ὑπάρχω; imperfect 
ὑπῆρχον; 
1. properly, 
to begin below, to make a beginning; universally, 
to begin; (
Homer, 
Aeschylus, 
Herodotus, and following). 
2. to come forth, hence, 
to be there, be ready, be at hand (
Aeschylus, 
Herodotus, 
Pindar, and following): universally, and simply, 
Acts 19:40 (cf. 
Buttmann, § 151, 29 note); 
Acts 27:12, 
21; 
ἐν τίνι, to be found in one, 
Acts 28:18; with a dative of the person 
ὑπάρχει μοι τί, 
something is mine, I have something: 
Acts 3:6; 
Acts 4:37; 
Acts 28:7; 
2 Peter 1:8 (where Lachmann 
παρόντα; Sir. 20:16; 
Proverbs 17:17; 
Job 2:4, etc.); 
τά ὑπάρχοντα τίνι, one's substance, one's property, 
Luke 8:3; 
Luke 12:15 L text 
T Tr WH; 
Acts 4:32 (
Genesis 31:18; Tobit 4:8; Dio C. 38, 40); also 
τά ὑπάρχοντα τίνος, 
Matthew 19:21; 
Matthew 24:47; 
Matthew 25:14; 
Luke 11:21; 
Luke 12:15 R G L marginal reading, 33, 44 (here 
L marginal reading 
Tr marginal reading the dative); 
Luke 14:33; 
16:1; 
19:8; 
1 Corinthians 13:3; 
Hebrews 10:34 (often in the 
Sept. for 
מִקְנֶה, 
רְכוּשׁ, 
נְכָסִים; Sir. 41:1; Tobit 1:20, etc.; 
τά ἰδίᾳ ὑπαρξοντα, 
Polybius 4,3, 1). 
3. to be, with a predicate nominative (as often in Attic) (cf. 
Buttmann, § 144, 14, 15 a., 18; 
Winer's Grammar, 350 (328)): as 
ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς ὑπῆρχεν, 
Luke 8:41; add, 
Luke 9:48; 
Acts 7:55; 
Acts 8:16; 
Acts 16:3; 
Acts 19:36; 
Acts 21:20; 
1 Corinthians 7:26; 
1 Corinthians 12:22; 
James 2:15; 
2 Peter 3:11; the participle with a predicate nominative, 
being i. e. who is etc., since or although he etc. is: 
Luke 16:14; 
Luke 23:50; 
Acts 2:30; 
Acts 3:2; 
Acts 14:8 Rec.; 
Acts 17:24; (
Acts 22:3); 
Romans 4:19; 
1 Corinthians 11:7; 
2 Corinthians 8:17; 
2 Corinthians 12:16; 
Galatians 1:14; 
Galatians 2:14; plural, 
Luke 11:13; 
Acts 16:20, 
37; 
Acts 17:29; 
2 Peter 2:19. 
ὑπάρχειν followed by 
ἐν with a dative of the thing, 
to be contained in, Acts 10:12; 
to be in a place, 
Philippians 3:20; in some state, 
Luke 16:23; 
ἐν τῇ ἐξουσία τίνος, to be left in one's power or disposal, 
Acts 5:4; 
ἐν ἱματισμῷ ἐνδόξῳ καί τρυφή, to be gorgeously apparelled and to live delicately, 
Luke 7:25; 
ἐν μορφή Θεοῦ ὑπάρχειν, to be in the form of God (see 
μορφή), 
Philippians 2:6 (here 
R. V. marginal reading Gr. 
being originally (?; yet cf. 
1 Corinthians 11:7)); followed by 
ἐν with a dative plural of the person, 
among, Acts 4:34 R G; 
1 Corinthians 11:18. 
μακράν ἀπό ἑνός... 
ὑπάρχοντα, 
Acts 17:27; 
πρός τῆς σωτηρίας, to be conducive to safety, 
Acts 27:34. (Compare: 
προϋπάρχω.) 
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