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πλεονάζω pleonazō · G4121

← Back to 2 Thessalonians 1:3

to increase

πλεονάζω; (πλέον), [in LXX for עֲדַף, רָבָה, etc. ; ] ; I. Intrans. ; 1. Of persons; (a) to abound in (Arist.); (b) to superabound: 2Co.8:15 (LXX). ; 2. Of things, to abound, superabound: Rom.5:20 6:1, 2Co.4:15, Php.4:17, 2Th.1:3, 2Pe.1:8. ; II. Trans. (Num.26:54, Psa.71:21; not cl, see Lft., Notes, 48 f.), to make to abound: 1Th.3:12 (cf. ὑπερ-πλεονάζω).†; SYN.: περισσεύω, q.v (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

πλεον-άζω ; (rarely πλειονάζω, which see), future -άσω: perfect πεπλεόνακα []:—passive, perfect -ασμαι[]: aorist -άσθην[]: (πλέον):—to be more, especially to be more than enough, superfluous, opposed to ἐλλείπειν, ὑπολείπειν, []; τὸ πλεονάζον the excess, []; π. παρά with accusative, to be in excess of..,[]; of animals, have more than the due number of limbs, opposed to κολοβὰ γίνεσθαι, []; of visits, to be frequent, []; of the sea, encroach, []; πάθος defined as ὁρμὴ πλεονάζουσα, []; εἰκασία …

Where it's used 9 times

Romans 5:20 · Romans 6:1 · 2 Corinthians 4:15 · 2 Corinthians 8:15 · Philippians 4:17 · 1 Thessalonians 3:12 · 2 Thessalonians 1:3 · 2 Peter 1:8 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G4121; TFLSJ G4121

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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