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περισσός perissos · G4053

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excessive

περισσός, -ή, -όν ; [in LXX for יֶתֶר and cogn. forms ; ] ; 1. more than sufficient, over and above, abundant: Jhn.10:10, 2Co.9:1; with genitive (a popular substitute for πλειών, Bl., § 11, 3.4), Mat.5:37; id. with ellips. genitive, Mat.5:47 (EV, more than others; but see infr.); εκ περισσοῦ, Mrk.6:51, Rec., T. (on ὑπὲρ ὲκ π., see: ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ). Compar. neut., -ότερον: Luk.12:4, 48; with genitive, Mrk.12:33; adverbially (cf. περισσῶς), more abund­antly, 2Co.10:8, Heb.6:17 7:15; with genitive, π. πάντων, 1Co.15:10; pleonast., μᾶλλον π., Mrk.7:36. ; 2. out of the common, pre-eminent, superior: Mat.5:47 (Thayer, see word, but see supr.); τὸ π., as subst., Rom.3:1; compar., -ότερος, with …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

περισσός, ; Attic dialect περιττός, ή, όν, (from περί, as ἔπισσαι from ἐπί, μέτασσαι from μετά) beyond the regular number or size, prodigious, δῶρα []; στάθμα, uncertain meaning, see at {ἕλκω} []; 2 out of the common, extraordinary, strange, ἔ τι περισσὸν εἰδείη if he has any signal knowledge, []; εἴ τι φρονεῖς καί τι περισσὸν ἔχεις Philisc.[]; ἴδια καὶ π. []; πρᾶξις π. []; τί π. ποιεῖτ; []; συνανθρωπίζον.. πάντων περισσότατον, of the dog, []; in Literature, striking, τὸ περιττόν, as a quality …

Where it's used 6 times

Matthew 5:37 · Matthew 5:47 · Mark 6:51 · John 10:10 · Romans 3:1 · 2 Corinthians 9:1

Source: TBESG G4053; TFLSJ G4053

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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