Word study
Beyond
10 Hebrew and 5 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “beyond”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “beyond” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- עֵבֶר êberregion across or beyond, sidetranslated this way 23 times of its 80 uses · Strong’s H5676Noun · Translated: beyond 23, across 15, side 11, other side 8Full study and all 76 verses →
Deuteronomy 3:25 Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan — that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
Joshua 9:10 and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan— Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
- אַיִן ayinnothing, noughttranslated this way 8 times of its 744 uses · Strong’s H369Adverb · Translated: there is no 55, no 54, without 54, nothing 40Full study and all 660 verses →
Genesis 41:49 So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
1 Chronicles 22:16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron— craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
- עַל alheighttranslated this way 6 times of its 4,859 uses · Strong’s H5921Preposition · Translated: on 777, over 297, in 218, against 216Full study and all 3,996 verses →
- עַד adas far as, even to, up to, until, whiletranslated this way 4 times of its 1,111 uses · Strong’s H5704Preposition · Translated: until 348, to 278, far 48, forever 43Full study and all 1,024 verses →
- הָלְאָה hâleâhout there, onwards, furthertranslated this way 3 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H1973Adverb · Translated: beyond 3, on 3, forward 2Full study and all 12 verses →
Genesis 35:21 Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
Numbers 32:19 Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
- עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 3 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb · Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35Full study and all 487 verses →
Numbers 22:18 But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
1 Samuel 20:36 He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
- רָחוֹק râchôqdistant, fartranslated this way 2 times of its 84 uses · Strong’s H7350Adjective · Translated: far 20, afar 13, distant 11, distance 10Full study and all 84 verses →
Deuteronomy 30:11 For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
Ecclesiastes 7:23 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
- מִן minout of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that nottranslated this way 2 times of its 983 uses · Strong’s H4480Preposition · Translated: from 368, of 68, from me 36, some of 33Full study and all 917 verses →
- אַחַר acharbehindtranslated this way 2 times of its 556 uses · Strong’s H310Preposition · Translated: after 123, behind 56, and after 22, after that 19Full study and all 533 verses →
- לֹא lônottranslated this way 2 times of its 4,657 uses · Strong’s H3808Adverb · Translated: no 309, not 269, never 218, will not 156Full study and all 3,775 verses →
Greek words (New Testament)
- πέραν péranover, beyondtranslated this way 8 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s G4008Preposition · Translated: other side 12, beyond 7, across 3, region beyond 1Full study and all 23 verses →
Matthew 4:15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles —
Mark 3:8 Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.
- ὑπέρ hypérin behalf of, abovetranslated this way 3 times of its 145 uses · Strong’s G5228Preposition · Translated: for 88, behalf 9, about 7, more 5Full study and all 131 verses →
1 Corinthians 4:6 Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
Galatians 1:14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
- παρά paráfrom, in the presence oftranslated this way 3 times of its 160 uses · Strong’s G3844Preposition · Translated: from 58, with 25, beside 9, at 9Full study and all 150 verses →
2 Corinthians 8:3 For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
Hebrews 1:4 So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
- ὑπερβολή hyperbolḗsurpassing excellence, exceedinglytranslated this way 2 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G5236Noun · Translated: surpassingly great 2, utterly 1, most excellent 1, far beyond 1Full study and all 6 verses →
2 Corinthians 1:8 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- ἄμετρος ámetrosnot measurable, immeasurabletranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s G280Adjective · Translated: beyond our limits 2Full study and all 2 verses →
2 Corinthians 10:13 We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us — a field that reaches even to you.
2 Corinthians 10:15 Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well ,
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.