ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΊΑ: † περισσεία, -ας, ἡ [ (< περισσεύω), [in LXX: Ec12 (יִתְרוֹן and cogn. forms, 1:3, al.)*;] ] 1. . abundance, superfluity: Ro 5:17, II Co 8:2 10:15, Ja 1:21 (so also Inscr., v. LAE, 80).
2. . (a) . superiority (Ec, v. supr.); (b) . profit (ib.).†