περισσεία, -ας, ἡ
(περισσευω), [in LXX: Ecc.12:1-14 (יִתְרוֹן and cogn. forms, Ecc.1:3, al.) * ;]
__1. abundance, superfluity: Rom.5:17, 2Co.8:2 10:15, Jas.1:21 (so also Inscr., see LAE, 80).
__2. (a) superiority (Ec, see supr.);
__(b) profit (ib.).†
(AS)