περισσός, -ή, -όν

[in LXX for יֶתֶר and cogn. forms ;]

__1. more than sufficient, over and above, abundant: Jhn.10:10, 2Co.9:1; with genitive (a popular substitute for πλειών, Bl. § 11, 3.4), Mat.5:37; id. with ellips. genitive, Mat.5:47 (EV, more than others; but see infr.); εκ περισσοῦ, Mrk.6:51, Rec. T. (on ὑπὲρ ὲκ π. see: ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ). Compar. neut. -ότερον: Luk.12:4, 48; with genitive, Mrk.12:33; adverbially (cf. περισσῶς), more abund­antly, 2Co.10:8, Heb.6:17 7:15; with genitive, π. πάντων, 1Co.15:10; pleonast. μᾶλλον π. Mrk.7:36.

__2. out of the common, pre-eminent, superior: Mat.5:47 (Thayer, see word, but see supr.); τὸ π. as subst. Rom.3:1; compar. -ότερος, with genitive, Mat.11:9, Luk.7:26; with subst. Mrk.12:40, Luk.20:47, 1Co.12:23-24, 2Co.2:7.†

(AS)

more than sufficient; over and above; abundant; more abundantly; out of the common; pre-eminent; superior