περισσεύω

περισσεύω

(περισσός), [in LXX: 1 Sam 2,33 (מַרְבִּית), 1 Kong 2,36 Praed 3,19 (יָתַר ni., יוׄתֵר), Tob 4,16, Sir 10,27; 11,12; 19,24, Sir 30,38 (Sir 33,29), 1Ma 3,30 * ;]

I. Prop., intrans.,

1. of things, to be over and above the number (Hes.), hence,

(a) to be or remain over: Matt 14,20; 15,37, Luk 9,17, Joh 6,12-13;

(b) to abound, be in abundance: Mark 12,44, Luk 12,15; 21,4, ApG 16,5, Rom 3,7; 5,15, 2 Kor 1,5; 8,2; 9,12, Fil 1,26.

2. Of persons,

(a) to abound in, have in abundance: 1 Kor 14,12; 15,58, Fil 4,12, 18; with genitive, Luk 15,17 T;

(b) to be superior or better, to excel: absol., 1 Kor 3,9; 8,8; with dative ref., 2 Kor 3,9 before ἐν, Rom 15,13, 1 Kor 15,58, 2 Kor 3,9; 8,7, Kol 2,7; μᾶλλον, 1 Thess 4,1; 4,10; μ καὶ μ., Fil 1,9 πλεῖον, Matt 5,20,

II. In late writers (Lft., Notes, 48 f.), trans.,

(a) to make to abound: with accusative before εἰς, 2 Kor 4,15; 9,8, Ef 1,8; pass., Matt 13,12; 25,29; with genitive of thing(s), Luk 15,17, WH;

(b) to make to excel: with accusative of person(s), dative of thing(s), 1 Thess 3,12 (cf. ὑπερ-περισσεύω).†

SYN.: πλεονάζω