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# abound

«abound» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to exist in large numbers or amounts: «Rabbits abound in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (abound, abounds, abounded, abounding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To abound means to exist in large numbers or amounts: «Rabbits abound in these fields.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#m1)

2) To abound in or with something means to have lots of it: «The river abounds with fish.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Proverbs it means to have plenty. A faithful man shall "abound with blessings", and wisdom says she was born when there were no fountains "abounding with water". Interpretation: The tradition reads the faithful man's blessings as God's reward for honesty, and Wisdom's birth before the springs as a sign that wisdom is older than the world. In the primary lessons: In geography and science, it describes places rich in plants, animals or resources. In formal writing and exams, «Examples abound» means there are many examples. In stories, «rumours abounded» means people were saying lots of things. Phrases: «abound in», «abound with», «rumours abound».

### examples

- ()f the Sefer Yetzirah II little need be said ; it abounds in trifles, contradictions and repetitions. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x1)
- When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. (Writings PRO.8.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x2)
- A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished. (Writings PRO.28.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x3)
- Wildflowers abound in the meadow in June. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x4)
- The Great Barrier Reef abounds with colourful fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x5)
- Rumours abounded about the new teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x6)
- Stories about the old castle abound in the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x7)
- Mistakes abound in his homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x8)
- Opportunities abound for children who love sport here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x9)
- The Sirens would appear to have been personifications of those numerous rocks and unseen dangers, which abound on the S.W. coast of Italy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/#x10)

### note

Regular verb: abounded. Formal word; in everyday talk say «there are lots of». Adjective: abundant (plentiful); noun: abundance.

### In the corpora

- [When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.227/)
- [A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.824/)
- [An angry man stirreth up strife, and a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.854/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abound» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abound/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.