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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

Greek

5246. huperogkos -- of excessive weight or size
... of excessive weight or size. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: huperogkos
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er'-ong-kos) Short Definition: immoderate, boastful ...
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4053. perissos -- abundant
... perissos Phonetic Spelling: (per-is-sos') Short Definition: abundant, greater,
vehemently, advantage Definition: more, greater, excessive, abundant, exceedingly ...
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3630. oinopotes -- a wine drinker
... a wine drinker. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: oinopotes Phonetic
Spelling: (oy-nop-ot'-ace) Short Definition: an excessive wine-drinker ...
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4970. sphodra -- very much
... Word Origin adverb from sphodros (excessive, violent) Definition very much NASB
Word Usage deeply (3), exceedingly (1), extremely (3), greatly (1), very (2). ...
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335. anaideia -- shamelessness
... embarrassment") is the shamelessness a has who is not be halted by human fears --
even when others cry "overdone" (ie accuse them of being extreme or excessive ...
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3975. pachuno -- to thicken, to fatten, fig. to make dull
... unfeeling. 3975 (from , "thick") -- properly, (with excessive fat); (figuratively)
having an insensitive heart, ie unfeeling (obtuse). ...
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810. asotia -- unsavedness, ie wastefulness
... 810 (from 1 "without" and 4982 , "save") -- properly, what can't be saved (waste);
(figuratively) , spiritual due to excessive behavior and the it brings. ...
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5172. truphe -- softness, daintiness, luxuriousness
... 5172 (from , "to break down due to over-indulgence, ie living in excessive luxury") --
properly, brought on by self-indulgence (luxury); (figuratively) moral ...
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1169. deilos -- cowardly, fearful
... 1169 ("fearful of losses") refers to an excessive fear (dread) of "losing," causing
someone to be fainthearted (cowardly) -- hence, to fall short in following ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3854. lahag -- study, devotion (to books)
... devotion. Word Origin from an unused word Definition study, devotion (to
books) NASB Word Usage excessive devotion (1). study. From ...
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3966. meod -- muchness, force, abundance
... 1), closely (1), diligent (1), diligently (3), enough (1), especially (1), exceeding
(1), exceedingly (14), exceedingly* (3), excessive (1), extremely* (1 ...
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Library

On Excessive Fasts and vigils.
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XVII. On excessive fasts and
vigils. For I remember that I had so often resisted the ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xvii on excessive fasts.htm

Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments.
... The Instructor: Book II. Chapter XIII"Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels
and Gold Ornaments. It is childish to admire excessively ...
/.../the instructor paedagogus/chapter xiiiagainst excessive fondness for.htm

Of the Excessive Desire of Possession among Us.
... Prolegomena. Chapter XV. Of the excessive desire of possession among us.
To this what shall we wretched creatures say, who though ...
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Of Daring [*Excessive Daring or Foolhardiness] (Two Articles)
... OF DARING [*Excessive daring or foolhardiness] (TWO ARTICLES). We must now consider
daring; and under this head there are two points of inquiry: ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/of daring excessive daring or.htm

Letter ix. --On Excessive Fervour.
... ON THE OBSTACLES TO ABANDONMENT. Letter IX."On Excessive Fervour. To Sister
Marie-Thérèse de Vioménil. On excessive fervour of good desires. ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter ix on excessive fervour.htm

Chrysostom -- Excessive Grief at the Death of Friends
... CHRYSOSTOM " EXCESSIVE GRIEF AT THE DEATH OF FRIENDS. EXCESSIVE GRIEF AT THE DEATH
OF FRIENDS. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. ... EXCESSIVE GRIEF AT THE DEATH OF FRIENDS. ...
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But Our Rites are New; Yours are Ancient, and of Excessive ...
... Book II. 71 But our rites are new; yours are ancient, and of excessive
antiquity� But our rites are [3886] new; yours are ancient ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/71 but our rites are.htm

We must Observe a Right Standard Between Too Great Mildness and ...
... Book II. Chapter XXII. We must observe a right standard between too great
mildness and excessive harshness.� We must observe a ...
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A Proper Seeking after Divine Knowledge, which Will Never be Out ...
... Chapter XII."A Proper Seeking After Divine Knowledge, Which Will Never Be Out
of Place or Excessive, is Always Within the Rule of Faith. ...
/.../the prescription against heretics/chapter xii a proper seeking after.htm

That He was Derided Because of his Excessive Clemency.
... Book IV. Chapter XXXI."That he was derided because of his Excessive Clemency.
Meantime, since there was no fear of capital punishment ...
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Thesaurus

Excessive (12 Occurrences)
...Excessive (12 Occurrences). ... And trembling and excessive amazement possessed them,
and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid. (DBY). ...
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Overcharge (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (vi) To make excessive charges. 6. (n.) An excessive load or burden. 7. (n.)
An excessive charge in an account. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. OVERCHARGE. ...
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Intemperance (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Excessive indulgence of an appetite or a passion;
excessive consumption of alcohol. 2. (n.) Specifically ...
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Superstition (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which
is unknown or mysterious. ... 5. (n.) Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness. ...
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Drunkenness (10 Occurrences)
... I. Its Prevalance. The Bible affords ample proof that excessive drinking of intoxicants
was a common vice among the Hebrews, as among other ancient peoples. ...
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Over (11971 Occurrences)
... 15. (adv.) Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously;
with repetition; as, to do the whole work over. 16. ...
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Outrage (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation
of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. ...
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Inordinate (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds;
irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world. Int. ...
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Ecstasy (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Excessive joy or enthusiasm; rapture;
enthusiastic delight. 2. (n.) The state of being beside ...
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Debauchery (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence
of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Bible Concordance

Excessive (12 Occurrences)

Mark 4:19 but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.
(WEY)

Mark 16:8 And they went out, and fled from the sepulchre. And trembling and excessive amazement possessed them, and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.
(DBY)

2 Corinthians 2:7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
(WEB DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 18:3 For all the nations have drunk the wine of the anger provoked by her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through her excessive luxury."
(WEY NIV)

2 Chronicles 16:12 And Asa is diseased -- in the thirty and ninth year of his reign -- in his feet, till his disease is excessive, and also in his disease he hath not sought Jehovah, but among physicians.
(YLT)

Proverbs 28:8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
(WEB)

Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 16:6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 18:8 he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 18:13 has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 18:17 who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 22:12 In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Excessive

Related Terms

Overcharge (1 Occurrence)

Intemperance (1 Occurrence)

Superstition (1 Occurrence)

Drunkenness (10 Occurrences)

Over (11971 Occurrences)

Outrage (3 Occurrences)

Inordinate (2 Occurrences)

Ecstasy (3 Occurrences)

Debauchery (9 Occurrences)