The corpus record

ὑπερασπ-ίζω

uperaspizo

cover with a shield

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Where it lives

Zacharias 2 · 4.15/10k
Machabaeorum IV 3 · 3.89/10k
Judith 3 · 3.42/10k
Proverbia 3 · 2.7/10k
Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Regnorum IV 2 · 1.16/10k
Isaias 3 · 1.14/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Genesis 1 · 0.33/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k

What it meant

ὑπερασπ-ίζω · hyperasp-izō — LSJ

cover with a shield, defend

cover with a shield, τινα Plb. 6.39.6, D.S. 17.99, D.H. 6.12, Plu. Cor. 3, Arr. Fr. 56 J., etc.; τινος Id. An. 6.28.4, LXX Ge. 15.1, al.; ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ib. 4 Ki. 19.34: metaph. c. gen., defend, Chor. 32.1 (p.345 F.-R.).

In the wild

ὑπερασπιεῖ · hyperaspiei Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 33
ὑπερασπίζω · hyperaspizō Septuaginta, Genesis 15
ὑπερασπιεῖ · hyperaspiei Septuaginta, Isaias 31
ὑπερασπιῶ · hyperaspiō Septuaginta, Isaias 37
ὑπερασπιῶ · hyperaspiō Septuaginta, Isaias 38
ὑπερασπίσῃ · hyperaspisēi Septuaginta, Judith 5

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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