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Strong's G4053 · Greek

περισσός

perissos · per-is-sos'

from 4012 (in the sense of beyond); superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication, excessive; adverbially (with 1537) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

περισσός (G4053)

10 περισσός , -ή, -όν , [in LXX for יֶתֶר and cogn. forms;] more than sufficient , over and above , abundant : Jo 10:10 , II Co 9:1 ; c. gen. (a popular substitute for πλειών , Bl., § 11, 3 4 ), Mt 5:37 ; id. c. ellips. gen., Mt 5:47 (EV, more than others ; but v. infr.); ἐκ περισσοῦ , Mk 6:51 , Rec., T. (on ὑπὲρ ὲκ π. , v.s. ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ ). Compar. neut., -ότερον : Lk 12:4 , 48 ; c. gen., Mk 12:33 ; adverbially (cf. περισσῶς ), more abundantly , II Co 10:8 , He 6:17 7:15 ; c. gen., π. πάντων , I Co 15:10 ; pleonast., μᾶλλον π. , Mk 7:36 . out of the common , pre-eminent , superior : Mt 5:47 (Thayer, s.v., but v. supr.); τὸ π. , as subst., Ro 3:1 ; compar., -ότερος , c. gen., Mt 11:9 , Lk 7:26 ; c. subst., Mk 12:40 , Lk 20:47 , I Co 12:23 , 24 , II Co 2:7 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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