Above

Usually translated “above”, “brim” and “upwards”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• above 4
• brim 1
• upwards 1
• the above 1
• upward 1
• up 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• John 3
• Colossians 2
• Acts 1
• Galatians 1
• Philippians 1
• Hebrews 1

6 books in all.

• Above/for (huper)
• Above (maal)
• Above (epanō)
• From above/again (anōthen)

• John 8:23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
• John 11:41Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
• Acts 2:19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
• Galatians 4:26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
• Philippians 3:14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
• Colossians 3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “above” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.