πλεονάζω

πλεονάζω

(πλέον), [in LXX for עֲדַף, רָבָה, etc. ;]

I. Intrans.

1. Of persons;

(a) to abound in (Arist.);

(b) to superabound: 2 Kor 8,15 (LXX).

2. Of things, to abound, superabound: Rom 5,20; 6,1, 2 Kor 4,15, Fil 4,17, 2 Thess 1,3, 2 Pet 1,8.

II. Trans. (4 Mos 26,54, Sl 71,21; not cl, see Lft., Notes, 48 f.), to make to abound: 1 Thess 3,12 (cf. ὑπερ-πλεονάζω).†

SYN.: περισσεύω, q.v