περισσεύω
(< περισσός), [in LXX: I Ki 2:33 (מַרְבִּית), I Ki 2:36, Ec 3:19 (יתר ni., יוׄתֵר), To 4:16, Si 10:27 11:12 19:24, 30:38 (33:29), I Mac 3:30*;]
I. Prop., intrans.,
1. of things, to be over and above the number (Hes.), hence,
(a) to be or remain over: Mt 14:2015:37, Lk 9:17, Jo 6:12, 13;
(b) to abound, be in abundance: Mk 12:44, Lk 12:1521:4, Ac 16:5, Ro 3:75:15, II Co 1:58:29:12, Phl 1:26.
2. Of persons,
(a) to abound in, have in abundance: I Co 14:1215:58, Phl 4:12, 18; c. gen., Lk 15:17 T;
(b) to be superior or better, to excel: absol., I Co 3:98:8; c. dat. ref., II Co 3:9; seq. ἐν, Ro 15:13, I Co 15:58, II Co 3:98:7, Col 2:7; μᾶλλον, I Th 4:1, 10; μ καὶ μ., Phl 1:9; πλεῖον, Mt 5:20.
II. In late writers (Lft., Notes, 48 f.), trans.,
(a) to make to abound: c. acc. seq. εἰς, II Co 4:159:8, Eph 1:8; pass., Mt 13:1225:29; c. gen. rei, Lk 15:17, WH;
(b) to make to excel: c. acc. pers., dat. rei, I Th 3:12 (cf. ὑπερ-περισσεύω).†
SYN.: πλεονάζω.