περισσός, 
περισσή, 
περισσόν (from 
περί, which see III. 2), from 
Hesiod down, the 
Sept. for 
יותֵר, 
יֶתֶר, etc.; 
exceeding some number or measure or rank or need; 
1. over and above, more than is necessary, superadded: 
τό περισσόν τούτων, what is added to (
A. V. more than; cf. 
Buttmann, § 132, 21 Rem.) these, 
Matthew 5:37; 
ἐκ περισσοῦ, exceedingly, beyond measure, 
Mark 6:51 (
WH omits; 
Tr brackets 
ἐκ περισσοῦ); 
Mark 14:31 Rec.; 
ὑπέρ ἐκ περισσοῦ (written as one word 
ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ (which see)), 
exceeding abundantly, supremely, Ephesians 3:20 (cf. 
Buttmann, as above); 
1 Thessalonians 3:10; 
1 Thessalonians 5:13 (
R G WH text); 
περισσόν μοι ἐστιν, it is superfluous for me, 
2 Corinthians 9:1; 
περισσόν ἔχειν, to have abundance, 
John 10:10 (
οἱ μέν... 
περισσά ἔχουσιν, 
οἱ δέ οὐδέ τά ἀναγκαῖά δύνανται πορίζεσθαι, 
Xenophon, oec. 20, 1); neuter comparitive 
περισσότερον τί, 
something further, more, Luke 12:4 (
L Tr marginal reading 
περισσόν); 
περισσότερον, 
the more, Luke 12:48; (
περισσότερον πάντων, etc. 
much more than all etc. 
Mark 12:33 T Tr text 
WH); adverbially, 
somewhat more (
R. V. somewhat abundantly), 
2 Corinthians 10:8; (
Vulg.abundantius (
A. V. more abundantly)) i. e. 
more plainly, Hebrews 6:17; 
μᾶλλον περισσότερον, 
much more, Mark 7:36; 
περισσότερον πάντων, more (abundantly) than all, 
1 Corinthians 15:10; with an adjective it forms a periphrasis for the comparitive 
περισσότερον κατάδηλόν, more (abundantly) evident, 
Hebrews 7:15 (cf. 
Winer's Grammar, § 35, 1). 
2. superior, extraordinary, surpassing, uncommon: 
Matthew 5:47 (
A. V. more than others); 
τό περισσόν, as a substantive, 
pre-eminence, superiority, advantage, Romans 3:1; comparitive 
περισσότερος, 
more eminent, more remarkable (
οὐκ ἔσῃ περισσότερος, 
Genesis 49:3 Symm.; 
περιττοτερος φρονήσει, 
Plutarch, mor., p. 57 f. de adulatore etc. 14): 
Matthew 11:9; 
Luke 7:26, although in each passage 
περισσότερον can also be taken as neuter (something) 
more excellent (
Vulg.plus (
R. V. much more than etc.)); with substantives: 
περισσότερον κρίμα, i. e. a severer, heavier judgment, Matthew 23:14-13
Rec.; 
Mark 12:40; 
Luke 20:47; 
τιμή, greater honor, more (abundant) honor, 
1 Corinthians 12:23{a} (
1 Corinthians 12:24; 
εὐσχημοσύνη, 
1 Corinthians 12:23b); 
λύπη, 
2 Corinthians 2:7. 
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