Lexical Summary perisseia: superfluity Original Word: περισσείαTransliteration: perisseia Phonetic Spelling: (per-is-si'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: superfluity Meaning: superfluity Strong's Concordance abundance, surplusFrom perisseuo; surplusage, i.e. Superabundance -- abundance(-ant, (-ly)), superfluity. see GREEK perisseuo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4050: περισσείαπερισσεία, 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)). |
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