to lift up
hupsoo describes raising someone or something upward, including exaltation after humility and the lifting up of the Son of Man.
The prevailing use concerns exaltation or elevation: God raises the lowly, humbles the self-exalting, and grants honor or standing to those who humble themselves. A distinct set of sayings depicts upward lifting in the comparison of Moses and the serpent and in statements about the Son of Man.
Senses in use
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Exalt or raise to an elevated standing · dominant
In Luke 1:52 the APB renders the clause "has lifted up the lowly," while Luke 14:11 and Luke 18:14 contrast the person exalting himself with the humbled person who will be exalted. In Acts 5:31, God exalts Jesus "to his right hand," and 1 Peter 5:6 connects humility under God's hand with being exalted "at the proper time."
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Lift upward in the Son of Man sayings · common
John 3:14 sets Moses lifting up the serpent beside the necessity that the Son of Man be lifted up. In John 12:32 the first-person aorist passive subjunctive occurs in the clause the APB renders "when I am lifted up from the earth," and John 8:28 speaks of others lifting up the Son of Man.
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Be raised up in a contrasting outcome · occasional
Matthew 11:23 and Luke 10:15 address Capernaum with a future passive form and contrast being lifted up to heaven with being brought or descending down to Hades. Acts 13:17 uses an active aorist indicative where the APB says God "raised up the people" during their sojourn in Egypt.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses "exalted," "lifted up," and "raised up" in these verses. Those renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than assigning a separate English equivalent to each form.