Lexicon / G4121
πλεονάζω
pleonazō
  • to increase
  • to abound in
  • to superabound
  • to abound
  • superabound
  • to make to abound

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: to increase

πλεονάζω

(πλέον), [in LXX for עֲדַף, רָבָה, etc. ;]

__I. Intrans.

__1. Of persons;

__(a) to abound in (Arist.);

__(b) to superabound: 2Co.8:15 (LXX).

__2. Of things, to abound, superabound: Rom.5:20 6:1, 2Co.4:15, Php.4:17, 2Th.1:3, 2Pe.1:8.

__II. Trans. (Num.26:54, Psa.71:21; not cl, see Lft. Notes, 48 f.), to make to abound: 1Th.3:12 (cf. ὑπερ-πλεονάζω).†

SYN.: περισσεύω, q.v (AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: to abound in; to superabound; to abound; superabound; to make to abound

to abound in; to superabound; to abound; superabound; to make to abound