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Koine Greek wordlink #135209

SR GNT 1 Th 3:12 περισσεύσαι (perisseusai) ‘master might be_plentiful and might be_plentiful in love toward one_another’ Strongs=40520 Lemma=perisseuō
Word role=verb mood=optative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=54 AD

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Only use of identical word form περισσεύσαι (V-OAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘περισσεύσαι’ (V-OAA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘might be_plentiful’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘περισσεύσαι’ (V-OAA3··S) was always and only glossed as ‘might abound’).

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘perisseuō’ have 20 different glosses: ‘are being_plentiful’, ‘having been_leftover’, ‘is being_plentiful’, ‘may be_plentiful’, ‘may_be being_plentiful’, ‘might be_plentiful’, ‘to be_plentiful’, ‘to_be being_plentiful’, ‘will_be_being in_abundance’, ‘I am being_plentiful’, ‘he will_be_being in_abundance’, ‘he been_plentiful’, ‘they were being_plentiful’, ‘they were_leftover’, ‘we are being_plentiful’, ‘you_all are being_plentiful’, ‘you_all may_be being_plentiful’, ‘been_plentiful’, ‘being_leftover’, ‘being_plentiful’.

Greek words (6) other than περισσεύσαι (V-OAA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘be_plentiful’

MAT 5:20 περισσεύσῃ (perisseusaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘that if not may be_plentiful of you_all righteousness more’ SR GNT Mat 5:20 word 7

OET-LV: 20 For/Because I _am _saying to _you _all that if the righteousness of _you _all not may _be _plentiful more of _the scribes and Farisaios_party, by _no _means you _all _may_ not _come _in into the kingdom of _the heavens. (MAT_5:20)

OET-RV: 20 Let me tell all of you, unless you’re more godly than the religious teachers and the Pharisees, there’s no way that you’ll get to enter the heavenly kingdom. (MAT 5:20)

ROM 5:20 πλεονάσῃ (pleonasaʸ) V-SAA3··S Lemma=pleonazō ‘and slipped_in in_order_that may be_plentiful the transgression where’ SR GNT Rom 5:20 word 5

OET-LV: 20 And the_law slipped _in, in _order _that may _be _plentiful the transgression, but where been _plentiful the sin, overflowed the grace, (ROM_5:20)

OET-RV: 20 The law was inserted so that acts of disobedience would be plentiful, but where sin has been plentiful, grace has overflowed (ROM 5:20)

ROM 6:1 πλεονάσῃ (pleonasaʸ) V-SAA3··S Lemma=pleonazō ‘in sin in_order_that grace may be_plentiful’ SR GNT Rom 6:1 word 12

OET-LV: 6 Therefore what we _will _be _saying? We _may _be _continuing _on the in _sin, in _order _that the grace may _be _plentiful? (ROM_6:1)

OET-RV: 6 So should we continuing disobeying so that more of God’s grace will be displayed? (ROM 6:1)

2 COR 4:15 περισσεύσῃ (perisseusaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘more the thanksgiving may be_plentiful to the glory’ SR GNT 2 Cor 4:15 word 15

OET-LV: 15 For/Because the things all are because _of you _all, in _order _that the grace having _been _plentiful through the more, the thanksgiving may _be _plentiful to the glory of_ the _god. (CO2_4:15)

OET-RV: 15 All of this is for you, so that after experiencing much grace, you all will be even more thankful and thus honour God. (CO2 4:15)

2 COR 9:8 περισσεῦσαι (perisseusai) V-NAA···· ‘god all grace to be_plentiful to you_all in_order_that’ SR GNT 2 Cor 9:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8 And is _able the god all grace to _be _plentiful to you _all, in _order _that in everything always all contentment having, you _all _may _be _being _plentiful in every work good. (CO2_9:8)

OET-RV: 8 And God is able to shower generosity onto you all so that you’ll be content having everything you need, thus able to be prolific in doing good to others. (CO2 9:8)

1 TH 3:12 πλεονάσαι (pleonasai) V-OAA3··S Lemma=pleonazō ‘and the master might be_plentiful and might be_plentiful in love’ SR GNT 1 Th 3:12 word 6

OET-LV: 12 And you _all the master might _be _plentiful and might _be _plentiful the in _love toward one _another, and toward all, just _as also we toward you _all, (TH1_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 May the master increase your numbers and give you all an excess of love towards each other and toward everyone, just like we also have toward all of you, (TH1 3:12)

Key: V=verb