Dictionary entry

ὑπερβολή

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ὑπερ-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< ὑπερβάλλω), [in LXX: καθ’ ὑ., IV Mac 3:18 *;]

a throwing beyond. Metaph., excess, superiority, excellence: II Co 4:712:7; καθ’ ὑπερβολήν, beyond measure, exceedingly, Ro 7:13, I Co 12:31, II Co 1:8, Ga 1:13; κ. ὑ. εἰς ὑ., beyond all measure, II Co 4:17.†