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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:

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