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adverb

perissōs

Greekπερισσῶς (perissōs)

Strong’sG4057

greatly, exceedingly

stem perissō-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books

Translated as

all the more2×even more1×furiously1×

What it means

περισσῶς,

adv.

(περισσός), [in LXX: Ps 30 (31):23 (עַל־יֶתֶר), Da TH 7:7, 19 8:9 (יַתִּירָה, יֶתֶר), II Mac 8:27 12:44 A*;]

beyond measure, exceedingly, abundantly: Mt 27:23, Mk 10:26 15:14, Ac 26:11. Compar.
(a) περισσότερον (v.s. περισσός);
(b) περισσοτέρως: II Co 1:12 2:4 7:15 11:23, Ga 1:14, Phl 1:14, I Th 2:17, He 2:1 13:19; π. μᾶλλον, II Co 7:13; opp. to ἧττον, II Co 12:15.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4057 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-is-soce'

superabundantly

Fromadverb from G4053;

King Jamesexceedingly, out of measure, the more.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

perissōs4×

Matthew 27:23“all the more”tos de fēate; Tinem gar kakem poiata? tois de perissōs krazale legarōtois; Stauritar.“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

Mark 10:26“even more”tois de perissōs ekplēssile legarōtois pros heautoin; Kai tinos dunetō sōzira?They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”

Mark 15:14“all the more”tos de Pilatos legate autoi; Tinem gar poiata kakem? tois de perissōs krazala; Staurasar auton.“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

Acts 26:11“furiously”kai kata pantain tain sunagōgain pollakis timōrarōtos autoin anankazame blasfēmarō, perissōs tē emmainerōtos autoi diōkame heōs kai eis tain exō politain.I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.