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overpass

Meaning of “overpass”

Go beyond or exceed.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Jeremiah 5:28

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The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:28 · retained source text

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea they ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they iudge not the cause, the cause of the fatherlesse, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy doe they not iudge.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 32.15.

1611 marginal noteIsai.1.23. zac. 7.10.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

1. To cross; to go over. 2. To overlook; to pass without regard. 3. To omit, as in reckoning. 4. To omit; not to receive or include.

volume 2, leaf 238, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 110)