Definition and Meaning:
The term "gush" generally refers to a sudden, forceful flow or outpouring of liquid. In a biblical context, it is often used metaphorically to describe the abundant and overwhelming nature of God's blessings, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, or the fervent expression of emotions such as joy, praise, or lament.

Biblical References and Usage:
While the specific term "gush" may not frequently appear in the Berean Standard Bible, the concept is present in various passages that describe the overflowing nature of God's provision and the fervent expressions of faith and emotion by His people.

1. Outpouring of the Holy Spirit:
The imagery of a "gush" is akin to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, as seen in the events of Pentecost. In Acts 2:17-18 , it is written: "‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on My servants, both men and women, I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.’" This passage illustrates the abundant and generous nature of God's Spirit being poured out upon His people.

2. God's Abundant Blessings:
The concept of a "gush" can also be related to the overflowing blessings from God. In Malachi 3:10 , the Lord challenges His people to bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, promising, "Test Me in this," says the LORD of Hosts, "and see if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure." This promise of blessings "without measure" conveys the idea of a divine gush of provision and favor.

3. Expressions of Praise and Worship:
The Psalms often capture the essence of a "gush" in the context of worship and praise. Psalm 42:1 states, "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God." This verse reflects a deep, fervent longing for God, akin to a gush of spiritual thirst and desire for His presence.

4. Emotional Outpouring:
The Bible also records instances of emotional outpouring, where individuals express their feelings with intensity. In 1 Samuel 1:15 , Hannah, in her deep distress, explains to Eli, "I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have not drunk wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD." Hannah's act of pouring out her soul is a vivid depiction of a gush of heartfelt prayer and supplication.

Theological Significance:
The concept of "gush" in the Bible underscores the dynamic and powerful nature of God's interactions with humanity. Whether through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the lavish provision of blessings, or the intense expressions of human emotion, the idea of a "gush" highlights the depth and richness of the relationship between God and His people. It serves as a reminder of the abundance of God's grace and the fervency with which believers are called to seek and worship Him.1. (v. i.) To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.

2. (v. i.) To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner.

3. (n.) A sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an enclosed place; an emission of a liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird.

4. (n.) A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment.

