Dictionary entry

περισσεία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† περισσεία, -ας, ἡ

(< περισσεύω), [in LXX: Ec₁₂ (יִתְרוֹן and cogn. forms, 1:3, al.)*;]

1. abundance, superfluity: Ro 5:17, II Co 8:2 10:15, Ja 1:21 (so also Inscr., v. LAE, 80).

(a) superiority (Ec, v. supr.);

(b) profit (ib.).†