Over (to be, to have)

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1proistemiG4291

lit., "to stand before," hence "to lead, to direct, attend to," is translated "rule," with reference to the family, in 1Ti 1:3-5, 1Ti 3:12; with reference to the church, in Rom 12:8, 1Th 5:12, "are over;" 1Ti 5:17, In Tit 3:8, Tit 3:14, it signifies "to maintain." See MAINTAIN.

2pleonazoG4121

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