5225. huparchó
Strong's Lexicon
huparchó: To exist, to be, to possess

Original Word: ὑπάρχω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: huparchó
Pronunciation: hoop-ar'-kho
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ar'-kho)
Definition: To exist, to be, to possess
Meaning: I begin, am, exist, am in possession.

Word Origin: From the combination of "hypo" (under) and "archo" (to begin, to rule)

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "huparchó," the concept of existence and possession can be related to Hebrew words like "הָיָה" (hayah, Strong's H1961), meaning "to be" or "to exist."

Usage: The verb "huparchó" primarily means "to exist" or "to be" in a state or condition. It is often used to describe the existence or possession of something, whether physical or abstract. In the New Testament, it conveys the idea of being in a particular state or having certain attributes or possessions.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of existence and possession was often tied to one's social status and material wealth. The use of "huparchó" in the New Testament reflects a deeper theological understanding of existence, not merely in terms of material possessions but also in spiritual and relational terms. The early Christian community redefined what it meant to "exist" or "possess" by emphasizing spiritual wealth and identity in Christ over worldly status.

HELPS Word-studies

5225 hypárxō (from 5223 /hýparksis, "under" and 757/arxō, "begin, go first") – properly, already have (be in possession of); what exists, especially what pre-exists, i.e. is already under one's discretion (note the prefix hypo).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from hupo and archó
Definition
to begin, to be ready or at hand, to be
NASB Translation
been (2), being (9), belonging (1), exist (1), existed (1), gone (1), live (1), owned (1), possess (1), possessions (11), private means (1), property (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5225: ὑπάρχω

ὑπάρχω; imperfect ὑπῆρχον;

1. properly, to begin below, to make a beginning; universally, to begin; (Homer, Aeschylus, Herodotus, and following).

2. to come forth, hence, to be there, be ready, be at hand (Aeschylus, Herodotus, Pindar, and following): universally, and simply, Acts 19:40 (cf. Buttmann, § 151, 29 note); Acts 27:12, 21; ἐν τίνι, to be found in one, Acts 28:18; with a dative of the person ὑπάρχει μοι τί, something is mine, I have something: Acts 3:6; Acts 4:37; Acts 28:7; 2 Peter 1:8 (where Lachmann παρόντα; Sir. 20:16; Proverbs 17:17; Job 2:4, etc.); τά ὑπάρχοντα τίνι, one's substance, one's property, Luke 8:3; Luke 12:15 L text T Tr WH; Acts 4:32 (Genesis 31:18; Tobit 4:8; Dio C. 38, 40); also τά ὑπάρχοντα τίνος, Matthew 19:21; Matthew 24:47; Matthew 25:14; Luke 11:21; Luke 12:15 R G L marginal reading, 33, 44 (here L marginal reading Tr marginal reading the dative); ; 1 Corinthians 13:3; Hebrews 10:34 (often in the Sept. for מִקְנֶה, רְכוּשׁ, נְכָסִים; Sir. 41:1; Tobit 1:20, etc.; τά ἰδίᾳ ὑπαρξοντα, Polybius 4,3, 1).

3. to be, with a predicate nominative (as often in Attic) (cf. Buttmann, § 144, 14, 15 a., 18; Winer's Grammar, 350 (328)): as ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς ὑπῆρχεν, Luke 8:41; add, Luke 9:48; Acts 7:55; Acts 8:16; Acts 16:3; Acts 19:36; Acts 21:20; 1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Corinthians 12:22; James 2:15; 2 Peter 3:11; the participle with a predicate nominative, being i. e. who is etc., since or although he etc. is: Luke 16:14; Luke 23:50; Acts 2:30; Acts 3:2; Acts 14:8 Rec.; ; (); Romans 4:19; 1 Corinthians 11:7; 2 Corinthians 8:17; 2 Corinthians 12:16; Galatians 1:14; Galatians 2:14; plural, Luke 11:13; Acts 16:20, 37; Acts 17:29; 2 Peter 2:19. ὑπάρχειν followed by ἐν with a dative of the thing, to be contained in, Acts 10:12; to be in a place, Philippians 3:20; in some state, Luke 16:23; ἐν τῇ ἐξουσία τίνος, to be left in one's power or disposal, Acts 5:4; ἐν ἱματισμῷ ἐνδόξῳ καί τρυφή, to be gorgeously apparelled and to live delicately, Luke 7:25; ἐν μορφή Θεοῦ ὑπάρχειν, to be in the form of God (see μορφή), Philippians 2:6 (here R. V. marginal reading Gr. being originally (?; yet cf. 1 Corinthians 11:7)); followed by ἐν with a dative plural of the person, among, Acts 4:34 R G; 1 Corinthians 11:18. μακράν ἀπό ἑνός ... ὑπάρχοντα , Acts 17:27; πρός τῆς σωτηρίας, to be conducive to safety, Acts 27:34. (Compare: προϋπάρχω.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
exist

From hupo and archomai; to begin under (quietly), i.e. Come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb) -- after, behave, live.

