Word Study · Strong's G401 · Greek

ἀνάχυσις

anachysis

an-akh'-oo-sis

Strong's 1890 spelling: anáchysis

“properly, effusion, i.e. (figuratively) license”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, effusion, i.e. (figuratively) license

Rendered in the KJV as

excess.

1
occurrencein the New Testament
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New Testament bookswhere the word stands
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inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 1 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

ἀνάχυσιν1

How it is rendered · 1

overflow1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1

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The ledger of occurrences

1 Peter1 occurrence

1 Peter 4:4ἀνάχυσινanachusinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBecause of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.here: overflow

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