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5.
$
(
"
, 4129), a lengthened form of
, “to fill,” akin to No. 3,
and to
, “a multitude,” signifies “to increase, to multiply,” and, in the passive
voice, “to be multiplied,” e.g., of iniquity, Matt. 24:12,
RV
. See
MULTIPLY
.
: & B$
, akin to A, No. 4, “to exceed, excel,” is translated “passeth” in Eph.
3:19. See also 2 Cor. 3:10 (
RV
, “surpasseth”;
KJV
, “excelleth”); 9:14, “exceeding”; Eph.
1:19; 2:7. See
EXCEED
,
EXCEL
.¶
C. Adjectives.
1.
(
$
, 4053), akin to B, No. 1, “abundant,” is translated “advantage”
in Rom. 3:1, “superfluous” in 2 Cor. 9:1. See
ADVANTAGE
,
MORE
, B, No. 2,
SUPERFLUOUS
.
2.
(
$
$
, 4055), the comparative degree of No. 1, is translated as
follows: in Matt. 11:9, and Luke 7:26,
RV
, “much more” (
KJV
, “more”); in Mark 12:40,
“greater”; in Luke 12:4, 48, “more”; in 1 Cor. 12:23-24, “more abundant”; in 2 Cor. 2:7,
“overmuch”; in 2 Cor. 10:8,
RV
, “abundantly”;
KJV
, “more.” See
GREATER
,
MORE
,
OVERMUCH
.
D. Adverbs.
1.
(
$
, 4057), corresponding to Adjective No. 1 above, is found in
Matt. 27:23,
RV
, “exceedingly,”
KJV
, “the more”; Mark 10:26,
RV
, “exceedingly,”
KJV
,
“out of measure”; 15:14; Acts 26:11, “exceedingly.” See
EXCEEDINGLY
, B, No. 4,
MEASURE
, B, No. 2,
MORE
.¶
2.
(
$
!$
, 4056), the adverbial form of No. 2, above, means
“more abundantly”; in Heb. 2:1, lit., “we ought to give heed more abundantly.” It is most
frequent in 2 Cor. In 11:23, see the
RV
. See
EARNEST
,
EXCEEDINGLY
,
RATHER
.
3.
$
(
% $ $
, 5249), a strengthened form of No. 1, signifies
“exceeding abundantly,” Mark 7:37.¶
4.
$
$
(
% !$
, 5228,
% !$
, 1537, and
% !$
, 4053), a still further
strengthened form, is translated “exceeding abundantly” in Eph. 3:20; “exceedingly” in 1
Thess. 3:10; 5:13. See
EXCEEDINGLY
.¶
: & B$
, akin to A, No. 4, denotes “above measure,” 2 Cor. 11:23.¶
5.
$
(
&
, 4146), connected with
$
, “riches,” is rendered
“abundantly,” Titus 3:6 and 2 Pet. 1:11; “richly,” Col. 3:16 and 1 Tim. 6:17. It is used of
(a) the gift of the Holy Spirit; (b) entrance into the coming kingdom; (c) the indwelling of
the Word of Christ; (d) material benefits. See
RICHLY
.¶
Notes:
(1)
4$
, “power,” is translated “abundance” in the
KJV
of Rev. 18:3 (
RV
and
KJV
marg., “power”).
(2)
8 $
, “much, many,” is rendered “abundant” in 1 Pet. 1:3,
KJV
(marg., “much”),
RV
, “great.”
(3) For the verbs
$
and
$
, see
RICH AND ENRICH
.
(4) For
$
, “wealth, riches,” and
$
, “rich,” see
RICH
.
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