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Above [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Overhead; in a higher place.

2. Before.

3. Chief in rank or power. Deuteronomy 28:1 .

4. ABOVE all is elliptical; above all considerations; chiefly; in preference to other things.

5. ABOVE board ; above the board or table; in open sight; without trick, concealment or deception. This expression is said by Johnson to be borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands under the table.

Above [Preposition] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Literally, higher in place.

2. The fowls that fly above the earth. Genesis 1:20 .

3. Figuratively, superior in any respect.

4. I saw a light above the brightness of the Sun, Acts 26:13 .

5. The price of a virtuous woman is above rubies, Proverbs 31:10 .

6. More in number or quantity.

7. He was seen by above five hundred brethren at once, 1 Corinthians 15:6 .

8. The weight is above a tun.

9. More in degree; in a greater degree.

10. Hannaniah feared God above many. Nehemiah 7:2 .

11. The serpent is cursed above all cattle. Genesis 3:14 .

12. Beyond; in excess.

13. In stripes above measure. 2 Corinthians 11:23 .

14. God will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, 1 Corinthians 10:13 .

15. Beyond; in a state to be unattainable; as things above comprehension.

16. Too proud for.

17. This man is above his business.

18. Too elevated in mind or rank; having too much dignity for; as

19. This man is above mean actions.

20. It is often used elliptically, for heaven, or the celestial regions.

21. Let not God regard it from above Job 3:4 .

22. The powers above

23. In a book or writing, it denotes before or in a former place, as what has been said above; supra. This mode of speaking originated in the ancient manner of writing, on a strip of parchment, beginning at one end and proceeding to the other. The beginning was the upper end.

Above [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.

2. Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.

3. Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.

4. More than; as, above five hundred were present.

Above [Preposition] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.

2. Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.

3. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)

Above-cited [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ABOVE-CITED , Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.

Above-cited [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.

Above-ground [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ABOVE-GROUND , Alive, not buried.

Above-mentioned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Bp. Abbrev. for Archbishop.

Above-mentioned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Above-named

Above-named [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

Aboveboard [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.

Abovedeck [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.

Abovesaid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mentioned or recited before.

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Genesis 1:7

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

Genesis 6:16

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

Genesis 7:17

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

Genesis 27:39

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

Genesis 28:13

And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

Genesis 32:31

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

Genesis 48:22

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Genesis 49:25

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

Genesis 49:26

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Exodus 20:4

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

Exodus 25:21

And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

Exodus 25:22

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

Exodus 26:14

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers skins.

Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

Exodus 26:24

And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.

Exodus 28:27

And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

Make two additional gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near its seam just above its woven waistband.

Exodus 28:28

And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.