Strong's G401: ἀνάχυσις (anáchysis) Meaning

Quick Definition

ἀνάχυσις, εως, ἡ n.f. outpouring, excess

Strong's Definition

properly, effusion, i.e. (figuratively) license

Derivation: from a comparative of G303 (ἀνά) and (to pour);

KJV Usage: excess

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀνάχυσις (G0401)

noun, f. | -εως | χέω (pour)

78.26 · Degree · Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]

excessive, extreme (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀνάχυσις ‘flood,’ not occurring in the NT) an extremely high point on a scale of extent and implying an excess of something with negative value In some languages the equivalent of this phrase in 1PE 4:4 is ‘they lived very bad lives’ or ‘there was nothing bad that they didn’t do.’

1PE 4:4

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

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, 1Pe_4:4 ἀσωτίας ἀνάχυσις the excess (flood) of riot in which a dissolute life pours itself forth.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀνάχυσις anachusis 1x

a pouring out; met. excess, stream, flood, 1 Pet. 4:4*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† ἀνά-χυσις, -εως, ἡ

(< ἀναχέω, to pour out),

a pouring out, overflowing, excess: metaph., I Pe 4:4 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀνάχυσις [page 40] For the metaphorical use of this word in 1Pe_4:4 εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν τῆς ἀσωτίας ἀνάχυσιν we may cite Philo Somn. II. 42 ἀ . τοῦ ἀλόγου πάθους . We have no vernacular parallels.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀνάχυσις (anachusis) — outpouring. ἀνάχῠσις, εως, ἡ, ἀναχέω expansion, effusion, χολῆς[Refs 3rd c.BC+]exhilaration, [Refs 1st c.AD+] __b exhalation, τοῦ ὠκεανοῦ (causing fogs) [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. ἡ τῆς ἀσωτίας ἀ. excess of profligacy, [NT+1st c.AD+]; of enthusiasm, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

II. expanse of water, e.g. estuary, [Refs 1st c.BC+]inundations, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

III. an expectorant, ={σύμφυτον}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἀνά-χυσις, -εως, ἡ (ἀναχέω, to pour out), a pouring out, overflowing, excess: metaphorically, 1Pe.4:4 (MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

4:4

G401 ἀνάχυσις (anáchysis)