see GREEK hupo

see GREEK archomai

Forms and Transliterations
υπαρχει ὑπάρχει υπαρχειν ὑπάρχειν υπαρχοντα ὑπάρχοντα ὑπάρχοντά υπαρχοντας ὑπάρχοντας υπαρχοντες ὑπάρχοντες υπαρχοντος ὑπάρχοντος υπαρχοντων ὑπαρχόντων υπαρχουσης ὑπαρχούσης υπαρχουσιν ὑπάρχουσιν υπαρχων ὑπάρχων υπαρχωσιν ὑπάρχωσιν υπατοι ύπατοι υπάτους υπηρχεν ὑπῆρχεν υπηρχον ὑπῆρχον hyparchei hypárchei hyparchein hypárchein hyparchon hyparchōn hypárchon hypárchōn hyparchonta hypárchonta hypárchontá hyparchontas hypárchontas hyparchontes hypárchontes hyparchonton hyparchontōn hyparchónton hyparchóntōn hyparchontos hypárchontos hyparchosin hyparchōsin hypárchosin hypárchōsin hyparchouses hyparchousēs hyparchoúses hyparchoúsēs hyparchousin hypárchousin hyperchen hypêrchen hypērchen hypē̂rchen hyperchon hypêrchon hypērchon hypē̂rchon uparchei uparchein uparchon uparchōn uparchonta uparchontas uparchontes uparchonton uparchontōn uparchontos uparchosin uparchōsin uparchouses uparchousēs uparchousin uperchen upērchen uperchon upērchon
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 19:21 V-PPA-ANP
GRK: σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δὸς
INT: your possessions and give

Matthew 24:47 V-PPA-DNP
GRK: πᾶσιν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῦ καταστήσει
INT: all the possessions of him he will set

Matthew 25:14 V-PPA-ANP
GRK: αὐτοῖς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ
INT: to them the property of him

Luke 7:25 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: καὶ τρυφῇ ὑπάρχοντες ἐν τοῖς
NAS: clothed and live in luxury
KJV: apparelled, and live delicately, are
INT: and in luxury are living in the

Luke 8:3 V-PPA-GNP
GRK: ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐταῖς
INT: of the means by them

Luke 8:41 V-IIA-3S
GRK: τῆς συναγωγῆς ὑπῆρχεν καὶ πεσὼν
KJV: and he was a ruler of the synagogue:
INT: of the synagogue was and having fallen

Luke 9:48 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: πᾶσιν ὑμῖν ὑπάρχων οὗτός ἐστιν
KJV: me: for he that is least among
INT: all you is he shall be

Luke 11:13 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὑπάρχοντες οἴδατε δόματα
NAS: If you then, being evil, know how
KJV: ye then, being evil, know
INT: you evil being know [how] gifts

Luke 11:21 V-PPA-NNP
GRK: ἐστὶν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ
INT: are the possessions of him

Luke 12:15 V-PPA-GNP
GRK: ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ
INT: of that which possesses of him

Luke 12:33 V-PPA-ANP
GRK: Πωλήσατε τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ὑμῶν καὶ
INT: Sell the possessions of you and

Luke 12:44 V-PPA-DNP
GRK: πᾶσιν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῦ καταστήσει
INT: all the possessions of him he will set

Luke 14:33 V-PPA-DNP
GRK: τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ ὑπάρχουσιν οὐ δύναται
INT: that he himself possesses not is able

Luke 16:1 V-PPA-ANP
GRK: διασκορπίζων τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ
INT: wasting the possessions to him

Luke 16:14 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: Φαρισαῖοι φιλάργυροι ὑπάρχοντες καὶ ἐξεμυκτήριζον
KJV: also, who were covetous,
INT: Pharisees lovers of money being and they derided

Luke 16:23 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις
NAS: up his eyes, being in torment,
KJV: his eyes, being in torments,
INT: eyes of him being in torment

Luke 19:8 V-PPA-GNP
GRK: μου τῶν ὑπαρχόντων κύριε τοῖς
INT: of me of the possessions Lord to the

Luke 23:50 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: Ἰωσὴφ βουλευτὴς ὑπάρχων καὶ ἀνὴρ
KJV: a counsellor; [and he was] a good man,
INT: Joseph a Council member being also a man

Acts 2:30 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: προφήτης οὖν ὑπάρχων καὶ εἰδὼς
KJV: Therefore being a prophet, and
INT: A prophet therefore being and knowing

Acts 3:2 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: μητρὸς αὐτοῦ ὑπάρχων ἐβαστάζετο ὃν
NAS: And a man who had been lame
KJV: a certain man lame from his
INT: of mother of him being was being carried whom

Acts 3:6 V-PIA-3S
GRK: χρυσίον οὐχ ὑπάρχει μοι ὃ
NAS: said, I do not possess silver
KJV: and gold have I none;
INT: gold none there is to me what

Acts 4:32 V-PPA-GNP
GRK: τι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν
NAS: that anything belonging to him was his own,
INT: anything of that which possessed he said

Acts 4:34 V-IIA-3P
GRK: ἢ οἰκιῶν ὑπῆρχον πωλοῦντες ἔφερον
KJV: Neither was there any among
INT: or houses were selling [them] brought

Acts 4:37 V-PPA-GMS
GRK: ὑπάρχοντος αὐτῷ ἀγροῦ
NAS: and who owned a tract of land, sold
KJV: Having land, sold
INT: having by him land

Acts 5:4 V-IIA-3S
GRK: σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν τί ὅτι
KJV: after it was sold, was it not in
INT: own authority it was [not] why

Strong's Greek 5225
60 Occurrences


ὑπάρχει — 3 Occ.
ὑπάρχειν — 6 Occ.
ὑπάρχων — 15 Occ.
ὑπάρχωσιν — 1 Occ.
ὑπάρχοντα — 8 Occ.
ὑπάρχοντας — 1 Occ.
ὑπάρχοντες — 6 Occ.
ὑπαρχόντων — 5 Occ.
ὑπάρχοντος — 3 Occ.
ὑπαρχούσης — 1 Occ.
ὑπάρχουσιν — 4 Occ.
ὑπῆρχεν — 5 Occ.
ὑπῆρχον — 2 Occ.

















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