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|txtha=[[imperfect]] ἐπερίσσευον (περισσεύσειν ( bez); 1st aorist ἐπερίσσευσα; [[passive]], [[present]] περισσεύομαι (περισσευθήσεται; ([[περισσός]], [[which]] [[see]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> intransitive and [[properly]], to [[exceed]] a [[fixed]] [[number]] or [[measure]]; to be [[over]] and [[above]] a [[certain]] [[number]] or [[measure]]: [[μύριοι]] εἰσιν ἀριθμόν ... [[εἷς]] δέ περισσεύει, [[Hesiod]] from 14,4 (clxix. (187), edition Göttling); [[hence]],<br /><b class="num">a.</b> to be [[over]], to [[remain]]: τό περισσεῦον [[τῶν]] κλασμάτων, equivalent to τά περισσευοντα κλάσματα, περισσεύει μοι τί, τό περισσεῦσαν τίνι, [[what]] remained [[over]] to [[one]], to [[exist]] or be at [[hand]] in [[abundance]]: τίνι, τό περισσεῦον τίνι, [[one]]'s [[abundance]], [[wealth]] (R. V. [[superfluity]]); opposed to [[ὑστέρησις]]), [[ὑστέρημα]], to be [[great]] ([[abundant]]), περισσεύει τί [[εἰς]] τινα, "a [[thing]] comes in [[abundance]], or overflows, [[unto]] [[one]]; [[something]] falls to the [[lot]] of [[one]] in [[large]] [[measure]]": [[περισσεύω]] [[εἰς]] τί, to redound [[unto]], [[turn]] [[out]] [[abundantly]] for, a [[thing]], ἡ [[ἀλήθεια]] [[τοῦ]] Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν [[εἰς]] [[τήν]] [[δόξαν]] [[αὐτοῦ]], i. e. by my [[lie]] it came to [[pass]] [[that]] God's [[veracity]] became the [[more]] [[conspicuous]], and [[becoming]] [[thus]] [[more]] [[thoroughly]] [[known]] increased his [[glory]], to be increased, τῷ ἀριθμῷ, to [[abound]], [[overflow]], i. e. α. to be [[abundantly]] furnished [[with]], to [[have]] in [[abundance]], [[abound]] in (a [[thing]]): [[absolutely]] (A. V. to [[abound]]), to be in [[affluence]], ὑστερεῖσθαι; Winer s Grammar, § 30,8b.; (cf. Buttmann, § 132,12)): ἄρτων, R G L T Tr marginal [[reading]] β. to be [[pre-eminent]], to [[excel]] (cf. Buttmann, § 132,22): [[absolutely]], ἐν [[with]] a dative of the virtues or the actions in [[which]] [[one]] excels (Buttmann, § 132,12), L T Tr WH [[omit]] ἐν); περισσεύητε [[μᾶλλον]], to [[excel]] [[still]] [[more]], to [[increase]] in [[excellence]], [[μᾶλλον]] καί [[μᾶλλον]] περισσεύῃ, περισσεύσῃ ... [[πλεῖον]], to [[excel]] [[more]] [[than]] (A. V. [[exceed]]; cf. Buttmann, § 132,20,22), περισσεύειν [[ὑπέρ]] τινα, τί ἐπερίσσευσεν ὁ [[ἄνθρωπος]] [[παρά]] τό [[κτῆνος]]; Winer s Grammar, p. 23; § 38,1), to [[make]] to [[abound]], i. e.<br /><b class="num">a.</b> to [[furnish]] [[one]] [[richly]] so [[that]] he has [[abundance]]: [[passive]], WH Tr [[text]]; τί [[εἰς]] τινα, to [[make]] a [[thing]] to [[abound]] [[unto]] [[one]], to [[confer]] a [[thing]] [[abundantly]] [[upon]] [[one]], to [[make]] [[abundant]] or [[excellent]]: τί, to [[cause]] [[one]] to [[excel]]: τινα, [[with]] a dative of the [[thing]], τάς ὥρας, to [[extend]] the hours [[beyond]] the prescribed [[time]], Athen. 2, p. 42b.) (Compare: [[ὑπερπερισσεύω]].)  

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