- Original: περισσεύω - Transliteration: Perisseuo - Phonetic: per-is-syoo'-o - Definition: 1. to exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or measure a. to be over, to remain b. to exist or be at hand in abundance 1. to be great (abundant) 2. a thing which comes in abundance, or overflows unto one, something falls to the lot of one in large measure 3. to redound unto, turn out abundantly for, a thing c. to abound, overflow 1. to be abundantly furnished with, to have in abundance, abound in (a thing), to be in affluence 2. to be pre-eminent, to excel 3. to excel more than, exceed 2. to make to abound a. to furnish one richly so that he has abundance b. to make abundant or excellent - Origin: from G4053 - TDNT entry: 06:58,8 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4053 ; to superabound (in quantity or quality) be in excess be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel: - (make more) abound (have have more) abundance (be more) abundant be the better enough and to spare exceed excel increase be left redound remain (over and above). Total KJV Occurrences: 31 • abound, 12 Romans 15:13; 2 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 8:7(2); 2 Corinthians 9:8(2); Philippians 1:9; Philippians 4:12(2); Philippians 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:1 • abounded, 4 Romans 3:7; Romans 5:15; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Eph 1:8 • aboundeth, 1 2 Corinthians 1:5 • abounding, 2 1 Corinthians 15:58; Colossians 2:7 • above, 1 Joh 6:13 • abundant, 2 2 Corinthians 9:12; Philippians 1:26 • better, 1 1 Corinthians 8:8 • exceed, 1 2 Corinthians 3:9 • excel, 1 1 Corinthians 14:12 • increase, 1 1 Thessalonians 4:10 • increased, 1 Act 16:5 • left, 1 Mat 15:37 • redound, 1 2 Corinthians 4:15 • remained, 2 Mat 14:20; Luke 9:17