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Strong's G4052 περισσεύω (perisseuo)

Perisseuo means “excel” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4052 — migraah (“narrowed rest”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4052
Language Greek
Linked Usages 43
Books 16

Strong's G4052 Quick Answer

Strong's G4052 περισσεύω (perisseuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. perisseuo (per-is-syoo'-o) v. 1. to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous 2. (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel It has 43 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include more, make, and excel. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
perisseuo (per-is-syoo'-o) v. 1. to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous 2. (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel
Usage
43 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
more, make, and excel

Meaning and Definition

perisseuo (per-is-syoo'-o) v. 1. to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous 2. (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel [from G4053] KJV: (make, more) abound, (have, have more) abundance (be more) abundant, be the better, enough and to spare, exceed, excel, increase, be left, redound, remain (over and above) Root(s): G4053

Original Word
περισσεύω
Transliteration
perisseuo
Derivation
Root: περισσός R1: 4053
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4052. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to exceed

Usage: περισσεύω (περισσός), [in LXX: 1Ki.2:33 (מַרְבִּית), 1Ki.2:36 Ecc.3:19 (יָתַר ni., יוׄתֵר), Tob.4:16, Sir.10:27 11:12 19:24, Sir 30:38 (Sir.33:29), 1Ma.3:30 * ;] __I. Prop., intrans., __1. of things, to be over and above the number (Hes.), hence, __(a) to be or remain over: Mat.14:20 15:37, Luk.9:17, Jhn.6:12-13; __(b) to abound, be in abundance: Mrk.12:44, Luk.12:15 21:4, Act.16:5, Rom.3:7 5:15, 2Co.1:5 8:2 9:12, Php.1:26. __2. Of persons, __(a) to abound in, have in abundance: 1Co.14:12 15:58, Php.4:12, 18;

with genitive, Luk.15:17 T; __(b) to be superior or better, to excel: absol., 1Co.3:9 8:8; with dative ref., 2Co.3:9; before ἐν, Rom.15:13, 1Co.15:58, 2Co.3:9 8:7, Col.2:7; μᾶλλον, 1Th.4:1 4:10; μ καὶ μ., Php.1:9; πλεῖον, Mat.5:20. __II. In late writers (Lft., Notes, 48 f.), trans., __(a) to make to abound: with accusative before εἰς, 2Co.4:15 9:8, Eph.1:8; pass., Mat.13:12 25:29; with genitive of thing(s), Luk.15:17, WH; __(b) to make to excel: with accusative of person(s), dative of thing(s), 1Th.3:12 (cf.

ὑπερ-περισσεύω).† SYN.: πλεονάζω (AS)

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How Strong's G4052 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render perisseuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G4052 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 35 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4052 (περισσεύω) appears 8 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4052 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4052 in the New Testament

35 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:20 KJV

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 13:12 KJV

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

Matthew 14:20 KJV

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

Strong's G4052 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

1 Kingdoms 2:33 Septuagint / Brenton

And if I do not destroy a man of thine from my altar, it shall be that his eyes may fail and his soul may perish; and everyone that remains in thy house shall fall by the sword of men.

1 Kingdoms 2:36 Septuagint / Brenton

And it shall come to pass that he that survives in thy house, shall come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, saying, Put me into one of thy priests’ offices to eat bread.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 Septuagint / Brenton

Also to them is the event of the sons of man, And the event of the brute; One event befalls them: As is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; And there is one breath to all: And what has the man more than the brute? Nothing; for all is vanity.

Strong's G4052 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 3:30 Septuagint / Brenton

he feared that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer, nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before: for he had abounded above the kings that were before him.

Wisdom of Sirach 10:27 Septuagint / Brenton

Better is he that laboreth, and aboundeth in all things, Than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.

Wisdom of Sirach 11:12 Septuagint / Brenton

Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, Wanting ability, and full of poverty; Yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, And set him up from his low estate,

Usage Excerpts

First 43 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4052.

1 Kingdoms 2:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if I do not destroy a man of thine from my altar, it shall be that his eyes may fail and his soul may perish; and everyone that remains in thy house shall fall by the sword of men.
1 Kingdoms 2:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass that he that survives in thy house, shall come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, saying, Put me into one of thy priests’ offices to eat bread.
Ecclesiastes 3:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also to them is the event of the sons of man, And the event of the brute; One event befalls them: As is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; And there is one breath to all: And what has the man more than the brute? Nothing; for all is vanity.
Matthew 5:20 New Testament, KJV
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 13:12 New Testament, KJV
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Matthew 14:20 New Testament, KJV
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
Matthew 15:37 New Testament, KJV
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
Matthew 25:29 New Testament, KJV
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Mark 12:44 New Testament, KJV
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Luke 9:17 New Testament, KJV
And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
Luke 12:15 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Luke 15:17 New Testament, KJV
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Luke 21:4 New Testament, KJV
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
John 6:12 New Testament, KJV
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
John 6:13 New Testament, KJV
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
Acts 16:5 New Testament, KJV
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
Romans 3:7 New Testament, KJV
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Romans 5:15 New Testament, KJV
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Romans 15:13 New Testament, KJV
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 8:8 New Testament, KJV
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
1 Corinthians 14:12 New Testament, KJV
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
1 Corinthians 15:58 New Testament, KJV
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 1:5 New Testament, KJV
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:9 New Testament, KJV
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
2 Corinthians 4:15 New Testament, KJV
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 8:2 New Testament, KJV
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
2 Corinthians 8:7 New Testament, KJV
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
2 Corinthians 9:8 New Testament, KJV
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
2 Corinthians 9:12 New Testament, KJV
For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
Ephesians 1:8 New Testament, KJV
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Philippians 1:9 New Testament, KJV
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Philippians 1:26 New Testament, KJV
That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
Philippians 4:12 New Testament, KJV
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Philippians 4:18 New Testament, KJV
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
Colossians 2:7 New Testament, KJV
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 New Testament, KJV
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
1 Thessalonians 4:1 New Testament, KJV
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
1 Thessalonians 4:10 New Testament, KJV
And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
1 Maccabees 3:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
he feared that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer, nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before: for he had abounded above the kings that were before him.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Better is he that laboreth, and aboundeth in all things, Than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.
Wisdom of Sirach 11:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, Wanting ability, and full of poverty; Yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, And set him up from his low estate,
Wisdom of Sirach 19:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, Is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4052, grouped by book.

1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 5 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 7 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 4 usages, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 3 usages, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4052 FAQ

What does perisseuo (περισσεύω) mean?

Perisseuo (Strong's G4052) is a Greek word most simply glossed "excel". perisseuo (per-is-syoo'-o) v. 1. to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous 2. (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel

How many times is perisseuo (περισσεύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 43 linked usages for Strong's G4052 across 16 books.

Where can I study perisseuo (περισσεύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4052 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate perisseuo (περισσεύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as more, make, and excel. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4052 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4052, with linked reader references where each row is available.