KJV dictionary & concordance
To go beyond a limit or surpass something else.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 25:3
Complete exact-word concordance
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Fourtie stripes he may giue him, and not exceed: lest if he should exceede, and beate him aboue these, with many stripes, then thy brother should seeme vile vnto thee.
1611 marginal note2.Cor. 11.24.
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
For I say vnto you, That except your righteousnesse shall exceede the righteousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisees, yee shall in no case enter into the kingdome of heauen.
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
For if the ministration of condemnation bee glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousnesse exceed in glorie.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To be excessive.
