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Koine Greek wordlink #118257

SR GNT 1 Cor 12:23 περισσοτέραν (perissoteran) ‘body around these honour more_abundant we are putting_around and the’ Strongs=40550 Lemma=perissoteros
Word role=adjective case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=59 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form περισσοτέραν (A-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘περισσοτέραν’ (A-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘more_abundant’.

1 Cor 12:23 ‘dishonourable of us propriety more_abundant is having’ SR GNT 1 Cor 12:23 word 17

OET-LV: 23 and which we _are _supposing less _honourable to _be of _the body, around _these honour more _abundant we _are _putting _around, and the dishonourable of _us, propriety more _abundant is _having, (CO1_12:23)

OET-RV: 23 and those body parts that seem less honourable, we give them greater honour and hence our unpresentable body parts are treated with more modesty. (CO1 12:23)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘perissoteros’ have 4 different glosses: ‘more_abundant’, ‘more_excessive’, ‘more_important’, ‘more_important than’.

Greek words (5) other than περισσοτέραν (A-AFS) with a gloss related to ‘more_abundant’

LUKE 12:4 περισσότερον (perissoteron) S-ANS ‘these things not having more_abundant anything to do’ SR GNT Luke 12:4 word 28

OET-LV: 4 And I _am _saying to _you _all, the friends of _me, be_ not _afraid of of _the ones killing _off the body, and after these things not having anything more _abundant to _do. (LUK_12:4)

OET-RV: 4 “And I’m telling you, my friends, that you shouldn’t be afraid of those who can kill your body (and after that they don’t have anything more that they can do). (LUK 12:4)

LUKE 20:47 περισσότερον (perissoteron) A-ANS ‘they are praying these will_be receiving more_abundant judgement’ SR GNT Luke 20:47 word 16

OET-LV: 47 who are _devouring the houses of _the widows, and they _are _praying long for_a_under _pretense. These will _be _receiving more _abundant judgement. (LUK_20:47)

OET-RV: 47 but they take advantage of widows’ homes and they make their prayers long to impress others. These people will receive a harsher judgement.” (LUK 20:47)

1 COR 12:24 περισσοτέραν (perissoteran) S-AFS ‘body to the members being deficient more_abundant having given honour’ SR GNT 1 Cor 12:24 word 20

OET-LV: 24 and the the_prominent of _us, no need is _having. But the god united _together the body, to _the members being _deficient, more _abundant having _given honour, (CO1_12:24)

OET-RV: 24 Our presentable parts don’t have any need for that, but rather God has put the body together and he gave greater honour to the lesser parts (CO1 12:24)

2 COR 2:7 περισσοτέρᾳ (perissotera) A-DFS ‘lest somehow with the more_abundant sorrow may_be swallowed_up such one’ SR GNT 2 Cor 2:7 word 11

OET-LV: 7 so _that instead rather you _all are to _forgive and to _comfort him, lest somehow with _the more _abundant sorrow, may _be _swallowed _up the such one. (CO2_2:7)

OET-RV: 7 so now you should forgive and comfort him in case excess pain should drive him out. (CO2 2:7)

HEB 7:15 περισσότερον (perissoteron) S-ANS ‘and more_abundant still very_evident it is’ SR GNT Heb 7:15 word 2

OET-LV: 15 And more _abundant still very _evident it _is, if according _to the likeness of _Melⱪisedek, is _rising _up priest another, (HEB_7:15)

OET-RV: 15 and it’s even more clear if another priest like Malki-Tsedek rose up (HEB 7:15)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AFS=accusative,feminine,singular ANS=accusative,neuter,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular