περισσόν
abundance, excess
Where this word appears
Every passage where περισσόν appears in the Greek Septuagint — 3 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Ecclesiastes 6:11 περισσόν For there are many things which increase vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9 περισσόν And because the Preacher was wise above others, so it was that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables.
- Ecclesiastes 12:11 περισσόν The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.
About this word
About this word
περισσόν (perissón), “abundance, excess,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 3 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
