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Strong's G4053 περισσός (perissos)

Perissos means “exceeding abundantly above” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4053 — migraphah (“clod”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4053
Language Greek
Linked Usages 44
Books 21

Strong's G4053 Quick Answer

Strong's G4053 περισσός (perissos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. perissos (per-is-sos') adj. 1. superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality) 2. (by implication) excessive It has 44 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include beyond. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
perissos (per-is-sos') adj. 1. superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality) 2. (by implication) excessive
Usage
44 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
beyond

Meaning and Definition

perissos (per-is-sos') adj. 1. superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality) 2. (by implication) excessive {adverbially (with G1537) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence} [from G4012 (in the sense of beyond)] KJV: exceeding abundantly above, more abundantly, advantage, exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, vehement(-ly) Root(s): G4012 See also: G1537

Original Word
περισσός
Transliteration
perissos
Derivation
Root: περί R1: 4012
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4053. 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)

excessive

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G4053 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render perissos, 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.

beyond Mark 6:51

How Strong's G4053 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. 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 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 21 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4053 (περισσός) appears 25 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4053 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 G4053 in the New Testament

19 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:37 KJV

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Matthew 5:47 KJV

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Matthew 11:9 KJV

But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

Strong's G4053 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 10:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And they shall cover the face of the earth, and thou shalt not be able to see the earth; and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth, which the hail has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on the land.

Numbers 4:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to.

Judges 21:7 Septuagint / Brenton

What shall we do for wives for the rest that remain? whereas we have sworn by the Lord, not to give them of our daughters for wives.

Strong's G4053 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 9:22 Septuagint / Brenton

As for the other things concerning Judas and his wars, and the noble acts which he did, and his greatness, they are not written, for they were very many.

2 Maccabees 12:44 Septuagint / Brenton

for if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.

Wisdom of Sirach 3:23 Septuagint / Brenton

Be not curious in unnecessary matters; For more things are shown unto thee than men understand.

Strong's G4053 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 102:7 Septuagint / Brenton

Behold, even as we, so do they die in grief and darkness, And what have they more than we ? From henceforth we are equal.

Usage Excerpts

First 44 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4053.

Exodus 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall cover the face of the earth, and thou shalt not be able to see the earth; and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth, which the hail has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on the land.
Numbers 4:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to.
Judges 21:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What shall we do for wives for the rest that remain? whereas we have sworn by the Lord, not to give them of our daughters for wives.
Judges 21:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.
1 Kingdoms 30:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So David went, he and the six hundred men with him, and they come as far as the brook Besor, and the superfluous ones stopped.
4 Kingdoms 25:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard removed the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the men who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
Proverbs 14:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
With everyone who is careful there is abundance: But the pleasure taking and indolent shall be in want.
Ecclesiastes 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, So shall it be to me, even to me; And to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, Because the fool speaks of his abundance.
Ecclesiastes 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there are many things which increase vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not very just; Neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded.
Ecclesiastes 12:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And because the Preacher was wise above others, So it was that he taught man excellent knowledge, And the ear will trace out the parables.
Ecclesiastes 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The words of the wise are as goads, And as nails firmly fastened, Which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.
Ezekiel 48:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But concerning the five thousand that remain in the breadth in the five and twenty thousand, they shall be a suburb to the city for dwelling, and for a space before it: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel 48:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the remainder of the length that is next to the firstfruits of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and they shall be the firstfruits of the sanctuary; and the fruits thereof shall be for bread to them that labor for the city.
Ezekiel 48:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prince shall have the remainder on this side and on that side from the firstfruits of the sanctuary, and there shall be a possession of the city, for five and twenty thousand cubits in length, to the eastern and western borders, for five and twenty thousand to the western borders, next to the portions of the prince; and the firstfruits of the holy things and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it.
Ezekiel 48:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for the rest of the tribes, from the eastern parts as far as the western, Benjamin shall have one portion.
Daniel 3:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
forasmuch as the king’s word prevailed; and the furnace was made exceeding hot.
Daniel 4:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At the same time my reason returned to me, and I came to the honor of my kingdom; and my natural form returned to me, and my princes, and my nobles, sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and more abundant majesty was added to me.
Daniel 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there is an excellent spirit in him, and sense and understanding are in him, interpreting dreams as he does, and answering hard questions, and solving difficulties: it is Daniel, and the king gave him the name of Belteshazzar: now then let him be called, and he shall tell thee the interpretation of the writing.
Daniel 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have heard concerning thee, that the Spirit of God is in thee, and that watchfulness and understanding and excellent wisdom have been found in thee.
Daniel 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Daniel was over them, for there was an excellent spirit in him; and the king set him over all his kingdom.
Matthew 5:37 New Testament, KJV
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew 5:47 New Testament, KJV
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Matthew 11:9 New Testament, KJV
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 23:14 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Mark 6:51 New Testament, KJV
And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
Mark 12:40 New Testament, KJV
Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
Mark 14:31 New Testament, KJV
But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
Luke 12:4 New Testament, KJV
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Luke 12:48 New Testament, KJV
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Luke 20:47 New Testament, KJV
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
John 10:10 New Testament, KJV
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Romans 3:1 New Testament, KJV
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
1 Corinthians 12:23 New Testament, KJV
And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
1 Corinthians 12:24 New Testament, KJV
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked.
1 Corinthians 15:10 New Testament, KJV
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
2 Corinthians 2:7 New Testament, KJV
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
2 Corinthians 9:1 New Testament, KJV
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2 Corinthians 10:8 New Testament, KJV
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
Ephesians 3:20 New Testament, KJV
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
1 Maccabees 9:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the other things concerning Judas and his wars, and the noble acts which he did, and his greatness, they are not written, for they were very many.
2 Maccabees 12:44 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
Wisdom of Sirach 3:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not curious in unnecessary matters; For more things are shown unto thee than men understand.
1 Enoch 102:7 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, even as we, so do they die in grief and darkness, And what have they more than we ? From henceforth we are equal.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4053, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 4 usages, New Testament
Mark 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4053 FAQ

What does perissos (περισσός) mean?

Perissos (Strong's G4053) is a Greek word most simply glossed "exceeding abundantly above". perissos (per-is-sos') adj. 1. superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality) 2. (by implication) excessive

How many times is perissos (περισσός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 44 linked usages for Strong's G4053 across 21 books.

Where can I study perissos (περισσός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4053 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate perissos (περισσός)?

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

Does Strong's G4053 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 21 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4053, with linked reader references where each row is available.