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Strong's #4050 - περισσεία
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- abundance, superabundantly, superfluously
- superiority, preference, pre-eminence
- gain, profit
- residue, remains: the wickedness remaining over in a Christian from his state prior to conversion
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περισσ-εία, ἡ,
surplus, abundance, Cor. 8.2; χρημάτων IG 5(1).550 .
II advantage, LXX Ecclesiastes 1:3,al.
περισσεία, περισσειας, ἡ (περισσεύω, which see);
1. abundance: τῆς χάριτος, Romans 5:17; τῆς χαρᾶς, 2 Corinthians 8:2; εἰς περισσείαν, adverbially, superabundantly, superfluously, (A. V. out of measure), 2 Corinthians 10:15 (Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions i., p. 668, no. 1378, 6; Byzantine writings).
2. superiority; preference, preeminence: יותֵר, Ecclesiastes 6:8; for יִתְרון, Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 10:10.
3. gain, profit: for יִתְרון, Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 3:9, etc.
4. residue, remains: κακίας, the wickedness remaining over in the Christian from his state prior to conversion, James 1:21, see περίσσευμα, 2; (others adhere in this passive to the meaning which the word bears elsewhere in the N. T. viz. 'excess','superabundance,' (A. V. superfluity)).
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† περισσεία , -ας , ἡ
(<περισσευω ),
[in LXX: Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 (H3504 and cogn. forms, Ecclesiastes 1:3, al.) *;]
1. abundance, superfluity: Romans 5:17, 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 10:15, James 1:21 (so also Inscr., v. LAE, 80).
2. (a) superiority (Ec, v. supr.);
(b) profit (ib.).†
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";wash"; (Luke 5:2 al.). In a Zenon letter, PSI VI. 599.7 (iii/B.C.) reference is made to πλῦναι καὶ διελε ̣ι ̣̑ν (τὸν λίνον) as preliminaries in connexion with weaving : cf. the medical receipt of early i/A.D. P Oxy VIII. 1088.5 λίθου σχι (στοῦ) πεπλ (υμένου) (δραχμὴ) α ̄, ";purified schist 1 dr.";, and OGIS 483.169 (ii/B.C.) μήτε ἱμάτια πλύνειν μήτε σκεῦος. The verb is used rhetorically in Herodas III. 93 ἰσσαῖ. λάθοις τὴν γλάσσαν ἐς μέλι πλύνας, ";Fie, sirrah! May you find that tongue of yours—dipped in honey"; (Headlam : see note p. 161 f.). For subst. πλύνος see P Ryl II. 70.8 (ii/B.C.) with the editor’s note, and BGU VI. 1364.2 (B.C. 126–5), and for adj. πλύσιμος see P Sakkakini 59. 60. 94 verso (iii/B.C.) (cited Mayser Gr. II. i. p. 6). MGr πλύνω, πλένω, πλυνίσκω (Thumb Handb. p. 350).
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