Abound
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Proverbs 28:20
- Last Reference: 2 Peter 1:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Abound
ABOUND', verb intransitive. [Latin abundo. If this word is from Latin unda, a wave, the latter has probably lost its first consonant. abound may naturally be deduced from the Celtic. Latin fons, a fountain.]
1. To have or possess in great quantity; to be copiously supplied; followed by with or in; as to abound with provisions; to abound in good things.
2. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent.
Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound Romans 5:20.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Abounding
ABOUND'ING, participle present tense Having in great plenty; being in great plenty, being very prevalent; generally prevailing.
ABOUND'ING, noun Increase.