Poikilos ποικίλος

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Poikilos
ποικίλος
Transliterationpoikilos
Strong's numberG4164
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossvarious
Occurrences10 in 10 verses
Most frequent inHebrews (2)

Poikilos (Greek ποικίλος, Strong's G4164) is a Greek adjective meaning “various”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ποικίλος, -η, -ον
[in LXX for נָקֹד, רִקְמָה, etc. ;]
many-coloured, variegated. Metaphorical, various, manifold: Mat.4:24, Mrk.1:34, Luk.4:40, 2Ti.3:6, Tit.3:3, Heb.2:4 13:9, Jas.1:2, 1Pe.1:6 4:10.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdivers (8), manifold (2)
BSBvarious (6), all sorts (1), all kinds (1), many kinds (1)

Verses

Every verse with Poikilos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

2 Timothy

Titus

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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