noun · feminine
perisseias
Strong’sG4050
abundance
stem perissei-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† περισσεία, -ας, ἡ
(< περισσεύω), [in LXX: Ec12 (יִתְרוֹן and cogn. forms, 1:3, al.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4050 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidper-is-si'-ah
surplusage, i.e. superabundance
Fromfrom G4052;
King Jamesabundance(-ant, (-ly)), superfluity.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
surplus, abundance, NT
II advantage, LXX
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | perisseias1×περισσεία | perisseiais |
| object accusative | perisseian3×περισσείαν | perisseiain |
| direct address vocative | perisseiar | perisseiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | perisseiau | perisseiaiu |
| to, for dative | perisseia | perisseiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
perisseia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
perisseias“abundance”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Corinthians 8:2“abundance”hoti en polla dokima thlipsiau tas perisseias tau charau autoiu kai tas kata …In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty …
perisseian“abundance”objectaccusative singular3×
Romans 5:17… tou henou, polle mallon tois tan perisseian tau charitau kai tau dōreau tau …… more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift …
2 Corinthians 10:15“abundance”… megalunira kata ton kanonon nu eis perisseian,… faith increases, our area of …
James 1:21“rank growth”dio apotitherantois pantan ruparian kai perisseian kakiau en prauta dechevar ton emfuton …Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted …