This compound verb intensifies the idea of abounding or increasing—literally to 'hyper-abound.' In 1 Timothy 1:14, Paul uses it to describe how God's grace toward him 'superabounded' along with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Despite Paul's former blasphemy and persecution of the church, divine grace didn't just cover his sin but overflowed abundantly. The term stresses grace exceeding what was needed, lavished beyond measure on an undeserving persecutor.