1. (a.) Overpowering; subduing; repressing.

2. (a.) Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.

Balaam
... All sin is thus the overbearing of conscience, or the sophistication of conscience,
and all sin is the incurring voluntarily of consequences which at the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/balaam.htm

Impressive Phrases
... aptitude, capacity, efficiency, and power. arbitrary, dictatorial, domineering,
and imperious [imperious = arrogantly domineering or overbearing]. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section iv impressive phrases.htm

"Go Forward on Your Knees"
... teacher. He was a man of high degree, equal to the Western MA, and was one
of the proudest and most overbearing of Confucian scholars. ...
/.../goforth/how i know god answers prayer/iii go forward on your.htm

Hebrews ix. 5-Jan
... He even submits to do things fit for slaves, flattering those whom he ought not;
again he is overbearing where he ought not to be, being inconsistent in every ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xv hebrews ix 5-jan.htm

The Mother of Xerxes.
... A king or an emperor could have more palaces, more money, and more wives than other
men; and if he was of an overbearing or ambitious spirit, he could march ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter i the mother of.htm

The Last Interview of Paul with the Elders of Ephesus.
... and possessed of great natural talents, and of miraculous p6wers, he was not elated
with an idea of his superiority, nor haughty and overbearing in his ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xxiv the last interview.htm

The Kingdom of all Israel.
... widows to wife, he offered to come to terms with David, but in leaving the place
of meeting, he was treacherously killed by David's overbearing nephew, Joab ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson vi the kingdom of.htm

Again the Jews Asked Mary and Joseph a Third Time to Coax Him to ...
... And Joseph and Mary, fearing the people, and the overbearing of the princes, and
the threats of the priests, led Him again to school, knowing that He could ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of pseudo-matthew/chapter 39 again the jews.htm

Now, and Then
... If we forget it, our sympathies are soon dried up, our temper is apt to get churlish,
our opinions may be rather overbearing, and our selfishness very repulsive ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/now and then.htm

Eutyches is Indignant
... They consisted in loud and overbearing reiteration of assertions, supported by flimsy
sophisms which had been over and over again refuted; in boundless ...
/.../chapter xxix eutyches is indignant.htm

Overbearing (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial;
insolent. Multi-Version Concordance Overbearing (7 Occurrences). ...
/o/overbearing.htm - 8k

Imperious (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Commanding; domineering; overbearing; ascendant;
imperial; lordly; majestic. 2. (a.) Haughty; arrogant ...
/i/imperious.htm - 7k

Overweening (3 Occurrences)
... Overweening (3 Occurrences). Proverbs 21:24 A proud and haughty man, scorner is
his name, even he that dealeth in overbearing pride. (See NIV). ...
/o/overweening.htm - 7k

Overbearingly (1 Occurrence)

/o/overbearingly.htm - 6k

Over-anxious (6 Occurrences)
Over-anxious. Overall, Over-anxious. Overbearing . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(WEY). Overall, Over-anxious. Overbearing . Reference Bible.
/o/over-anxious.htm - 8k

Insolent (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Presumptuous; insulting; haughty, contemptuous or brutal in behavior or
language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as ...
/i/insolent.htm - 11k

Insolence (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous
and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence. ...
/i/insolence.htm - 10k

Dictation (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner;
authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation. ...
/d/dictation.htm - 8k

Domineering (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Domineer. 2. (a.) Ruling arrogantly;
overbearing. Multi-Version Concordance Domineering (2 Occurrences). ...
/d/domineering.htm - 7k

Arrogance (30 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims
in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in ...
/a/arrogance.htm - 15k

Overbearing (7 Occurrences)

1 Timothy 1:13 who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing man: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.
(DBY)

Titus 1:7 for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;
(See NIV)

1 Peter 2:18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
(See RSV)

Psalms 37:35 I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but the fool behaveth overbearingly, and is confident.
(Root in JPS DBY)

Proverbs 17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.
(See JPS)

Proverbs 21:24 The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
(See JPS)

Overbearing

Imperious (1 Occurrence)

Overweening (3 Occurrences)

Overbearingly (1 Occurrence)

Over-anxious (6 Occurrences)

Insolent (16 Occurrences)

Insolence (11 Occurrences)

Dictation (5 Occurrences)

Domineering (2 Occurrences)

Arrogance (30 Occurrences)

Shewn (46 Occurrences)

Haughty (35 Occurrences)

Ananias (11 Occurrences)

Becoming (75 Occurrences)

Sadducees (14 Occurrences)

Apostle (25 Occurrences)

John (154 Occurrences)

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