Dictionary entry

πλεονάζω

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

πλεονάζω

(< πλέον), [in LXX for עדף, רבה, etc.;]

I. Intrans.

1. Of persons;

(a) to abound in (Arist.);

(b) to superabound: II Co 8:15(LXX).

2. Of things, to abound, superabound: Ro 5:206:1, II Co 4:15, Phl 4:17, II Th 1:3, II Pe 1:8.

II. Trans. (Nu 26:54, Ps 70 (71):21; not cl, v. Lft., Notes, 48 f.), to make to abound: I Th 3:12 (cf. ὑπερ-πλεονάζω).†

SYN.: περισσεύω, q.v.