Original Word: περιούσιος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: periousios
Pronunciation: peh-ree-OO-see-os
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-oo'-see-os)
KJV: peculiar
NASB: possession
Word Origin: [from the present participle feminine of a compound of G4012 (περί - about) and G1510 (εἰμί - am)]

1. being beyond usual, i.e. special (one's own)

chosen

From the present participle feminine of a compound of peri and eimi; being beyond usual, i.e. Special (one's own) -- peculiar.

see GREEK eimi

4041 perioúsios (from 4012 /perí, "all-around, encompassing" and 1511 /eínai, "being, to exist") – properly, what exists in abundance (plenteousness) and hence of surpassing value. This describes believers because they belong to the Lord as His prized treasure ("peculiar," special possession). 4041 (perioúsios) is used only in Tit 2:14.

Word Origin
from a comp. of peri and eimi
Definition
of one's own possession
NASB Translation
possession (1).STRONGS NT 4041: περιούσιος

περιούσιος, περιούσιον (from περιων, περιουσα, participle of the verb περίειμι, to be over and above — see ἐπιούσιος; hence, περιουσία, abundance, plenty; riches, wealth, property), that which is one's own, belongs to one's possessions: λαός περιούσιος, a people selected by God from the other nations for his own possession, Titus 2:14; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 64 [ET]; in the Sept. for סְגֶלָּה עַם (Exodus 19:5); Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 26:18. (Cf. Lightfoot 'Fresh Revision' etc. Appendix ii.)

Titus 2:14 Adj-AMS
GRK: ἑαυτῷ λαὸν περιούσιον ζηλωτὴν καλῶν
NAS: for His own possession, zealous
KJV: unto himself a peculiar people,
INT: to himself a people specially chosen zealous of good

Strong's Greek 4041
1 Occurrence

περιούσιον — 1 Occ.