Superfluity
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
SUPERFLUOUS; SUPERFLUITY

su-pur'-floo-us, su-per-floo'-i-ti (sara`; perissos (2 Corinthians 9:1), perisseia): According to the Levitical Law, "a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a fiat nose, or anything superfluous" could not fulfill priestly functions (Leviticus 21:18; Leviticus 22:23). According to Dillmann (Baentsch, BDB) the word should be rendered "a limb too long," but Ewald (following the Septuagint) suggests "having cropped ears." The only instance of superfluity occurs in James 1:21, the King James Version "superfluity of naughtiness"; according to Mayor "overflowing ebullition of malice" (the Revised Version (British and American) "overflowing of wickedness," margin "malice"); but the Greek word is used in other connections, e.g. of "grace" (Romans 5:17); "joy" (2 Corinthians 8:2).

T. Lewis

Greek
4050. perisseia -- superfluity
... superfluity. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: perisseia Phonetic
Spelling: (per-is-si'-ah) Short Definition: abundance Definition: abundance ...
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4051. perisseuma -- superfluity
... superfluity. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: perisseuma Phonetic Spelling:
(per-is'-syoo-mah) Short Definition: abundance Definition: abundance ...
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Strong's Hebrew
8294. Serach -- a daughter of Asher
... Sarah, Serah. By permutation for cerach; superfluity; Serach, an Israelitess --
Sarah, Serah. see HEBREW cerach. 8293, 8294. Serach. 8295 . Strong's Numbers
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Library

Of the Danger of Superfluity of Words
... THE FIRST BOOK. ADMONITIONS PROFITABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE CHAPTER X
Of the danger of superfluity of words. Avoid as far as thou ...
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Letter Xlviii. --Letter to Amun . Written Before 354 AD
... us on this point, telling us that there are certain necessary passages accorded
to the animal body, to provide for the dismissal of the superfluity of what is ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter xlviii letter to amun.htm

Of Two Other Degrees of Greater Perfection, by which we May Love ...
... Now there are other souls who neither love superfluities, nor yet with superfluity,
but love only that which God wills and as he wills:"blessed souls, who ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter v of two other.htm

Letter ix. (AD 389. )
... We have a somewhat parallel instance in the fact that we do not perceive how it
is that superfluity of bile impels us to more frequent outbursts of passionate ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter ix a d 389.htm

How Six of These Faults are Related, and the Two which Differ from ...
... For from superfluity of gluttony fornication is sure to spring, and from fornication
covetousness, from covetousness anger, from anger, dejection, and from ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter x how six of.htm

Entire Sanctification as Taught by James and Jude.
... and guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and shows itself in evil speakings, so James
tells us to lay apart "all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness," or ...
/.../clark/the theology of holiness/chapter x entire sanctification as.htm

Of Two Degrees of Perfection with which this Commandment May be ...
... It is plain, Theotimus, that these souls love too ardently and with superfluity;
still, as they love not the superfluities, but only the thing, which may be ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter iv of two degrees.htm

2 Cor. Ix. 1
... Nor is this all that is admirable in him; but that as he prayed not for superfluity,
so he doth not press sore on them nor compel them to give of their want ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xix 2 cor ix.htm

How St. Augustine, Being Made a Bishop, Sent to Acquaint Pope ...
... Yet the woman, nevertheless, must not be forbidden to come into the church whilst
she has her courses; because the superfluity of nature cannot be imputed to ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxvii how st augustine.htm

Epistle Lxiv. To Augustine, Bishop of the Angli .
... Yet still a woman, while suffering from her accustomed sickness, ought not to be
prohibited from entering the church, since the superfluity of nature cannot be ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle lxiv to augustine bishop.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth.

2. (n.) The state or quality of being superfluous; excess.

3. (n.) Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury.

Thesaurus
Superfluity (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity
of water; a superfluity of wealth. ... SUPERFLUOUS; SUPERFLUITY. ...
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Superfluous (4 Occurrences)
... (a.) More than is wanted or is sufficient; unnecessary; excessive; as, a superfluous
price. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SUPERFLUOUS; SUPERFLUITY. ...
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Naughtiness (3 Occurrences)
... person," literally, "man of Belial," is in the Revised Version (British and American)
"worthless person." In the New Testament, "superfluity of naughtiness" in ...
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Equalization (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Corinthians 8:14 but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity having
in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, their superfluity may in ...
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Emergency (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Corinthians 8:14 but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity having
in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, their superfluity may in ...
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Deficiency (3 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 8:14 but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity having
in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, their superfluity may in ...
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Burdens (35 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 8:14 but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity having
in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, their superfluity may in ...
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Supplied (22 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 8:14 but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity having
in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, their superfluity may in ...
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Later (89 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 8:14 but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity having
in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, their superfluity may in ...
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Spread (257 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:12 And the superfluity in the curtains of the tent -- the half of the
curtain which is superfluous -- hath spread over the hinder part of the ...
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Bible Concordance
Superfluity (5 Occurrences)

Mark 12:44 for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, 'even' all her living.
(ASV)

Luke 21:4 for all these did of their superfluity cast in unto the gifts; but she of her want did cast in all the living that she had.
(ASV)

2 Corinthians 8:14 but that, by equalization of burdens, your superfluity having in the present emergency supplied their deficiency, their superfluity may in turn be a supply for your deficiency later on, so that there may be equalization of burdens.
(WEY)

Exodus 26:12 And the superfluity in the curtains of the tent -- the half of the curtain which is superfluous -- hath spread over the hinder part of the tabernacle;
(YLT)

Exodus 26:13 and the cubit on this side, and the cubit on that, in the superfluity in the length of the curtains of the tent, is spread out over the sides of the tabernacle, on this and on that, to cover it;
(YLT)

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