KJV dictionary & concordance

overtake

Meaning of “overtake”

To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress or motion; to catch. To come upon; to fall on afterwards. To take by surprise.

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17 occurrences16 verses11 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 44:4

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Every verse containing “overtake”

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Jeremiah 42:16

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Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:16 · retained source text

Then it shall come to passe, that the sword which yee feared, shall ouertake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine whereof yee were afraid, shall follow close after you in Egypt, and there ye shall die.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shall cleaue after you.

Hosea 2:7

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And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

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1611 witness · Hosea 2:7 · retained source text

And she shall follow after her louers, but she shall not ouertake them, and she shall seeke them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will goe and returne to my first husband, for then was it better with me then now.

Hosea 10:9

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O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

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1611 witness · Hosea 10:9 · retained source text

O Israel, thou hast sinned from the dayes of Gibeah: there they stood: the battell in Gibeah against the children of iniquitie did not ouertake them.

Amos 9:10

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All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

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1611 witness · Amos 9:10 · retained source text

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say: The euill shall not ouertake nor preuent vs.

Amos 9:13

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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

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1611 witness · Amos 9:13 · retained source text

Behold, the daies come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall ouertake the reaper, & the treader of grapes him that soweth seede, and the mountaines shall drop sweete wine, and all the hils shall melt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. draweth forth.

1611 marginal noteOr, new wine.

1611 marginal noteIoel.3.18.