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Koine Greek wordlink #123662

SR GNT 2 Cor 9:1 περισσόν (perisson) ‘to the holy ones superfluous for me is to_be writing’ Strongs=40530 Lemma=perissos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form περισσόν (S-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘περισσόν’ (S-NNS) has 3 different glosses: ‘additional than’, ‘additional thing’, ‘superfluous’.

Mat 5:37 ‘no the and additional than these things from evil’ SR GNT Mat 5:37 word 13

OET-LV: 37 But let _be the statement of _you _all, yes be yes, no be no, and the additional than these things is from the evil. (MAT_5:37)

OET-RV: 37 Just say ‘yes’ when you commit to doing something, and ‘no’ when you don’t, because going beyond that is actually evil. (MAT 5:37)

Rom 3:1 ‘what therefore is the additional thing of the Youdaios or’ SR GNT Rom 3:1 word 4

OET-LV: 3 Therefore is what the additional thing of _the Youdaios, or what is the benefit of_ the _circumcision? (ROM_3:1)

OET-RV: 3 So what advantage is it in being a Jew and what’s the benefit of circumcision? (ROM 3:1)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘perissos’ have 4 different glosses: ‘additional than’, ‘additional thing’, ‘additional things’, ‘superfluous’.

Key: S=substantive adjective NNS=nominative,neuter,singular