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overflowing

Meaning of “overflowing”

Spreading over, as a fluid; inundating; running over the brim or banks.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
11 occurrences11 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 28:11

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Isaiah 28:2
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:2 · retained source text

Behold, the LORD hath a mightie and strong one, which as a tempest of haile and a destroying storme, as a flood of mightie waters ouerflowing, shall cast downe to the earth with the hand.

Isaiah 28:15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:15 · retained source text

Because ye haue said, Wee haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement, when the ouerflowing scourge shall passe thorow, it shall not come vnto vs: for wee haue made lies our refuge, and vnder falsehood haue we hid our selues:

Isaiah 28:18
¶ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 28:18 · retained source text

¶ And your couenant with death shalbe disanulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the ouerflowing scourge shall passe thorough, then yee shalbe troden downe by it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a treading downe to it.

Isaiah 30:28
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 30:28 · retained source text

And his breath as an ouerflowing streame, shall reach to the midst of the necke, to sift the nations with the sieue of vanitie: and there shalbe a bridle in the iawes of the people causing them to erre.

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Spreading over, as a fluid; inundating; running over the brim or banks.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 237