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2.
$
(
"
, 2626), “to inundate, deluge” (
, “down,”
$
, “to
wash” or “dash over,” said, e.g., of the sea), is used in the passive voice in 2 Pet. 3:6, of
the Flood.¶
B. Noun.
(
$ &
, 4050) is translated “overflowing” in Jas. 1:21,
RV
. See
ABUNDANCE
, A, No. 2.
OVERLAY
$
(
$
"
, 4028) denotes “to cover around, cover up or over”; it is
translated “overlaid” in Heb. 9:4. See
BLINDFOLD
,
COVER
.
OVERLOOK
$
(
% $ &
, 5237), “to overlook” (an aorist form), is med in Acts 17:30,
RV
(
KJV
, “winked at”), i.e., God bore with them without interposing by way of
punishment, though the debasing tendencies of idolatry necessarily developed
themselves.¶
OVERMUCH
(
$
$
, 4055), the comparative degree of
, “abundant,” is
translated “overmuch” in 2 Cor. 2:7. See
ABUNDANCE
, C, No. 2.
Notes:
(1) In 2 Cor. 10:14,
RV
, the verb
$
, “to stretch out over,” is
translated “we stretch (not ourselves) overmuch” (
KJV
, “… beyond
$
$
”). See
STRETCH
.¶ (2) In 2 Cor. 12:7 (twice),
RV
,
$
, in the middle voice, “to uplift
oneself,” is translated “I should (not) be exalted overmuch,”
KJV
, “… above measure.”
See
EXALT
.
OVERRIPE
@
(
$ &
, 3583) denotes “to dry up, wither,” translated in Rev. 14:15,
“overripe,”
RV
(
KJV
, “ripe”), said figuratively of the harvest of the earth, symbolizing the
condition of the world, political, especially connected with Israel (Joel 3:9, 14), and
religious, comprehensive of the whole scene of Christendom (Matt. 13:38). See
DRY
.
For
OVERSEER
see
BISHOP
OVERSHADOW
1.
(
#
1
, 1982), “to throw a shadow upon” ( , “over,”
, “a
shadow”), “to overshadow,” is used (a) of the bright cloud at the Transfiguration, Matt.
17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:34; (b) metaphorically of the power of “the Most High” upon the
Virgin Mary, Luke 1:35; (c) of the apostle Peter’s shadow upon the sick, Acts 5:15.¶
2.
(
1
, 2683), lit., “to shadow down,” is used of the
“overshadowing” (
RV
) of the cherubim of glory above the mercy seat, Heb. 9:5 (
KJV
,
“shadowing”).¶
OVERSIGHT (exercise, take)
(
#
!
, 1983), lit., “to look upon” ( , “upon,”
, “to look at,
contemplate”), is found in 1 Pet. 5:2 (some ancient authorities omit it), “exercising the
oversight,”
RV
(
KJV
, “taking …”); “exercising” is the right rendering; the word does not