Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
περισσεύω (G4052)
39 περισσεύω ( περισσός ), [in LXX: I Ki 2:33 ( מַרְבִּית ), I Ki 2:36 , Ec 3:19 ( יתר ni., יוׄתֵר ), To 4:16 , Si 10:27 11:12 19:24 , 30:38 ( 33:29 ), I Mac 3:30 *;] Prop., intrans., of things, to be over and above the number (Hes.), hence, to be or remain over : Mt 14:20 15:37 , Lk 9:17 , Jo 6:12 , 13 ; to abound , be in abundance : Mk 12:44 , Lk 12:15 21:4 , Ac 16:5 , Ro 3:7 5:15 , II Co 1:5 8:2 9:12 , Phl 1:26 . Of persons, to abound in , have in abundance : I Co 14:12 15:58 , Phl 4:12 , 18 ; c. gen., Lk 15:17 T; to be superior or better , to excel : absol., I Co 3:9 8:8 ; c. dat. ref., II Co 3:9 ; seq. ἐν , Ro 15:13 , I Co 15:58 , II Co 3:9 8:7 , Col 2:7 ; μᾶλλον , I Th 4:1 , 10 ; μ καὶ μ. , Phl 1:9 ; πλεῖον , Mt 5:20 . In late writers (Lft., Notes , 48 f.), trans., to make to abound : c. acc. seq. εἰς , II Co 4:15 9:8 , Eph 1:8 ; pass., Mt 13:12 25:29 ; c. gen. rei, Lk 15:17 , WH; to make to excel : c. acc. pers., dat. rei, I Th 3:12 (cf. ὑπερ-περισσεύω ).† SYN. : πλεονάζω .
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