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πλεονάζω

MainId: 004025000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4121

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'It is possible that περισσεύω[e] differs somewhat from πλεονάζω[b] in intensity, implying perhaps an overabundance of something, but it is difficult to confirm such a distinction on the basis of existing texts.'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004025001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: πλεονάζω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: aor.opt.3sg.

      Realizations: πλεονάσαι

   RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'πλεονεκτέω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'πλεονέκτης', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'πλεονεξία', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'πλείων', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ὑπερπλεονάζω', 'Meanings': []}]

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004025001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 59.67

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Quantity

      LEXSubDomains: Increase, Decrease

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-27 14:50:41

         DefinitionShort: to increase considerably the extent of an activity or state, with the implication of the result being an abundance

         Glosses: ['to increase considerably', 'to become more and more', 'to multiply']

         Comments: It may be difficult in some languages to speak of ‘sin increasing,’ but in {S:04500502000020} one can say ‘where people sinned more and more.’|In {S:04700401500018} the increase would be in the instances of God’s grace extending to more and more people.

      LEXReferences: ROM 5:20, ROM 5:20, ROM 6:1, 2COR 4:15, PHP 4:17

   2. LEXID: 004025001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 78.32

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Degree

      LEXSubDomains: More Than, Less Than [Comparative Degree]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-27 14:50:41

         DefinitionShort: to cause an increase in the degree of some experience or state{N:001}

         Glosses: ['to cause to be intense', 'to cause to be more', 'to cause to grow']

         Comments: It would seem that πλεονάσαι and περισσεύσαι in {S:05200301200010} simply reinforce the meaning of intense degree. It is assumed that these two expressions are not completely synonymous, but it is difficult to determine precisely how they may contrast. It may simply be that περισσεύσαι is somewhat more emphatic.

      LEXReferences: 1TH 3:12, 2TH 1:3

   3. LEXID: 004025001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 59.48

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Quantity

      LEXSubDomains: Abundance, Excess, Sparing

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-27 14:50:41

         DefinitionShort: to exist or be in abundance

         Glosses: ['to be in abundance', 'to have in abundance']

         Comments: The two participial forms, ὑπάρχοντα (see {D:57.2}) and πλεονάζοντα, are coalesced in the translation as ‘have … in abundance.’|In a number of languages the equivalent of this expression in {S:06100100800012} might be ‘if you have a great many of these’ or ‘for if these are big with you.’

      LEXReferences: 2PET 1:8

   4. LEXID: 004025001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 57.23

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

      LEXSubDomains: Have Sufficient

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-27 14:50:41

         DefinitionShort: to have more than enough to meet one’s needs

         Glosses: ['to have more than enough', 'to have too much']

      LEXReferences: 2COR 8:15