Superfluous, Superfluity
Superfluous, Superfluity
su-purfloo-us, su-per-flooi-ti (, sara; , perissos (2Co 9:1), , perissea): 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 (Lev 21:18; Lev 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 Jam 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 (Rom 5:17); joy (2Co 8:2).