Quick Definition
ἀνάχυσις, εως, ἡ n.f. outpouring, excess
Strong's Definition
from a comparative of 303 and cheo (to pour); properly, effusion, i.e. (figuratively) license
KJV Usage: excess
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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.’
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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.).†
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+]