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overflow

Meaning of “overflow”

1. To flow or rise beyond bounds so as to cover or pass over. 2. Figuratively, to spread or advance beyond bounds, or to abound.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
13 occurrences13 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 11:4

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Joel 2:24
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 2:24 · retained source text

And the floores shall bee full of wheate, and the fats shall ouerflowe with wine and oyle.

Joel 3:13
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
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1611 witness · Joel 3:13 · retained source text

Put ye in the sickle, for the haruest is ripe, come, get you downe, for the presse is full, the fats ouerflowe, for the wickednesse is great.

1611 marginal noteReue.14.15.

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