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27:54,
RV
, “exceedingly” for
KJV
, “greatly”; Mark 16:4, “very”; Luke 18:23 (ditto); Acts
6:7,
RV
, “exceedingly,” for
KJV
, greatly; Rev. 16:21. See
GREATLY
,
SORE
,
VERY
.¶
3.
(
$
, 4971), “exceedingly” (see No. 2), is used in Acts 27:18.¶
4.
(
$
, 4057) is used in Matt. 27:23,
RV
, “exceedingly,” for
KJV
, “the
more”; Mark 10:26,
RV
, “exceedingly,” for
KJV
, “out of measure”; in Acts 26:11,
“exceedingly.” In Mark 15:14, the most authentic mss. have this word (
RV
,
“exceedingly”) for No. 5 (
KJV
, “the more exceedingly”) See
MORE
.¶
5.
(
$
!$
, 4056), the comparative degree of No. 4, “abundantly,
exceedingly” (akin to A, No. 2), Gal. 1:14, “more exceedingly”; 1 Thess. 2:17,
RV
, “the
more exceedingly,” for
KJV
, “the more abundantly; see
ABUNDANCE
, D, No. 2.
6.
$
$
(
$
, 5528 and
$
, 1537 and
$
, 4053) denotes
“superabundantly” (
$
, “over,” , “from,”
, “abundant”); in 1 Thess. 3:10,
“exceedingly”; Eph. 3:20, “exceeding abundantly.”¶ Another form,
$
(
$
, “and” and No. 4), is used in 1 Thess. 5:13 (in the best mss.), “exceeding
highly.Ӧ Cf. the verb
$
$
, “to abound more exceedingly,” Rom. 5:21; in 2
Cor. 7:4, “I overflow (with joy),”
RV
, for
KJV
, “I am exceeding (joyful).” See
ABUNDANT
,
D, No. 2.
Notes:
(1) In Acts 7:20, the phrase “exceeding fair” (
) is, lit., “fair to God” (see
marg.). (2) In Matt. 26:7,
$
(
$
, “weighty,”
“value”), is rendered
“exceeding precious,”
RV
, for
KJV
, “very precious.” (3) In Mark 4:41, “they feared
exceedingly” is, lit., “they feared a great fear.” See
FEAR
. (4) For other combinations of
the adverb, see
GLAD
,
GREAT
,
JOYFUL
,
SORROWFUL
,
SORRY
.
EXCEL, EXCELLENCY, EXCELLENT
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
% $ 1
, 5235), lit., “to throw over: see
EXCEED
, No. 1.
2.
$
(
$ "
, 4052), “to be over and above,” is rendered “abound in 1
Cor. 14:12,
RV
, for
KJV
, excel. See
ABUNDANCE
, B, No. 1, and
EXCEED
, A, No. 2.
3.
$
(
% $!
, 5242), lit., “to have over” (
$
, “over,”
, “to have”), is
translated “excellency” in Phil. 3:8, “the surpassingness” (Moule); the phrase could be
translated “the surpassing thing, which consists in the knowledge of Christ Jesus,” and
this is the probable meaning. This verb is used three times in Philippians, here and in 2:3;
4:7. See also Rom. 13:1; 1 Pet. 2:13. See
BETTER
, No. 4.¶
4.
(
!$
, 1308), “to differ,” is used in the neuter plural of the present
participle with the article, in Phil. 1:10, “the things that are excellent” (marg., “the things
that differ”), lit., “the excellent things.” See
DIFFER
.
B. Nouns.
1.
$
(
% $ )
, 5236), lit., “a throwing beyond,” hence, “a surpassing, an
excellence,” is translated “excellency” in 2 Cor. 4:7,
KJV
;
RV
, “exceeding greatness.” It
always betokens preeminence. It is used with
, “according to,” in the phrase