Lexical 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. |