ὑπερασπιστής
protector, defender
Where this word appears
Every passage where ὑπερασπιστής appears in the Greek Septuagint — 19 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- 2 Samuel 22:3 ὑπερασπιστής my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: he is my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; you shall save me from the unjust man.
- 2 Samuel 22:31 ὑπερασπιστής As for the Mighty One, his way is blameless: the word of the Lord is strong and tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.
- Psalms 17:3 ὑπερασπιστής I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
- Psalms 17:31 ὑπερασπιστής For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?
- Psalms 26:1 ὑπερασπιστής The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 27:7 ὑπερασπιστής The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him.
- Psalms 27:8 ὑπερασπιστής The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.
- Psalms 30:3 ὑπερασπιστής For you are my strength and my refuge; and you shall guide me for your name's sake, and maintain me.
- Psalms 30:5 ὑπερασπιστής Into your hands I will commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
- Psalms 32:20 ὑπερασπιστής Our soul waits on the Lord; for he is our helper and defender.
- Psalms 36:39 ὑπερασπιστής But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of affliction.
- Psalms 39:18 ὑπερασπιστής
- Psalms 58:12 ὑπερασπιστής For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.
- Psalms 70:3 ὑπερασπιστής Be to me a protecting God, and a strong hold to save me: for you are my fortress and my refuge.
- Psalms 83:10 ὑπερασπιστής For one day in your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.
- Psalms 113:17 ὑπερασπιστής
- Psalms 113:18 ὑπερασπιστής
- Psalms 113:19 ὑπερασπιστής
- Psalms 143:2 ὑπερασπιστής My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me.
About this word
About this word
ὑπερασπιστής (hyperaspistḗs), “protector, defender,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 19 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →