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4.
$
(
% $ )
, 5236), lit., “a throwing beyond” (
$
, “over,”
, “to
throw”), denotes “excellence, exceeding greatness,” of the power of God in His servants,
2 Cor. 4:7; of the revelations given to Paul, 12:7; with the preposition
, the phrase
signifies “exceeding,” Rom. 7:13; “still more excellent,” 1 Cor. 12:31; “exceedingly,” 2
Cor. 1:8; “beyond measure,” Gal. 1:13; and, in a more extended phrase, “more and more
exceedingly,” 2 Cor. 4:17. See
EXCELLENCY
,
EXCELLENT
,
MEASURE
.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
$
(
$ "
, 4052), akin to A, Nos. 2 and 3, is used intransitively (a) “of
exceeding a certain number, or measure, to be over, to remain,” of the fragments after
feeding the multitude (cf.
$
), Luke 9:17; John 6:12-13; “to exist in abundance”;
as of wealth, Luke 12:15; 21:4; of food, 15:17. In this sense it is used also of consolation,
2 Cor. 1:5, of the effect of a gift sent to meet the need of saints, 2 Cor. 9:12; of rejoicing,
Phil. 1:26; of what comes or falls to the lot of a person in large measure, as of the grace
of God and the gift by the grace of Christ, Rom. 5:15, of the sufferings of Christ, 2 Cor.
1:5. In Mark 12:44 and Luke 21:4, the
RV
has “superfluity.”
(b) “to redound to, or to turn out abundantly for something,” as of the liberal effects
of poverty, 2 Cor. 8:2; in Rom. 3:7, argumentatively of the effects of the truth of God, as
to whether God’s truthfulness becomes more conspicuous and His glory is increased
through man’s untruthfulness; of numerical increase, Acts 16:5.
(c) “to be abundantly furnished, to abound in a thing,” as of material benefits, Luke
12:15; Phil. 4:18 of spiritual gifts; 1 Cor. 14:12, or “to be pre-eminent, to excel, to be
morally better off,” as regards partaking of certain meats; 1 Cor. 8:8, “are we the better”,
“to abound” in hope, Rom. 15:13; the work of the Lord, 1 Cor. 15:58; faith and grace, 2
Cor. 8:7; thanksgiving, Col. 2:7; walking so as to please God, Phil. 1:9; 1 Thess. 4:1, 10;
of righteousness, Matt. 5:20; of the Gospel, as the ministration of righteousness 2 Cor.
3:9, “exceed.”
It is used transitively, in the sense of “to make to abound,” e.g., to provide a person
richly so that he has “abundance,” as of spiritual truth, Matt. 13:12; the right use of what
God has entrusted to us, 25:29; the power of God in conferring grace, 2 Cor. 9:8; Eph.
1:8; to “make abundant” or to cause to excel, as of the effect of grace in regard to
thanksgiving, 2 Cor. 4:15; His power to make us “to abound” in love, 1 Thess. 3:12. See
BETTER
,
ENOUGH
,
EXCEED
,
EXCEL
,
INCREASE
,
REDOUND
,
REMAIN
.¶
2.
$
$
(
% $ $ "
, 5248), a strengthened form of No. 1, signifies “to
abound exceedingly,” Rom. 5:20, of the operation of grace; 2 Cor. 7:4, in the middle
voice, of the apostle’s joy in the saints. See
JOYFUL
.¶
3.
(
1
, 4121), from
, or
, “more” (greater in quantity),
akin to
, “to fill,” signifies, (a) intransitively, “to superabound,” of a trespass or sin,
Rom. 5:20; of grace, Rom. 6:1; 2 Cor. 4:15; of spiritual fruit, Phil. 4:17; of love, 2 Thess.
1:3; of various fruits, 2 Pet. 1:8; of the gathering of the manna, 2 Cor. 8:15, “had …
over”; (b) transitively, “to make to increase,” 1 Thess. 3:12. See
INCREASE
,
OVER
.¶
4.
$
(
% $
1
, 5250), a strengthened form of No. 3, signifying
“to abound exceedingly,” is used in 1 Tim. 1:14, of the grace of God.¶