Genesis 49:4
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
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Excel
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1 Corinthians 14:12
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
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περισσεύω
perisseúō · per-is-syoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel
Strong's KJV usage: :--(make, more) abound, (have, have more) abundance (be more) abundant, be the better, enough and to spare, exceed, excel, increase, be left, redound, remain (over and above).
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Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 14:12Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 14:12
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gibbôwr · ghib-bore'
1 times translated as this KJV form158 total Strong's occurrences
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
Strong's KJV usage: champion, chief, × excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Strong's first: Psalms 103:20Strong's last: Psalms 103:20
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yâthar · yaw-thar'
1 times translated as this KJV form107 total Strong's occurrences
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
Strong's KJV usage: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
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Strong's first: Genesis 49:4Strong's last: Genesis 49:4
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nâtsach · naw-tsakh'
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent
Strong's KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
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Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 15:21Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 15:21
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Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
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excel
EXCEL', verb transitive [Latin excello, the root of which, cello, is not in use.
1. To go beyond; to exceed; to surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo.
EXCELling others, these were great;
Thou greater still, must these excel
Many daughters have done virtuously, but
thou excellest them all. Proverbs 31:29.
2. To exceed or go beyond in bad qualities or deeds.
3. To exceed; to surpass.
EXCEL', verb intransitive To have good qualities, or to perform meritorious actions, in an unusual degree; to be eminent, illustrious or distinguished.
Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength. Psalms 103:20.
We say, to excel in mathematics; to excel in painting; to excel in heroic achievements.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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