Strong's G5228 (Greek)

Greek: ὑπέρ (hypér)

Pronunciation: hoop-er'

Derivation: a primary preposition

Definition: "over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than

KJV Renderings: (+ exceeding, abundantly) above, in (on) behalf of, beyond, by, + very chiefest, concerning, exceeding (above, -ly), for, + very highly, more (than), of, over, on the part of, for sake of, in stead, than, to(-ward), very

Notes: In the comparative, it retains many of the above applications.