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περισσεύω
perisseúō

to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel

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Definition

From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Strong’s Definition

to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

to be over and above, to be superfluous, Mt. 14:20; Mk. 12:44; Lk. 21:4; to exist in full quantity, to abound, be abundant, Rom. 5:15; 2 Cor. 1:5; to increase, be augmented, Acts 16:5; to be advanced, be rendered more prominent, Rom. 3:7; of persons, to be abundantly gifted, richly furnished, abound, Lk. 15:17; Rom. 15:13; 1 Cor. 14:12; 2 Cor. 8:7; to be possessed of a full sufficiency, Phil. 4:12, 18; to abound in performance, 1 Cor. 15:58; to be a gainer, 1 Cor. 8:8; in NT trans., to cause to be abundant, 2 Cor. 4:15; 9:8; Eph. 1:8; to cause to be abundantly furnished, cause to abound, 1 Thess. 3:12; pass. to be gifted with abundance, Mt. 13:12; 25:29

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

(make, more) abound(have, have more) abundance (be more) abundantbe the betterenough and to spareexceedexcelincreasebe leftredoundremain (over and above)

Etymology

from G4053 (περισσός);

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