Excessive
περισσόςStrong’s G4053perissos
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Perissos is the Greek word usually translated “excessive” and “superiority”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.”
Meaning
Usually translated “excessive” and “superiority”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- excessive 5
- superiority 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Mark 1
- John 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
- Mark 6:51And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
- John 10:10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
- Romans 3:1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
- 2 Corinthians 9:1For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
Greek dictionary
περισσός perissos · excessive
περισσός, -ή, -όν [in LXX for יֶתֶר and cogn. forms ;] 1. more than sufficient, over and above, abundant: Jhn.10:10, 2Co.9:1; with genitive (a popular substitute for πλειών, Bl., § 11, 3.4), Mat.5:37; id. with ellips. genitive, Mat.5:47 (EV, more than others; but see infr.); εκ περισσοῦ, Mrk.6:51, Rec., T. (on ὑπὲρ ὲκ π., see: ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ). Compar. neut., -ότερον: Luk.12:4, 48; with genitive, Mrk.12:33; adverbially (cf. περισσῶς), more abundantly, 2Co.10:8, Heb.6:17 7:15; with genitive, π. πάντων, 1Co.15:10; pleonast., μᾶλλον π., Mrk.7:36. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “excessive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXCESS'IVE, adjective
Beyond any given degree, measure or limit, or beyond the common measure or proportion; as the excessive bulk of a man; excessive labor; excessive wages.
- Beyond the established laws of morality and religion, or beyond the bounds of justice, fitness, propriety, expedience or utility; as excessive indulgence of any kind.
- Extravagant; unreasonable.
- Vehement; violent; as excessive passion.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.