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exceeding

Meaning of “exceeding”

Very great, abundant, intense, extensive, or beyond ordinary measure or degree; exceedingly.

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:1

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Daniel 7:19
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
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Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diuerse from al the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of yron, and his nailes of brasse, which deuoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feete,

1611 marginal noteCald. from all those.

Daniel 8:9
And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
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And out of one of them came forth a litle horne, which waxed exceeding great, toward the South, and toward the East, and toward the pleasant land.

1611 marginal notePsal.48. 2 ezek.20.6.

Jonah 3:3
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
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So Ionah arose and went vnto Nineueh, according to the word of the LORD: now Nineueh was an exceeding great citie of three dayes iourney.

1611 marginal noteHeb. of God.

Jonah 4:6
And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
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And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadow ouer his head, to deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

1611 marginal noteOr, palmecrist. Heb. Kikaion.

1611 marginal noteHeb. reioyced with great ioy.

Matthew 2:10
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
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When they saw the Starre, they reioyced with exceeding great ioy.

Matthew 2:16
¶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
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¶ Then Herode, when hee saw that hee was mocked of the Wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slewe all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeeres olde and vnder, according to the time, which he had diligently enquired of the Wise men.

Matthew 4:8
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
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Againe the Deuill taketh him vp into an exceeding high mountaine, and sheweth him all the kingdomes of the world, and the glory of them:

Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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Reioyce, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heauen: For so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.

Matthew 8:28
¶ And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
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¶ And when hee was come to the other side, into the countrey of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with deuils, comming out of the tombes, exceeding fierce, so that no man might passe by that way.

1611 marginal noteMarke 5.1. luk. 8.16.

Matthew 17:23
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
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And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised againe: And they were exceeding sorie.

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