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Koine Greek wordlink #6574

SR GNT Mat 11:9 περισσότερον (perissoteron) ‘I am saying to you_all and more_important than a prophet’ Strongs=40550 Lemma=perissoteros
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Jesus'_Message_on_John_the_Baptist

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Other uses (1) of identical word form περισσότερον (S-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘περισσότερον’ (S-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘more_important than’.

Luke 7:26 ‘I am saying to you_all and more_important than a prophet’ SR GNT Luke 7:26 word 11

OET-LV: 26 But what you _all _came _out to _see? A_prophet? Yes, I _am _saying to _you _all, and more _important than a_prophet. (LUK_7:26)

OET-RV: 26 So what was it that you went out to see? A prophet? Yes, I’ll tell you that he is more important than any old prophet. (LUK 7:26)

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 (1) other than περισσότερον (S-AMS) with a gloss related to ‘more_important’

MARK 12:33 περισσότερον (perissoteron) S-NNS ‘neighbour as himself more_important is all the’ SR GNT Mark 12:33 word 37

OET-LV: 33 and, the To _be _loving him with all the heart, and with all the intelligence, and with all the strength, and, which To _be _loving his neighbour as himself, is more _important all the whole _burnt _offerings and sacrifices. (MRK_12:33)

OET-RV: 33 and saying that we should love him with all our heart and all our intelligence and all our strength, and to be loving our neighbours like we look after ourselves, and all this is more important than all the required temple offerings and sacrifices.” (MRK 12:33)

Key: S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular