Over (to be, to have)
Over (to be, to have)
lit., “to stand before,” hence “to lead, to direct, attend to,” is translated “rule,” with reference to the family, in 1Ti 3:4-5, 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.
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”).