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Abound [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. . [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.]

2. 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.

3. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent.

4. Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound Romans 5:20 .

Abound [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.

2. To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with.

Abounded [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Abounding [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Increase.

Abounding [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having in great plenty; being in great plenty, being very prevalent; generally prevailing.

Abounding [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Exodus 34:6

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

Numbers 14:18

The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

Deuteronomy 30:9

And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers,

Deuteronomy 33:23

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

2 Kings 9:22

And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

Psalms 4:7

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

Psalms 72:7

In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.

Psalms 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Psalms 103:8

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Psalms 145:8

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

Proverbs 8:24

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

Daniel 6:25

Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.

Joel 2:13

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

Matthew 24:12

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

Romans 3:7

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

Romans 5:15

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!