2001 Translation

PERISSON, perisson

Sounds Like: peh-ris-SON

Translations: excessive, abundant, superfluous, more, advantage, profit, something extra, an abundance, a surplus, exceedingly, abundantly

From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun, Adverb

Explanation: This word describes something that is exceeding, abundant, superfluous, or more than enough. As an adjective, it can mean 'excessive' or 'abundant'. As a noun, it refers to an abundance, a surplus, an advantage, or a profit. It can also function as an adverb, meaning 'exceedingly' or 'abundantly'. It is used to denote something beyond what is necessary or expected.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G4053 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 102:7

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:161

Codex Sinaiticus

• Ecclesiastes — 2:15, 6:11, 12:9, 12:11
• Matthew — 5:37, 5:47
• John — 10:10
• Romans — 3:1
• 2 Corinthians — 9:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 8:215
• Book 6 — 14:335
• Book 9 — 4:50
• Book 10 — 4:57, 4:65, 11:225
• Book 12 — 2:109
• Book 15 — 11:382

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 6:5, 23:4
• Book Two — 6:11
• Book Four — 8:22

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 2:10

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 10:5
• 2 Kings — 25:11
• 2 Maccabees — 12:44
• Proverbs — 14:23
• Ecclesiastes — 2:15, 7:1, 12:9, 12:12
• Ezekiel — 48:18, 48:21, 48:23
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 5:12, 6:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 5:37, 5:47
• John — 10:10
• Romans — 3:1
• 2 Corinthians — 9:1

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΑ — excessive, superfluous, abundant, more, beyond measure, exceedingly, abundantly, a superfluous thing, superfluous things, excessive things
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΑΣ — superfluous, abundant, excessive, remaining, over and above
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΗ — abundant, excessive, superfluous, outstanding, extraordinary, (to) abundant, (to) excessive, (to) superfluous, (to) outstanding, (to) extraordinary, abundant things, excessive things, superfluous things, outstanding things, extraordinary things
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΙΑ — abundance, superfluity, excess, advantage, preeminence
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟ — abundant, more, exceeding, superfluous, excellent, advantage, much, beyond measure, exceedingly, more abundantly, more than enough
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΙ — the rest, the remaining ones, the superfluous ones, the abundant ones, the ones left over
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΙΣ — excessive, superfluous, abundant, remaining, over and above, extraordinary
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΣ — superfluous, excessive, abundant, more, a more, extraordinary, preeminent, beyond measure
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΑ — more, greater, more abundant, more things, greater things
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΑΝ — more, more abundant, more excellent, greater, an excess
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΟ — more, more abundant, greater, more than enough, exceedingly, superabundantly
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more, more abundant, more exceedingly, more than enough, more than
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more, greater, more abundant, more numerous
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΩΣ — more, more abundantly, much more, especially, exceedingly
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΥ — of abundance, of excess, of superfluity, exceedingly, excessively, abundantly, more than enough
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΥΣ — excessive, abundant, superfluous, extraordinary, more, a more, an extraordinary
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΩ — exceedingly, abundantly, much, very, greatly, more, beyond measure
• ΠΕΡΙΣΣΩΣ — exceedingly, abundantly, much, greatly, beyond measure, extremely
• ΠΕΡΙΤΤΗΝ — superfluous, excessive, abundant, extraordinary, more than enough, unnecessary
• ΠΕΡΙΤΤΗΣ — of excessive, of superfluous, of extraordinary, of abundant, of more
• ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΙΣ — (to) superfluous, (to) excessive, (to) abundant, (to) more, (to) extraordinary, (to) odd

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