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Koine Greek wordlink #2746

SR GNT Mat 5:47 περισσόν (perisson) ‘of you_all only what additional things you_all are doing not also’ Strongs=40530 Lemma=perissos
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount

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Only use of identical word form περισσόν (S-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘περισσόν’ (S-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘additional things’.

Mat 5:47 ‘of you_all only what additional things you_all are doing not also’ SR GNT Mat 5:47 word 10

OET-LV: 47 And if you _all _may _greet the brothers of _you _all only, what additional things are _you _all _doing? Not also the pagans are _doing the same? (MAT_5:47)

OET-RV: 47 And if you’re only polite to your own circle, how is that achieving anything? Aren’t non-Jews just the same? (MAT 5:47)

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

Greek words (2) other than περισσόν (S-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘additional’

MAT 5:37 περισσόν (perisson) S-NNS ‘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 περισσόν (perisson) S-NNS ‘what therefore is the additional thing of the Youdaios or’ SR GNT Rom 3:1 word 4

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

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

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