περίσσευμα
perísseuma · G4051 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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abundance, a great deal of
(Derivative of περισσεύω ‘to abound,’) That which exists in an abundance
ExamplesMatthew 12:34 “You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.
Luke 6:45 “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.
2 Corinthians 8:14 at this present time your abundance will serve as assistance for their need, so that their abundance also may serve as assistance for your need, so that there may be equality;
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- καρδίαheart 2
- ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 1
- κλάσμαfragment 1
- σύyou 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σπυρίςlarge basket 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αἴρωto take up, to take away, to carry 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκfrom 4
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- ὑστέρημα hystérēma · G5303 · what is lacking, what is needed, absence
- ὑστέρημα denotes 'lack, deficiency, what is lacking,' the direct lexical opposite of περίσσευμα (surplus, abundance): where περίσσευμα indicates more than enough, ὑστέρημα indicates less than enough.
In the other Testament 2 words
- יֶתֶר yether · H3499 · remainder, rest, remnant
- יֶתֶר is the standard Hebrew noun for 'remainder, surplus, excess,' directly equivalent to περίσσευμα in denoting what is left over or superabundant beyond what is needed.
- מוֹתָר môwthâr · H4195 · advantage
- מוֹתָר denotes 'excess, abundance, advantage,' semantically parallel to περίσσευμα as a noun indicating surplus or superabundance (e.g., Eccl 7:11-12).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Abundance, a great deal of59.53
- περίσσευμα names what is left over in surplus once a need has been met. Mark's account of the feeding of the four thousand records the result: “they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces” (Mark 8:8).
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon περισσεύματος, τό (περισσεύω); 1. abundance, in which one delights; opposed to ὑστέρημα,…
1. abundance, in which one delights; opposed to ὑστέρημα, 2 Cor 8:14 (13), 14; tropically, of that which fills the heart, Mt 12:34; Lk 6:45, (Eratosthenes, Plutarch).
2. what is left over, residue, remains: plural Mk 8:8.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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