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Lexicon :: Strong's G4052 - perisseuō

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περισσεύω
Transliteration
perisseuō (Key)
Pronunciation
per-is-syoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
39x in 21 unique form(s) TR
39x in 20 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:58,828

Strong’s Definitions

περισσεύω perisseúō, per-is-syoo'-o; from G4053; to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel:—(make, more) abound, (have, have more) abundance (be more) abundant, be the better, enough and to spare, exceed, excel, increase, be left, redound, remain (over and above).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's G4052 in the following manner: abound (17x), abundance (3x), remain (3x), exceed (2x), increase (2x), be left (1x), redound (1x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's G4052 in the following manner: abound (17x), abundance (3x), remain (3x), exceed (2x), increase (2x), be left (1x), redound (1x), miscellaneous (10x).

  1. to exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or measure

    1. to be over, to remain

    2. to exist or be at hand in abundance

      1. to be great (abundant)

      2. a thing which comes in abundance, or overflows unto one, something falls to the lot of one in large measure

      3. to redound unto, turn out abundantly for, a thing

    3. to abound, overflow

      1. to be abundantly furnished with, to have in abundance, abound in (a thing), to be in affluence

      2. to be pre-eminent, to excel

      3. to excel more than, exceed

  2. to make to abound

    1. to furnish one richly so that he has abundance

    2. to make abundant or excellent

      "Abounding" is used of a flower going from a bud to full bloom.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περισσεύω perisseúō, per-is-syoo'-o; from G4053; to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel:—(make, more) abound, (have, have more) abundance (be more) abundant, be the better, enough and to spare, exceed, excel, increase, be left, redound, remain (over and above).
STRONGS G4052:
περισσεύω; imperfect ἐπερίσσευον (Acts 16:5); future infinitive περισσεύσειν (Philippians 4:12 Rec.bez); 1 aorist ἐπερίσσευσα; passive, present περισσεύομαι (Luke 15:17, see below); 1 future 3 person singular περισσευθήσεται; (περισσός, which see);
1. intransitive and properly, to exceed a fixed number or measure; to be over and above a certain number or measure: μύριοι εἰσιν ἀριθμόν... εἷς δέ περισσεύει, Hesiod from 14, 4 (clxix. (187), edition Göttling); hence,
a. to be over, to remain: John 6:12; τό περισσεῦον τῶν κλασμάτων, equivalent to τά περισσευοντα κλάσματα, Matthew 14:20; Matthew 15:37; περισσεύει μοι τί, John 6:13 (Tobit 4:16); τό περισσεῦσαν τίνι, what remained over to one, Luke 9:17.
b. to exist or be at hand in abundance: τίνι, Luke 12:15; τό περισσεῦον τίνι, one's abundance, wealth ((R. V. superfluity); opposed to ὑστέρησις), Mark 12:44; opposed to ὑστέρημα, Luke 21:4: to be great (abundant), 2 Corinthians 1:5b; 2 Corinthians 9:12; Philippians 1:26; περισσεύει τί εἰς τινα, "a thing comes in abundance, or overflows, unto one; something falls to the lot of one in large measure": Romans 5:15; 2 Corinthians 1:5a; περισσεύω εἰς τί, to redound unto, turn out abundantly for, a thing, 2 Corinthians 8:2; ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τήν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, i. e. by my lie it came to pass that God's veracity became the more conspicuous, and becoming thus more thoroughly known increased his glory, Romans 3:7; to be increased, τῷ ἀριθμῷ, Acts 16:5.
c. to abound, overflow, i. e.
α. to be abundantly furnished with, to have in abundance, abound in (a thing): absolutely (A. V. to abound), to be in affluence, Philippians 4:18; opposed to ὑστερεῖσθαι; Philippians 4:12; in spiritual gifts, 1 Corinthians 14:12; with a genitive of the thing in which one abounds (Winers Grammar, § 30, 8b.; (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 12)): ἄρτων, Luke 15:17 R G L T Tr marginal reading
β. to be pre-eminent, to excel (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 22): absolutely, 1 Corinthians 8:8; followed by ἐν with a dative of the virtues or the actions in which one excels (Buttmann, § 132, 12), 1 Corinthians 15:13; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Corinthians 3:9 (here L T Tr WH omit ἐν); 2 Corinthians 8:7; Colossians 2:7; περισσεύητε μᾶλλον, to excel still more, to increase in excellence, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 10; μᾶλλον καί μᾶλλον περισσεύῃ, Philippians 1:9; περισσεύσῃ... πλεῖον, to excel more than (A. V. exceed; cf. Buttmann, § 132, 20 and 22), Matthew 5:20, (περισσεύειν ὑπέρ τινα, 1 Macc. 3:30; τί ἐπερίσσευσεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος παρά τό κτῆνος; Ecclesiastes 3:19).
2. by later Greek usage transitively (cf. Winers Grammar, p. 23; § 38,1), to make to abound, i. e.
a. to furnish one richly so that he has abundance: passive, Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:29; with the genitive of the thing with which one is furnished, passive, Luke 15:17 WH Tr text; τί εἰς τινα, to make a thing to abound unto one, to confer a thing abundantly upon one, 2 Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 1:8.
b. to make abundant or excellent: τί, 2 Corinthians 4:15; to cause one to excel: τινα, with a dative of the thing, 1 Thessalonians 3:12. (τάς ὥρας, to extend the hours beyond the prescribed time, Athen. 2, p. 42 b.) (Compare: ὑπερπερισσεύω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ecclesiastes
3:19
Matthew
5:20; 13:12; 14:20; 15:37; 25:29
Mark
12:44
Luke
9:17; 12:15; 15:17; 15:17; 15:17; 21:4
John
6:12; 6:13
Acts
16:5; 16:5
Romans
3:7; 5:15
1 Corinthians
8:8; 14:12; 15:13; 15:58
2 Corinthians
1:5; 1:5; 3:9; 4:15; 8:2; 8:7; 9:8; 9:12
Ephesians
1:8
Philippians
1:9; 1:26; 4:12; 4:12; 4:18
Colossians
2:7
1 Thessalonians
3:12; 4:1; 4:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4052 matches the Greek περισσεύω (perisseuō),
which occurs 39 times in 35 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:20 - 'For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:12 - for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:20 - and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:37 - And they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:29 - for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:44 - for all, out of their abundance, put in, but she, out of her want, all that she had put in -- all her living.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:17 - and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:15 - And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:17 - 'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:4 - for all these out of their superabundance did cast into the gifts to God, but this one out of her want, all the living that she had, did cast in.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:12 - And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, 'Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:13 - they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:5 - then, indeed, were the assemblies established in the faith, and were abounding in number every day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:7 - for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:15 - But, not as the offence so also is the free gift; for if by the offence of the one the many did die, much more did the grace of God, and the free gift in grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abound to the many;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:13 - and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:8 - But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:12 - so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:5 - because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:9 - for if the ministration of the condemnation is glory, much more doth the ministration of the righteousness abound in glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:15 - for the all things are because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:2 - because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 - but even as in every thing ye do abound, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, that also in this grace ye may abound;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:8 - and God is able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:12 - because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:8 - in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:9 - and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:26 - that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12 - I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:18 - and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:7 - being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught -- abounding in it in thanksgiving.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:12 - and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:1 - As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:10 - for ye do it also to all the brethren who are in all Macedonia; and we call upon you, brethren, to abound still more,
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