perissov" perissov", perisshv, perissovn (from periv, which see III. 2), from Hesiod down, the Septuagint for rte/y, rt,y<, etc.; exceeding some number or measure or rank or need;1. over and above, more than is necessary, superadded: tov perissovn touvtwn, what is added to (A. V. more than; cf. Buttmann, sec. 132, 21 Rem.) these, ; ejk perissou', exceedingly, beyond measure, (WH omits; Tr brackets ejk perissou'); Rec.; uJpevr ejk perissou' (written as one word uJperekperissou' (which see)), exceeding abundantly, supremely, (cf. Buttmann, as above); ; (R G WH text); perissovn moi ejstin, it is superfluous for me, ; perissovn e[cein, to have abundance, (oiJ mevn ... perissav e[cousin, oiJ dev oujdev tav ajnagkai'av duvnantai porivzesqai, Xenophon, oec. 20, 1); neuter comparitive perissovteron tiv, something further, more, (L Tr marginal reading perissovn); perissovteron, the more, ; (perissovteron pavntwn, etc. much more than all etc. T Tr text WH); adverbially, somewhat more (R. V. somewhat abundantly), ; (Vulgate abundantius (A. V. more abundantly)) i. e. more plainly, ; ma'llon perissovteron, much more, ; perissovteron pavntwn, more (abundantly) than all, ; with an adjective it forms a periphrasis for the comparitive perissovteron katavdhlovn, more (abundantly) evident, (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 35, 1).2. superior, extraordinary, surpassing, uncommon: (A. V. more than others); tov perissovn, as a substantive, pre-eminence, superiority, advantage, ; comparitive perissovtero", more eminent, more remarkable (oujk e[sh/ perissovtero", Symmachus; perittotero" fronhvsei, Plutarch, mor., p. 57 f. de adulatore etc. 14): ; , although in each passage perissovteron can also be taken as neuter (something) more excellent (Vulgate plus (R. V. much more than etc.)); with substantives: perissovteron krivma, i. e. a severer, heavier judgment, (13) Rec.; ; ; timhv, greater honor, more (abundant) honor, {a} (; eujschmosuvnh, b); luvph, .*