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1: προΐστημι

(Strong's #4291 — Verb — proistemi — pro-is'-tay-mee )

lit., "to stand before," hence "to lead, to direct, attend to," is translated "rule," with reference to the family, in 1 Timothy 3:4,5,12; with reference to the church, in Romans 12:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 , "are over;" 1 Timothy 5:17 , In Titus 3:8,14 , it signifies "to maintain." See MAINTAIN.

2: πλεονάζω

(Strong's #4121 — Verb — pleonazo — pleh-on-ad'-zo )

used intransitively, signifies "to abound, to superabound;" in 2 Corinthians 8:15 it is used with the negative ou, "had nothing over," lit., "had not more" (pleon, the comparative degree of polus, "much").

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Over'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​o/over.html. 1940.
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