- Transliteration: Perisseia

- Phonetic: per-is-si'-ah

- Definition:

1. abundance, superabundantly, superfluously

2. superiority, preference, pre-eminence

3. gain, profit

4. residue, remains: the wickedness remaining over in a Christian from his state prior to conversion Used by the Greeks to describe the excess wax in their ears.

- Origin: from G4052" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4052

- TDNT entry: 07:03,8

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G4052" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4052; surplusage that is superabundance: - abundance (-ant [-ly]) superfluity.