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περισσός

MainId: 003959000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4053

AlternateLemmas: περισσότερος

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'A close comparison with Domain 78 Degree, Subdomain B More Than, Less Than will indicate how closely related are the meanings of degree and those of quantity. In fact, in a number of instances, the same expressions may be interpreted either as quantity or as degree.'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003959001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: adjc., advb.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: περισσός

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ή, όν

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'περισσεύω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003959001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 65.46

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Value

      LEXSubDomains: Advantageous, Not Advantageous

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-24 14:21:33

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to causing a decided or distinct advantage

         Glosses: ['special advantage', 'of greater benefit']

      LEXReferences: ROM 3:1

   2. LEXID: 003959001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 58.57

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Nature, Class, Example

      LEXSubDomains: Unusual, Different From the Ordinary

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-24 14:21:33

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to that which is exceptional in the sense of being more than what is expected

         Glosses: ['exceptional', 'outstanding', 'remarkable', 'unusual']

      LEXReferences: MAT 5:47, 1COR 12:23, 2COR 10:8

   3. LEXID: 003959001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 59.51

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Quantity

      LEXSubDomains: Abundance, Excess, Sparing

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-24 14:21:33

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to a quantity so abundant as to be considerably more than what one would expect or anticipate{N:001}

         Glosses: ['that which is more than', 'more than enough', 'beyond the norm', 'abundantly', 'superfluous']

         Comments: For another interpretation of περισσός in {S:04700900100020}, see {D:71.40}.

      LEXReferences: MAT 5:37, MARK 6:51, YHN 10:10, 2COR 9:1

   4. LEXID: 003959001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 71.40

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Mode

      LEXSubDomains: Necessary, Unnecessary

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-24 14:21:33

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to being unnecessary in view of being superfluous

         Glosses: ['unnecessary', 'not required']

         Comments: For another interpretation of περισσός in {S:04700900100020}, see {D:59.51}.

      LEXReferences: 2COR 9:1

   5. LEXID: 003959001005000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 78.31

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Degree

      LEXSubDomains: More Than, Less Than [Comparative Degree]

      LEXCollocations: περισσότερος

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-24 14:21:33

         DefinitionShort: a degree which is considerably in excess of some point on an implied or explicit scale of extent

         Glosses: ['very great', 'excessive', 'extremely', 'emphatic', 'surpassing', 'all the more', 'much greater']

      LEXReferences: MAT 11:9, MARK 7:36, MARK 12:33, MARK 12:40, LUKE 7:26, LUKE 12:4, LUKE 12:48, LUKE 20:47, 1COR 12:23, 1COR 12:24, 1COR 15:10, 2COR 2:7, HEB 6:17, HEB 7:15

   6. LEXID: 003959001006000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 78.20

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Degree

      LEXSubDomains: Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]

      LEXCollocations: ἐκ περισσοῦ

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-24 14:21:33

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: from excess) an extremely high point on a scale of extent and implying excess

         Glosses: ['exceedingly', 'extremely', 'decidedly', 'excessively']

         Comments: In {S:04100605100030} both {L:λίαν} ({D:78.1}) and ἐκ περισσοῦ are expressions of degree and they reinforce one another.

      LEXReferences: MARK 6:51