noun · neuter
perisseumem
Strong’sG4051
abundance
stem perisseum-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 6 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.
† περίσσευμα, -τος, τό
(< περισσεύω), [in LXX: Ec 2:15*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4051 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidper-is'-syoo-mah
a surplus, or superabundance
Fromfrom G4052;
King Jamesabundance, that was left, over and above.
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
Attic dialect περίττευμα, ατος, τό, superfluity, Refs 4th c.AD+; that which remains over, κλασμάτων NT; abundance, opposed to ὑστέρημα, NT
II ={περίσσωμα}, excrement, Refs 1st c.AD+
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 or object direct | perisseumem2×περίσσευμα | perisseumeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | perisseumeu2×περισσεύματος | perisseumeiu |
| to, for dative | perisseume | perisseumei |
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
perisseume 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
perisseumem“abundance”subject or objectdirect singular2×
2 Corinthians 8:14“abundance”en to nun kairo tem vu perisseumem eis tem ekeinoiu husterēmem, hina kai …At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn …
2 Corinthians 8:14“abundance”… ekeinoiu husterēmem, hina kai tem ekeinoiu perisseumem geneteia eis tem vu husterēmem, hopōs …… will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way …
perisseumeu“abundance”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Matthew 12:34“abundance”… lalarō ponērois arōntois? ek gar teu perisseumeu tau kardiau tem stomem lalatō.… you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Luke 6:45“abundance”… ponērou proferatō tem ponērem; ek gar perisseumeu kardiau lalatō tem stomem autou.… man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
perisseumeim1×
Mark 8:8kai esthiala kai chortazila, kai airala perisseumeim klasmeiu hepta spuridain.… basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.