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more abundantly, more exceedingly (adverbial comparative form of περισσός)
This adverbial form of the comparative περισσότερος intensifies the manner or degree of an action: doing something 'more abundantly' or 'more exceedingly.' It functions in New Testament Greek to emphasize surplus, overflow, or exceptional measure. The word builds on the root sense of περί (around, beyond) to express going beyond normal limits in an even greater way.
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: περισσός, Attic dialect περιττός, ή, όν, (from περί, as ἔπισσαι from ἐπί, μέτασσαι from μετά) beyond the regular number or size, prodigious, δῶρα Refs 8th c.BC+; στάθμα, uncertain meaning, see at {ἕλκω} Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 out of the common, extraordinary, strange, ἔ τι περισσὸν εἰδείη if he has any signal knowledge, Refs 6th c.BC+; εἴ τι φρονεῖς καί τι περισσὸν ἔχεις Philisc.Refs…