flor I. 49.6 (A.D. 209) Σαραπίωνος, ὥς φἡσιν, [ἀπὸ τῆ ]ς μητροπόλεως, and ib. 127.2 (A.D. 256) σὺν θεῷ φάναι προσδόκα ἡμᾶς, ";if God pleases, expect us.";
For the part, we may cite P Petr III. 30.6 (iii/B.C.) φαμένη καταστήσεσθαι πρός [με, ";though she said that she would appear against me"; (Edd.), and its frequent occurrence in the subscriptions of letters in such phrases as—P Ryl II. 155.23 (A.D. 138–61) ἐγρα ]ψα ὑ [πὲ ]ρ αὐτῆς κα [ὶ ] τοῦ κυρίου φαμένων μὴ εἰδ [έν ]αι γράμ [ματα, and ib. 88.27 (A.D. 156) ἐγράφη διὰ Ἀμμωνίου νομογρἅφοὐ καὶ ἔστιν [ὁ ] Διωγᾶς φάμενος μὴ εἰδέναι γράμματἀ, ";written by Ammonius, scribe of the nome; Diogas, professing to be illiterate"; (Edd.).
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