Original Word: περισσῶς Part of Speech: Adverb; Adverb, Comparative Transliteration: perissós Phonetic Spelling: (per-is-soce') Short Definition: greatly, exceedingly Definition: greatly, exceedingly, abundantly, vehemently.
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Cognate: 4057perissṓs (an adjective, derived from 4012/perí, "all-around, excess") – "extraordinarily, exceedingly" (J. Thayer); beyond expectation; further than the upper limit, going past what is anticipated. See 4052 (perisseuō).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4057: περισσῶς
περισσῶς (περισσός, which see), adverb, beyond measure, extraordinarily (Euripides; equivalent to magnificently,Polybius, Athen.); equivalent to greatly, exceedingly: ἐκπλήσσεσθαι, Mark 10:26; κράζειν, Matthew 27:23 and GLTTrWH in Mark 15:14; ἐμμαίνεσθαι, Acts 26:11.
Matthew 27:23Adv GRK:οἱ δὲ περισσῶς ἔκραζον λέγοντες NAS: But they kept shouting all the more, saying, KJV: they cried out the more, saying, INT: and all the more they cried out saying
Mark 10:26Adv GRK:οἱ δὲ περισσῶς ἐξεπλήσσοντο λέγοντες NAS:They were even more astonished KJV: they were astonished out of measure, saying INT: moreover exceedingly they were astonished saying
Mark 15:14Adv GRK:οἱ δὲ περισσῶς ἔκραξαν Σταύρωσον NAS: But they shouted all the more, Crucify INT: but much more cried out Crucify
Acts 26:11Adv GRK:ἠνάγκαζον βλασφημεῖν περισσῶς τε ἐμμαινόμενος NAS: them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged KJV: being exceedingly mad against INT: I compelled [them] to blaspheme Exceedingly moreover being furious
