περισσός, περισσή, περισσόν (from περί, which see III. 2), from Hesiod down, the Sept. for éåúÅø, éÆúÆø, 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, Mat 5:37; ἐκ περισσοῦ, exceedingly, beyond measure, Mar 6:51 (WH omits; Tr brackets ἐκ περισσοῦ); Mar 14:31 Rec.; ὑπέρ ἐκ περισσοῦ (written as one word ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ (which see)), exceeding abundantly, supremely, Eph 3:20 (cf. Buttmann, as above); 1Th 3:10; 1Th 5:13 (R G WH text); περισσόν μοι ἐστιν, it is superfluous for me, 2Co 9:1; περισσόν ἔχειν, to have abundance, Joh 10:10 (οἱ μέν ... περισσά ἔχουσιν, οἱ δέ οὐδέ τά ἀναγκαῖά δύνανται πορίζεσθαι, Xenophon, oec. 20, 1); neuter comparitive περισσότερον τί, something further, more, Luk 12:4 (L Tr marginal reading περισσόν); περισσότερον, the more, Luk 12:48; (περισσότερον πάντων, etc. much more than all etc. Mar 12:33 T Tr text WH); adverbially, somewhat more (R. V. somewhat abundantly), 2Co 10:8; (Vulg.abundantius (A. V. more abundantly)) i. e. more plainly, Heb 6:17; μᾶλλον περισσότερον, much more, Mar 7:36; περισσότερον πάντων, more (abundantly) than all, 1Co 15:10; with an adjective it forms a periphrasis for the comparitive περισσότερον κατάδηλόν, more (abundantly) evident, Heb 7:15 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 35, 1).

2. superior, extraordinary, surpassing, uncommon: Mat 5:47 (A. V. more than others); τό περισσόν, as a substantive, pre-eminence, superiority, advantage, Rom 3:1; comparitive περισσότερος, more eminent, more remarkable (οὐκ ἔσῃ περισσότερος, Gen 49:3 Symm.; περιττοτερος φρονήσει, Plutarch, mor., p. 57 f. de adulatore etc. 14): Mat 11:9; Luk 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 23:14-13Rec.; Mar 12:40; Luk 20:47; τιμή, greater honor, more (abundant) honor, 1Co 12:23{a} (1Co 12:24; εὐσχημοσύνη, 1Co 12:23 b); λύπη, 2Co 2:7.