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suÌ„Ì-puÌ‚r´floÌ„oÌ„-us, suÌ„Ì-pẽr-floÌ„ō´i-ti (שׂרע, saÌ„ra‛; πεÏισσοÌÏ‚, perissoÌs (), πεÏισσειÌα, perisseıÌa): 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 (; ). 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 , the King James Version “superfluity of naughtinessâ€; according to Mayor “overflowing ebullition of malice†(the Revised Version (British and American) “overflowing of wickedness,†margin “maliceâ€); but the Greek word is used in other connections, e.g. of “grace†(); “joy†().