1032. bruo -- to be full to bursting, to gush with
... to be full to bursting, to gush with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: bruo
Phonetic Spelling: (broo'-o) Short Definition: I cause to gush forth, send ...
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1632. ekcheo -- to pour out, fig. to bestow
... pour out (liquid or solid); I shed, bestow liberally. gush forth, pour out,
shed, spill. Or (by variation) ekchuno ek-khoo'-no from ...
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242. hallomai -- to leap
... leap, spring up. Middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to jump; figuratively,
to gush -- leap, spring up. (allomenos) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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1487. gush -- a clod, lump
... 1486, 1487. gush. 1488 . a clod, lump. Transliteration: gush Phonetic Spelling:
(goosh) Short Definition: crust. ... 1486, 1487. gush. 1488 . Strong's Numbers
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2100. zub -- to flow, gush
... zub. 2101 . to flow, gush. Transliteration: zub Phonetic Spelling: (zoob) Short
Definition: flowing. ... flow, gush out, have a running issue, pine away, run. ...
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8210. shaphak -- to pour out, pour
... cast up, gush out, pour out, shedder, out, slip. A primitive root; to spill
forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid ...
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2229. zaram -- to pour forth in floods, flood away
... gush, carry away as with a flood, pour out. A primitive root; to gush (as water) --
carry away as with a flood, pour out. 2228, 2229. zaram. 2230 . ...
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5140. nazal -- to flow, trickle, drop, distill
... distil, drop, flood, cause to flowing, gush out, melt, pour down, running
water,. A primitive root; to drip, or shed by trickling ...
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7370. rachash -- to keep moving, stir
... root Definition to keep moving, stir NASB Word Usage overflows (1). to gush. A
primitive root; to gush -- indite. 7369, 7370. rachash. 7371 . Strong's Numbers
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7857. shataph -- to overflow, rinse or wash off
... A primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to
gallop, conquer -- drown, (over-)flow(- whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly ...
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1518. giach -- to burst forth
... Or (shortened) goach {go'-akh}; a primitive root; to gush forth (as water), generally
to issue -- break forth, labor to bring forth, come forth, draw up, take ...
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2230. zerem -- a flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour
... flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest. From zaram; a gush of water -- flood,
overflowing, shower, storm, tempest. see HEBREW zaram. 2229, 2230. ...
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1158. baah -- to inquire, cause to swell or boil up
... A primitive root; to gush over, ie To swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly;
by implication to ask -- cause, inquire, seek up, swell out. 1157, 1158. ...
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Lessons for Worship and for Work
... a multitude of words.' The dream is the consequence of the pressure of business,
but the fool's voice is the cause, not the consequence, of the gush of words. ...
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A Threefold Thought of Sin and Forgiveness
... One must be very dull of hearing not to feel how it throbs with emotion, and is,
in fact, a gush of rapture from a heart experiencing in its freshness the new ...
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What is the Christian Home?
... It calls up the fondest memories of life, and opens in our nature the purest,
deepest, richest gush of consecrated thought and feeling. "Home! ...
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Acknowledgment of Her Excellence and Wisdom.
... And thy intelligence invites us, as by a word of command, to participate in those
divine draughts which gush forth so abundantly in thy soul. Footnotes: ...
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Orthodoxy i. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
... What could be more glorious than to brace one's self up to discover New South Wales
and then realize, with a gush of happy tears, that it was really old South ...
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First Part.
... [Sidenote: Grief.]. Mine eyes gush out rivers of teares. Oh that my head were a
fountain of teares, because they destroy thy Law. [Sidenote: Hope.]. ...
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Miracles of Healing Unsolicited.
... The church had begun with the first gush of affection in the heart of the mother
Mary, and now "great was the company of those that published" the good news to ...
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The Voices of the Dead
... The gush of silent prayer"the sublimest mood of the spirit"is when we are so near
to him that words cannot come between; and the power of his presence is ...
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Repentance,
... him. Then, oh! how gladly will my fatherly affection gush out! How I should
run to meet him, and put my arms around his neck! but ...
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Literary Expressions
... A grim and shuddering fascination. A gush of entrancing melody. A gusty breeze blew
her hair about unheeded. A half-breathless murmur of amazement and incredulity ...
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Gush (7 Occurrences)
... from an enclosed place; an emission of a liquid in a large quantity, and with force;
the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song ...
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Gushed (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Gush. Multi-Version Concordance
Gushed (6 Occurrences). Acts 1:18 Now this man obtained ...
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Lud (10 Occurrences)
... Lud, again, is mentioned with Ethiopia (Gush), Put, all the mingled people, Cab,
and the children of the land which is in league (or, margin "the land of the ...
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Ludim (3 Occurrences)
... Lud, again, is mentioned with Ethiopia (Gush), Put, all the mingled people, Cab,
and the children of the land which is in league (or, margin "the land of the ...
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Gurba'al (1 Occurrence)
Gurba'al. Gur-baal, Gurba'al. Gush . Multi-Version Concordance Gurba'al (1
Occurrence). ... (See RSV). Gur-baal, Gurba'al. Gush . Reference Bible.
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Water-brooks (6 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 8:7 For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of
water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth in the valleys and ...
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Empty (84 Occurrences)
... 22:9); in 2 Samuel 1:22, it is equivalent to "in vain," "hungry" (Isaiah 29:8);
in some instances the meaning is comparative only; baqaq, "to gush out," "to ...
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Emptier
... 22:9); in 2 Samuel 1:22, it is equivalent to "in vain," "hungry" (Isaiah 29:8);
in some instances the meaning is comparative only; baqaq, "to gush out," "to ...
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Eyelids (12 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 9:18 and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes
may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. ...
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Pisgah (8 Occurrences)
... Pisgah are meant. 'Ashedah is "a pouring out," and 'ashedoth are the slopes
of a mountain from which springs gush forth. In Joshua ...
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