KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of overwhelm, meaning to overpower or bear down.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Psalms 55:5
Complete exact-word concordance
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon me, and horrour hath ouerwhelmed me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. couered me.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
From the end of the earth wil I cry vnto thee, when my heart is ouerwhelmed: leade me to the rocke, that is higher then I.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
I remembred God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was ouerwhelmed. Selah.
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea ouerwhelmed their enemies.
1611 marginal noteHeb. couered.
1611 marginal noteExod.14.27. & 15.10.
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Then the waters had ouerwhelmed vs; the streame had gone ouer our soule.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
When my spirit was ouerwhelmed within mee, then thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily laid a snare for me.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Therefore is my spirit ouerwhelmed within me: my heart within me is desolate.
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