περισσεία in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) abundance, superabundantly, superfluously
2) superiority, preference, pre-eminence
3) gain, profit
4) residue, remains: the wickedness remaining over in a Christian from his state prior to conversion
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Citing in TDNT: 6:63, 828

Strong

G4050
From G4052; surplusage, that is, superabundance: - abundance (-ant, [-ly]), superfluity.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
a abundance59.53
b excessive78.31

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBL (also Westcott and Hort; Tischendorf; Byzantine)

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