Bible Encyclopedia: Overpowering

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Greek

2616. katadunasteuo -- to exercise power over
... powerfully bringing someone (denying them the higher position or blessing they should
enjoy), ie ; to dominate (treat harshly), overpowering someone (Souter). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2616.htm - 6k

Strong's Hebrew

3202. yekel -- to be able
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to yakol Definition to be able NASB Word
Usage able (7), been able (2), could (2), overpowering (1). ...
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Library

Concerning Mar Jacob and his Companions
... 8. Three figures the Sun also, shows forth in the three quarters:"its rising is
keen and bright; its meridian strong and overpowering;"and like a torch ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xiii concerning mar jacob.htm

Summary of the First Part of the Foregoing System.
... fell, in its struggles for acceptance, beneath the apparently insuperable objections
by which it was attended; and, after all, the overpowering evidence which ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/chapter i summary of the.htm

On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
... The street in Brixton is too glowing and overpowering. He has to soothe and quiet
himself among tigers and vultures, camels and crocodiles. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xiv on certain modern writers.htm

Man's Greatness and God's Greatness.
... But this is only one aspect of the case. It looks only to time past. The same
overpowering calculations wait us when we bend our eyes on that which is to come. ...
/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/xviii mans greatness and gods.htm

The Secret Burden
... private prayer. The feeling of sin is the most personal, and poignant,
and overpowering part of your daily and hourly prayer. And ...
//christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/xxii the secret burden.htm

Sanctification.
... Few people seem to keep the fact steadily in view, that unless their bodies be rightly
managed, they will be so fierce and overpowering a source of temptation ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xlii sanctification.htm

A Sight of the Crowned Christ
... Father's right hand. The Damascus traveller sees an overpowering burst of
glory out of the blue and hears a voice speaking. In the ...
/.../quiet talks on the crowned christ of revelation/iii a sight of the crowned.htm

Mark.
... The contrast between the contemplative rest and the vigorous action is striking
and explains the overpowering effect by revealing its secret spring in the ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 81 mark.htm

God's People Delivered.
... With fearful forebodings they gaze upon the symbol of God's covenant,
and long to be shielded from its overpowering brightness. ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /40 gods people delivered.htm

God's People Delivered
... forgotten. With fearful forebodings they gaze upon the symbol of God's covenant
and long to be shielded from its overpowering brightness. ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 40 gods people delivered.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpower.

2. (a.) Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible.

Thesaurus

Overpowering (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Overpowering (4 Occurrences). Hebrews 12:21 And the vision
was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear. ...
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Shock (6 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain
caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or ...
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Overpowered (12 Occurrences)

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Oppressive (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. 3.
(a.) Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. ...
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Overwhelming (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhelm. 2. (a.) Overpowering;
irresistible. Multi-Version Concordance Overwhelming (5 Occurrences). ...
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Overbearing (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Overpowering; subduing; repressing. 2. (a.)
Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. ...
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Overpowers (1 Occurrence)

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Omnipotence (2 Occurrences)
... name, however, designates the divine power as standing in the service of His
covenant-relation to the patriarchs, as transcending Nature and overpowering it ...
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Irresistible (1 Occurrence)
... (a.) That can not be successfully withstood or opposed; superior to opposition;
resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction. ...
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Ecstasy (3 Occurrences)
... rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of
ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an ...
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Bible Concordance

Overpowering (4 Occurrences)

Hebrews 12:21 And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 7:23 But the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete.
(BBE)

Job 41:9 Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!
(See NIV)

Daniel 7:21 I was seeing, and this horn is making war with the saints, and hath prevailed over them,
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Overpowering

Related Terms

Shock (6 Occurrences)

Overpowered (12 Occurrences)

Oppressive (6 Occurrences)