What does περισσεία (perisseía) mean in the Bible?
περισσεία (perisseía) is a Greek word meaning "excess".
Greek · G4050
περισσεία
Excess
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περισσείαG4050
Pronunciationperisseía
What does περισσεία (perisseía) mean in the Bible?
περισσεία (perisseía) is a Greek word meaning "excess".
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How does the BSB render G4050?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), abundance (1), abundant (1), every expression (1).
Where does περισσεία (perisseía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 5:17. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (2), James (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It. . .1×2 Corinthians 10:15
abundance1×Romans 5:17
abundant1×2 Corinthians 8:2
every expression1×James 1:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 5:17
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Romans12 Corinthians2James1
Source forms
περισσείαν3xperisseianRomans 5:17, 2 Corinthians 10:15, James 1:21
περισσεία1xperisseia2 Corinthians 8:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular3xRomans 5:17, 2 Corinthians 10:15, James 1:21
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 8:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. excess
Strong'sG4050
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
excess
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 5:17Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
περισσείανperisseian
abundance
Read verse2 Corinthians 8:2Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
περισσείαperisseia
abundance
Read verse2 Corinthians 10:15Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
περισσείαν,perisseian
abundance
Read verseJames 1:21Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
περισσείανperisseian
abundance
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 8:21×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineRom 5:17 · 2 Cor 10:15 · Jas 1:213×
Word Origins
περισσεία is built from this root:
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