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 genitive, Mat.11:9, Luk.7:26; with subst., Mrk.12:40, Luk.20:47, 1Co.12:23-24, 2Co.2:7.† (AS)
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G4053 — περισσός
perissos · excessive · Greek
6 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 5:37 · περισσὸνSimply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.Matthew 5:47 · περισσὸνAnd if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?Mark 6:51 · περισσοῦThen He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,John 10:10 · περισσὸνThe thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.Romans 3:1 · περισσὸνWhat, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?2 Corinthians 9:1 · περισσόνNow about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.