περισσός

perissos

excessive

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Strong’s G4053Adjective6 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

excessive5

superiority1

In the text

Matthew 5:37περισσὸν
Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
Mark 6:51περισσοῦ
Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,
John 10:10περισσὸν
The 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 3:1περισσὸν
What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
2 Corinthians 9:1περισσόν
Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

Abbott-Smith

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.†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.