Strong's Number G4050

περισσεία

perisseia · per-is-si'-ah

Transliteration:

perisseia{per-is-si'-ah}

Word Origin:

from 4052

TDNT:

6:63,828

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

surplusage, i.e. superabundance

Usage in the KJV:

abundance 2, abundantly 1, superfluity 1

Total: 4
Occurs 4 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

abundance, superabundantly, superfluously
superiority, preference, pre-eminence
gain, profit
residue, remains: the wickedness remaining over in a Christian from his state prior to conversion

Used by the Greeks to describe the excess wax in their ears.