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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4050 - περισσεία

Transliteration

perisseía

Phonetics

per-is-si'-ah

Origin

from (G4052)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

6:63,828

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

abundance, superabundantly, superfluously
superiority, preference, pre-eminence
gain, profit
residue, remains: the wickedness remaining over in a Christian from his state prior to conversion

Used by the Greeks to describe the excess wax in their ears.

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3504 ‑ יִתְרוֹן (yith‑rone'); 7468 ‑ רְעוּת (reh‑ooth');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

James 1

BSB (3)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 1

CSB (2)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

ESV (3)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 1

KJV (4)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 1

N95 (4)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 1

NAS (4)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 1

NLT (3)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

WEB (4)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 1

YLT (4)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

James 1

ASV (3)

overflowing 1

the abundance 2

BSB (3)

abundant 1

an abundance 1

every expression 1

CSB (2)

abundance 1

the overflow 1

ESV (3)

abundance 2

rampant 1

KJV (4)

abundance 2

abundantly 1

superfluity 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

abundance 2

more 1

remains 1

N95 (4)

abundance 2

more 1

remains 1

NAS (4)

abundance 2

more 1

remains 1

NLT (3)

abundant 1

extended 1

wonderful 1

WEB (4)

overflowing 1

the abundance 2

we will be abundantly 1

YLT (4)

abundance 3

superabundance 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

ANT

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

BMT

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 2

N-NSF 1

PREP 1

NA26

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

STV

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

N-ASF 3

N-NSF 1

TRG

N-ASF 2

N-NSF 1

PREP 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

περισσ-εία, ἡ,

surplus, abundance, Cor. 8.2; χρημάτων IG 5(1).550 .

II advantage, LXX Ecclesiastes 1:3,al.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

περισσεία, περισσειας, ἡ (περισσεύω, which see);

1. abundance: τῆς χάριτος, Romans 5:17; τῆς χαρᾶς, 2 Corinthians 8:2; εἰς περισσείαν, adverbially, superabundantly, superfluously, (A. V. out of measure), 2 Corinthians 10:15 (Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions i., p. 668, no. 1378, 6; Byzantine writings).

2. superiority; preference, preeminence: יותֵר, Ecclesiastes 6:8; for יִתְרון, Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 10:10.

3. gain, profit: for יִתְרון, Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 3:9, etc.

4. residue, remains: κακίας, the wickedness remaining over in the Christian from his state prior to conversion, James 1:21, see περίσσευμα, 2; (others adhere in this passive to the meaning which the word bears elsewhere in the N. T. viz. 'excess','superabundance,' (A. V. superfluity)).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† περισσεία , -ας , ἡ

(<περισσευω ),

[in LXX: Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 (H3504 and cogn. forms, Ecclesiastes 1:3, al.) *;]

1. abundance, superfluity: Romans 5:17, 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 10:15, James 1:21 (so also Inscr., v. LAE, 80).

2. (a) superiority (Ec, v. supr.);

(b) profit (ib.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";wash"; (Luke 5:2 al.). In a Zenon letter, PSI VI. 599.7 (iii/B.C.) reference is made to πλῦναι καὶ διελε ̣ι ̣̑ν (τὸν λίνον) as preliminaries in connexion with weaving : cf. the medical receipt of early i/A.D. P Oxy VIII. 1088.5 λίθου σχι (στοῦ) πεπλ (υμένου) (δραχμὴ) α ̄, ";purified schist 1 dr.";, and OGIS 483.169 (ii/B.C.) μήτε ἱμάτια πλύνειν μήτε σκεῦος. The verb is used rhetorically in Herodas III. 93 ἰσσαῖ. λάθοις τὴν γλάσσαν ἐς μέλι πλύνας, ";Fie, sirrah! May you find that tongue of yours—dipped in honey"; (Headlam : see note p. 161 f.). For subst. πλύνος see P Ryl II. 70.8 (ii/B.C.) with the editor’s note, and BGU VI. 1364.2 (B.C. 126–5), and for adj. πλύσιμος see P Sakkakini 59. 60. 94 verso (iii/B.C.) (cited Mayser Gr. II. i. p. 6). MGr πλύνω, πλένω, πλυνίσκω (Thumb Handb. p. 350).

List of Word Forms

περισσεια περισσεία περίσσεια περισσειαν περισσείαν perisseia perisseía perisseian perisseían