Noun perisseuma (abundance) in the Bible

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

12: 34You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance (perisseuma) of the heart the mouth speaks.

Mark

8: 8They ate and were filled; and they took up the abundance (perisseuma) of pieces, seven baskets full.

Luke

6: 45The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance (perisseuma) of the heart that the mouth speaks.

2 Corinthians

8: 14your present abundance (perisseuma) and their need, so that their abundance (perisseuma) may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance.

Ecclesiastes (LXX)

2: 15And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me; and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance (perisseuma).