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 · περισσὸνBut let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.Matthew 5:47 · περισσὸνAnd if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the publicans so?Mark 6:51 · περισσοῦAnd he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.John 10:10 · περισσὸνThe thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.Romans 3:1 · περισσὸνWhat advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?2 Corinthians 9:1 · περισσόνFor as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: