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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77534" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77534" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ἀκρασία''''' ''' (Strong'S #192 — Noun [[Feminine]] — akrasia — ak-ras-ee'-a ) </div> <p> lit. denotes "want of strength" (a negative, kratos, "strength"), hence, "want of self-control, incontinence," Matthew 23:25 , "excess;" 1—Corinthians 7:5 , "incontinency." Cp. akrates, "powerless, incontinent," 2—Timothy 3:3 , RV, "without self-control." </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ἀνάχυσις''''' ''' (Strong'S #401 — Noun Feminine — anachusis — an-akh'-oo-sis ) </div> <p> lit., "a pouring out, overflowing" (akin to anacheo, "to pour out"), is used metaphorically in 1—Peter 4:4 , "excess," said of the riotous conduct described in ver. 3. </p> Ephesians 5:18 Titus 1:6 1—Peter 4:4Riot. Luke 15:13 1—Peter 4:3 | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59824" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59824" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> EXCESS', n. L. excessus, from excedo. See Exceed. </p> 1. Literally, that which exceeds any measure or limit, or which exceeds something else, or a going beyond a just line or point. Hence, superfluity that which is beyond necessity or wants as an excess of provisions excess of light. 2. That which is beyond the common measure, proportion, or due quantity as the excess of a limb the excess of bile in the system. 3. Super abundance of any thing. 4. Any transgression of due limits. 5. In morals, any indulgence of appetite, passion or exertion, beyond the rules of God's word, or beyond any rule of propriety intemperance in gratifications as excess in eating or drinking excess of joy excess of grief excess of love, or of anger excess of labor. 6. In arithmetic and geometry, the difference between any two unequal numbers or quantities that which remains when the lesser number or quantity is taken from the greater. | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119448" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119448" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:48, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
lit. denotes "want of strength" (a negative, kratos, "strength"), hence, "want of self-control, incontinence," Matthew 23:25 , "excess;" 1—Corinthians 7:5 , "incontinency." Cp. akrates, "powerless, incontinent," 2—Timothy 3:3 , RV, "without self-control."
lit., "a pouring out, overflowing" (akin to anacheo, "to pour out"), is used metaphorically in 1—Peter 4:4 , "excess," said of the riotous conduct described in ver. 3.
Ephesians 5:18 Titus 1:6 1—Peter 4:4Riot. Luke 15:13 1—Peter 4:3
King James Dictionary [2]
EXCESS', n. L. excessus, from excedo. See Exceed.
1. Literally, that which exceeds any measure or limit, or which exceeds something else, or a going beyond a just line or point. Hence, superfluity that which is beyond necessity or wants as an excess of provisions excess of light. 2. That which is beyond the common measure, proportion, or due quantity as the excess of a limb the excess of bile in the system. 3. Super abundance of any thing. 4. Any transgression of due limits. 5. In morals, any indulgence of appetite, passion or exertion, beyond the rules of God's word, or beyond any rule of propriety intemperance in gratifications as excess in eating or drinking excess of joy excess of grief excess of love, or of anger excess of labor. 6. In arithmetic and geometry, the difference between any two unequal numbers or quantities that which remains when the lesser number or quantity is taken from the greater.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
(2): ( n.) The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
(3): ( n.) The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
