hypsoō · lift up

What it means

hypsoō (ὑψόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lift up”.

Raise high; exalt.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To raise something high, as on the cross.
2. To give honor and a high place to someone.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• exalted ×10
• exalts ×3
• be lifted up ×2
• lifted up ×2
• he may exalt ×1
• he will exalt ×1
• you lift up ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Luke×6
• John×5
• Acts×3
• 2 Corinthians×1
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 11:23

  And you, Capernaum, you will not be exalted to heaven, will you? To Hades you will go down; for if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

• Matthew 23:12

  And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

• Luke 1:52

  he has brought down rulers from thrones and exalted the lowly;

• Luke 10:15

  And you, Capernaum, will you really be exalted as far as heaven? You will be brought down as far as Hades!

• Luke 14:11

  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

• Luke 18:14

  I tell you, this man went down to his house declared righteous, rather than that one; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

• John 3:14

  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

• John 8:28

  So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am, and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father taught me.

• John 12:32

  And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all to myself.”

• John 12:34

  So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. And how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

• Acts 2:33

  Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you see and hear.

• Acts 5:31

  Him God exalted to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give Israel a change of mind and forgiveness of sins.

• Acts 13:17

  The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people during their stay as foreigners in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out of it.

• 2 Corinthians 11:7

  Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I proclaimed to you the good news of God free of charge?

• James 4:10

  Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

• 1 Peter 5:6

  Humble yourselves then under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time,

And 4 more times.