Quick Definition
περισσεία, ας, ἡ n.f. abundance
Strong's Definition
from 4052; surplusage, i.e. superabundance
KJV Usage: abundance(-ant, (-ly)), superfluity
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | περισσεύω
59.53 · Quantity · Abundance, Excess, Sparing
abundance, a great deal of (derivative of περισσεύω[a] ‘to abound,’ 59.52) that which exists in an abundance
78.31 · Degree · More Than, Less Than [Comparative Degree]
very great, excessive, extremely, emphatic, surpassing, all the more, much greater a degree which is considerably in excess of some point on an implied or explicit scale of extent
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περισσεία, -as, 4, (περισσεύω, 4. V-) ; 1. abundance: τῆς χάριτος, Ro. v.17; τῆς χαρᾶς, 2 Co. viii. 2; εἰς περισσείαν, adverbially, superabundantly, superfluously, [A. V. out of measure], 2 Co. x. 15, (Boeckh, Corp. inserr. i. p. 668, no. 1378, 6; Byzant. writ). 2. superiorily ; preference, pre-eminence : \', Eccl. vi. 8; for yy, Heel. ii. 13; x. 10. 3. gain, profit: for jm, Heel. 1. 3; 11. 11; iii. 9, ete. 4. residue, remains : κακίας, the wickedness remaining over in the Christian from his state prior to conversion, Jas. i. 21, see περίσσευμα, 2; [al. adhere in this pass. to the meaning which the word bears elsewhere in the N. T. viz. ‘excess’, ‘superabundance,’ (A. V. superfluity) ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περισσεία perisseia 4x
superabundance, Rom. 5:17; 2 Cor. 8:2; 10:15; Jas. 1:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† περισσεία, -ας, ἡ
(< περισσεύω), [in LXX: Ec12 (יִתְרוֹן and cogn. forms, 1:3, al.)*;]
abundance, superfluity: Ro 5:17, II Co 8:2 10:15, Ja 1:21 (so also Inscr., v. LAE, 80).
superiority (Ec, v. supr.);
profit (ib.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περισσεία, “‘superfluity,” ‘‘surplus.” Though Grimm-Thayer (p. 695) include this subst. in their list of so-called ‘‘ Biblical’’ words, they inconsistently append the note ‘‘ Inscr.,” and Deissmann (ZA2Z, p. 80) has now furnished two interesting exx. from this source. The first is from C/G I. 1378, where a president of the games is described as—rhv περισσείαν ἀποδοὺς πᾶσαν τῇ πόλει τῶν ἀγωνοθετικῶν χρημάτων, ““Πανίηρ handed over to the city the whole surplus of the money belonging to the presidents of the games.” The second is again from a pagan inscr.. BCH xxi. (1897), p. 65 ἐκ περισειῶν (λ περισσειῶν), ‘ from superfluous (money).” Add /GSef¢ 322 ἐκ τῆς περισσήας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
περισσεία (perisseia) — excess. περισσ-εία, ἡ, surplus, abundance, [NT]
II. advantage, [LXX]