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πλεονάζω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πλεονάζω
Greek transliteration: 
pleonazō
Simplified transliteration: 
pleonazo
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐπλεόνασα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4121
GK Number: 
4429
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
9
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-2a(1)
Gloss: 
to make increase; (intr.) to grow, increase, have abundance
Definition: 
to be more than enough; to have more than enough, to have in abundance, 2 Cor. 8:15; to abound, be abundant, 2 Thess. 1:3; 2 Pet. 1:8; to increase, be augmented, Rom. 5:20; to come into wider action, be more widely spread, Rom. 6:1; 2 Cor. 4:15; in NT trans. to cause to abound or increase, to augment, 1 Thess. 3:12

Greek-English Concordance for πλεονάζω

Romans 5:20 Now the law came in so that the transgression might increase (pleonasē | πλεονάσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg); but where sin increased (epleonasen | ἐπλεόνασεν | aor act ind 3 sg), grace increased all the more,
Romans 6:1 What then shall we say? — “Let us continue in sin so that grace may increase” (pleonasē | πλεονάσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg)?
2 Corinthians 4:15 For all these things are for your sake, so that as (pleonasasa | πλεονάσασα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) grace extends (pleonasasa | πλεονάσασα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) to more and more people, it may increase thanksgiving to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 8:15 As it is written, “The one who gathered much did (epleonasen | ἐπλεόνασεν | aor act ind 3 sg) not have a surplus (epleonasen | ἐπλεόνασεν | aor act ind 3 sg), and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”
Philippians 4:17 Not that I seek the gift; rather, I seek the interest that accrues (pleonazonta | πλεονάζοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) to your account.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 And may (pleonasai | πλεονάσαι | aor act opt 3 sg) the Lord cause you to increase (pleonasai | πλεονάσαι | aor act opt 3 sg) and abound in love for one another and for all, even as we do for you,
2 Thessalonians 1:3 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you for one another is (pleonazei | πλεονάζει | pres act ind 3 sg) increasing (pleonazei | πλεονάζει | pres act ind 3 sg),
2 Peter 1:8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure (pleonazonta | πλεονάζοντα | pres act ptcp nom pl neut), they will make you effective and productive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.