STRONGS G5233:
ὑπερβαίνω; from
Homer down;
to step over, go beyond; metaphorically,
to transgress:
δίκην,
νόμου, etc., often from
Herodotus and
Pindar down; absolutely,
to overstep the proper limits, i. e. to transgress, trespass, do wrong, sin: joined with
ἁμαρτάνειν,
Homer, Iliad 9, 501;
Plato, Pep. 2, p. 366 a.; specifically, of one who defrauds another in business,
overreaches (Luth.
zu weit greifen), with
καί πλεονεκτεῖν added,
1 Thessalonians 4:6 (but see
πρᾶγμα, b.).
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