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περίσσευμα

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Gloss: overflow

Transliteration: perisseuma

Strong’s: G4051

περίσσευμα, -τος, τό
(περισσεύω) [in LXX: Ecc.2:15 * ;]
that which is over and above, superfluity, abundance: opposite to ὑστέρημα (which see), 2Co.8:13-14; pl., Mrk.8:8; metaphorically, π. τ. καρδίας, Mat.12:34, Luk.6:45 (cf. Ec, l.with; Plut., al.).†
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