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πολύς

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greekNew Testament357 occurrences25 books322 verses

Definition

πολύς, πολλή, πολύ,

[in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms ;]

1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Acts 11:21; ὄχλος, Mark 5:24; θερισμός, Matthew 9:37; χόρτος, John 6:10; χρόνος, Matthew 25:19; γογγυσμός, John 7:12; πόνος, Colossians 4:13; δόξα, Matthew 24:30; σιγή, Acts 21:40; pl., προφῆται, Matthew 13:17; ὄχλοι, Matthew 4:25; δαιμόνια, Mark 1:34; δυνάμεις, Matthew 7:22,

2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Matthew 7:22, Mark 2:2, al.; with genitive partit., Matthew 3:7, Luke 1:16, al.; before ἐκ, John 7:31, Acts 17:12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Matthew 24:12, Romans 12:5, 1 Corinthians 10:17, 33, 2 Corinthians 2:17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Romans 5:15, 19; neut. pl., πολλά: Matthew 13:3, Mark 5:26, al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mark 1:45, Romans 16:6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), 1 Corinthians 16:12, James 3:2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Luke 12:48; adverbially, Mark 12:27, al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Matthew 26:9; with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2 Corinthians 8:22; πολλῷ πλείους, John 4:41.

Compar., πλείων

, neut., πλεῖον and πλέον (see WH, App., 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω (cf. Mayser, 69), more, greater;

1. as adj.: John 15:2, Acts 18:2o, Hebrews 3:3; before παρά, Hebrews 11:4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., Acts 13:31, al.; with genitive compar., Matthew 21:36; with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Acts 4:22; 24:11, al.

2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: Acts 10:32; 27:12, 1 Corinthians 10:5; 15:6; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more: 2 Corinthians 2:6; 4:15, Philippians 1:14; πλείονα, Luke 11:53; πλειον, πλέον, Matthew 20:10, 2 Timothy 3:9; with genitive comp., Mark 12:43, Luke 21:3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Matthew 12:41; adverbially, Acts 4:17; 20:9; 24:4.

3. As adv., πλεῖον: before ἤ, Luke 9:13; with genitive comp., Matthew 5:20; πλείω: with num., Matthew 26:53.

Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον

, __(a) prop., most: Matthew 11:20; 21:8; adverbially, τὸ π., 1 Corinthians 14:27;

(b) elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mark 4:1.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πολύς:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

357 total
  1. Luke 13:24πολλοί · many
    “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
  2. Luke 14:16πολλούς · many [guests]
    But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
  3. Luke 14:25πολλοί · large
    Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,
  4. Luke 15:13πολλὰς · a few
    After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
  5. Luke 16:10πολλῷ · much; πολλῷ · much
    Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
  6. Luke 17:25πολλὰ · many things
    But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
  7. Luke 18:39πολλῷ · all the
    Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
  8. Luke 21:8πολλοὶ · many
    Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
  9. Luke 21:27πολλῆς · great
    At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
  10. Luke 22:65πολλὰ · many {other}
    And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
  11. Luke 23:27πολὺ · A great
    A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
  12. John 2:12πολλὰς · a few
    After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
  13. John 2:23πολλοὶ · many people
    While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
  14. John 3:23πολλὰ · plentiful
    Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
  15. John 4:39πολλοὶ · Many
    Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
  16. John 4:41πολλῷ · many
    And many more believed because of His message.
  17. John 5:6πολὺν · a long
    When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
  18. John 6:2πολύς · A large
    A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
  19. John 6:5πολὺς · a large
    When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
  20. John 6:10πολὺς · plenty of
    “Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
  21. John 6:60Πολλοὶ · many
    On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
  22. John 6:66πολλοὶ · many
    From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
  23. John 7:12πολὺς · Many
    Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
  24. John 7:31πολλοὶ · Many
    Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
  25. John 8:26πολλὰ · much
    “I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
  26. John 8:30πολλοὶ · many
    As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
  27. John 10:20πολλοὶ · Many
    Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
  28. John 10:32Πολλὰ · many
    But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
  29. John 10:41πολλοὶ · Many
    Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
  30. John 10:42πολλοὶ · many
    And many in that place believed in Jesus.
  31. John 11:19πολλοὶ · many
    …and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
  32. John 11:45Πολλοὶ · many
    Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
  33. John 11:47πολλὰ · many
    Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
  34. John 11:55πολλοὶ · many [people]
    Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
  35. John 12:9πολὺς · a large
    Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
  36. John 12:11πολλοὶ · many
    …for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
  37. John 12:12πολὺς · great
    The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
  38. John 12:24πολὺν · much
    Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
  39. John 12:42πολλοὶ · many
    Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
  40. John 14:2πολλαί · many
    In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
  41. John 14:30πολλὰ · much
    I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
  42. John 15:5πολύν · much
    I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
  43. John 15:8πολὺν · much
    This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
  44. John 16:12πολλὰ · much
    I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
  45. John 19:20πολλοὶ · Many
    Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
  46. John 20:30Πολλὰ · many
    Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
  47. John 21:25πολλὰ · many
    There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
  48. Acts 1:3πολλοῖς · many
    After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
  49. Acts 1:5πολλὰς · in a few
    For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”