ἐκπερισσῶς
ekperissōs
G6029
G:ADV
Greek
overexcessively
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Greek
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ekperissos describes speaking with emphatic excess in a pledge not to deny.
The sole attested use intensifies a spoken pledge: in Mark 14:31, it characterizes the speaker's insistence that he will not deny.
Senses in use
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Emphatic excess in a spoken pledge · dominant
In Mark 14:31, the adverb characterizes how he speaks before declaring that, even if dying with the other person is necessary, he will not deny. The APB renders the clause, "Then he spoke overexcessively," before the pledge.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Mark 14:31, the APB presents the term in the phrase "he spoke overexcessively." This rendering confirms the clause's emphatic speech without defining every nuance of the adverb.