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Overflow, Overflowing
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"to abound more exceedingly," Romans 5:20 , is used in the Middle Voice in 2 Corinthians 7:4 , RV, "I overflow (with joy)," AV, "I am exceeding (joyful)." See ABUNDANCE , B, No. 2.
"to inundate, deluge" (kata, "down," kluzo, "to wash" or "dash over," said, e.g., of the sea), is used in the Passive Voice in 2 Peter 3:6 , of the Flood.
is translated "overflowing" in James 1:21 , RV. See ABUNDANCE , A, No. 2.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Overflow, Overflowing'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​o/overflow-overflowing.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Overflow, Overflowing'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​o/overflow-overflowing.html. 1940.