STRONGS NUMBER G4121


Word Summary
pleonazō: to superabound, to make to abound
Original Word: πλεονάζω
Transliteration: pleonazō
Phonetic Spelling: (pleh-on-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to superabound, to make to abound
Meaning: to superabound, to make to abound
Strong's Concordance
abound, abundant, make to increase

From pleion; to do, make or be more, i.e. Increase (transitively or intransitively); by extension, to superabound -- abound, abundant, make to increase, have over.

see GREEK pleion

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4121: πλεονάζω

πλεονάζω; 1 aorist ἐπλεόνασα; (πλέον); the Sept. for עָדַף, and רָבָה;

1. intransitive: used of one possessing, to superabound (A. V. to have over), 2 Corinthians 8:15. of things, to exist in abundance (R. V. be multiplied), 2 Corinthians 4:15; to increase, be augmented, Romans 5:20; Romans 6:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Philippians 4:17; 2 Peter 1:8.

2. transitive, to make to increase: τινα τίνι, one in a thing, 1 Thessalonians 3:12; for הִרְבָּה, Numbers 26:54; Psalm 70:21 (); add 1 Macc. 4:35. By secular writings ((from Hippocrates on)) in various other senses. (Compare: ὑπερπλεονάζω.)