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lit., "to stand before," hence "to lead, to direct, attend to," is translated "rule," with reference to the family, in 1 Timothy 3:4,5,12; with reference to the church, in Romans 12:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 , "are over;" 1 Timothy 5:17 , In Titus 3:8,14 , it signifies "to maintain." See MAINTAIN.
used intransitively, signifies "to abound, to superabound;" in 2 Corinthians 8:15 it is used with the negative ou, "had nothing over," lit., "had not more" (pleon, the comparative degree of polus, "much").
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Over'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​o/over.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Over'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​o/over.html. 1940.