King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G401
Transliteration: anachysis
Phonetic Spelling: (an-akh'-oo-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a pouring out, overflow
Meaning: a pouring out, overflow
ἀνάχυσις, ἀναχυσεως, ἡ (ἀναχέω (to pour forth)), rare in Greek writings (Strabo, Philo, Plutarch; ἀνχυσις ψυχῆς, in a good sense, Philo de decal. § 10 middle); an overflowing, a pouring out: metaphorically, 1 Peter 4:4 ἀσωτίας ἀνάχυσις the excess (flood) of riot in which a dissolute life pours itself forth.
Word Summary
anachysis: a pouring out, overflow
Original Word: ἀνάχυσιςTransliteration: anachysis
Phonetic Spelling: (an-akh'-oo-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a pouring out, overflow
Meaning: a pouring out, overflow
Strong's Concordance
excess. From a comparative of ana and cheo (to pour); properly, effusion, i.e. (figuratively) license -- excess.
see GREEK ana
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 401: ἀνάχυσιςἀνάχυσις, ἀναχυσεως, ἡ (ἀναχέω (to pour forth)), rare in Greek writings (Strabo, Philo, Plutarch; ἀνχυσις ψυχῆς, in a good sense, Philo de decal. § 10 middle); an overflowing, a pouring out: metaphorically, 1 Peter 4:4 ἀσωτίας ἀνάχυσις the excess (flood) of riot in which a dissolute life pours itself forth.