ὑψηλός

ὑψηλός — hypsēlós

ὑψηλός, ὑψηλή, ὑψηλόν (ὕψι on high, ὕψος) (from Homer down), high; lofty;

a. properly, of place: ὄρος, Mat 4:8; Mat 17:1; Mar 9:2; Luk 4:5 R G L brackets; Rev 21:10; τεῖχος, Rev 21:12; neuter τά ὑψηλά (the heights of heaven; the Sept. for מָרום, Psa 92:4; Psa 112:5; Isa 33:5; Isa 57:15), heaven (A. V. on high; cf. Buttmann, § 124, 8 d.), Heb 1:3; exalted on high: ὑψηλότερος τῶν οὐρανῶν (made higher than the heavens), of Christ raised to the right hand of God, Heb 7:26 (cf. Eph 4:10); μετά βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ, with a high (uplifted) arm, i. e. with signal power, Act 13:17 (the Sept. often ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ for נְטוּיָה בִּזְרועַ, as in Exo 6:6; Deu 5:15).

b. metaphorically, eminent, exulted: in influence and honor, Luk 16:15; ὑψηλά φρονεῖν, to set the mind on, to seek, high things (as honors and riches), to be aspiring, Rom 12:16; also Rom 11:20 L marginal reading T Tr WH; 1Ti 6:17 T WH marginal reading; (Lucian, Icaromen. 11, Hermot. 5).