Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
6 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “above” →
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)
For great is the LORD , and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
Thine, O LORD , is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD , and thou art exalted as head above all.
