Polus πολύς
| πολύς | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | polus |
| Strong's number | G4183 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | much |
| Occurrences | 377 in 341 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (56) |
Polus (Greek πολύς, Strong's G4183) is a Greek adjective meaning “much”. It occurs 377 times in 341 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
[in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms ;]
1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος, Jhn.6:10; χρόνος, Mat.25:19; γογγυσμός, Jhn.7:12; πόνος, Col.4:13; δόξα, Mat.24:30; σιγή, Act.21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mat.13:17; ὄχλοι, Mat.4:25; δαιμόνια, Mrk.1:34; δυνάμεις, Mat.7:22,
2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Mat.7:22, Mrk.2:2, al.; with genitive partit., Mat.3:7, Luk.1:16, al.; before ἐκ, Jhn.7:31, Act.17:12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Mat.24:12, Rom.12:5, 1Co.10:17, 33 2Co.2:17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Rom.5:15, 19; neut. pl., πολλά: Mat.13:3, Mrk.5:26, al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mrk.1:45, Rom.16:6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), 1Co.16:12, Jas.3:2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Luk.12:48; adverbially, Mrk.12:27, al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Mat.26:9; with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2Co.8:22; πολλῷ πλείους, Jhn.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.: Jhn.15:2, Act.18:2o, Heb.3:3; before παρά, Heb.11:4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., Act.13:31, al.; with genitive compar., Mat.21:36; with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Act.4:22 24:11, al.
2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: Act.10:32 27:12, 1Co.10:5 15:6; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more: 2Co.2:6 4:15, Php.1:14; πλείονα, Luk.11:53; πλειον, πλέον, Mat.20:10, 2Ti.3:9; with genitive comp., Mk 12:43, Luk.21:3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Mat.12:41; adverbially, Act.4:17 20:9 24:4.
3. As adv., πλεῖον: before ἤ, Luk.9:13; with genitive comp., Mat.5:20; πλείω: with num., Mat.26:53.
Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον
, (a) prop., most: Mat.11:20 21:8; adverbially, τὸ π., 1Co.14:27;
(b) elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mrk.4:1.
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | many (185), much (74), great (58), things (14), many things (8), long (4), greatly (4), straitly (2), them (2), multitudes (1), oft (1), plenteous (1), and 11 other renderings |
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| BSB | many (169), great (37), large (29), much (25), many things (14), how much (6), long (5), plentiful (3), all (3), few (3), than many (2), far (2), and 33 other renderings |
Verses
Polus occurs in 341 verses, listed here by reference.
Matthew (50): 2:18, 3:7, 4:25, 5:12, 6:30, 7:13, 7:22, 8:1, 8:11, 8:16, 8:18, 8:30, 9:10, 9:14, 9:37, 10:31, 12:15, 13:2, 13:3, 13:5, 13:17, 13:58, 14:14, 14:24, 15:30, 16:21, 19:2, 19:22, 19:30, 20:16, 20:28, 20:29, 22:14, 24:5, 24:10, 24:11, 24:12, 24:30, 25:19, 25:21, 25:23, 26:9, 26:28, 26:47, 26:53, 26:60, 27:19, 27:52, 27:53, 27:55
Mark (51): 1:34, 1:45, 2:2, 2:15, 3:7, 3:8, 3:10, 3:12, 4:2, 4:5, 4:33, 5:9, 5:10, 5:21, 5:23, 5:24, 5:26, 5:38, 5:43, 6:2, 6:13, 6:20, 6:23, 6:31, 6:33, 6:34, 6:35, 7:4, 7:8, 7:13, 8:1, 8:31, 9:12, 9:14, 9:26, 10:22, 10:31, 10:45, 10:48, 11:8, 12:5, 12:27, 12:37, 12:41, 13:6, 13:26, 14:24, 14:43, 14:56, 15:3, 15:41
Luke (45): 1:1, 1:14, 1:16, 2:34, 2:35, 2:36, 3:18, 4:25, 4:27, 4:41, 5:6, 5:15, 5:29, 6:17, 6:23, 6:35, 7:11, 7:21, 7:47, 8:3, 8:4, 8:29, 8:30, 9:22, 9:37, 10:2, 10:24, 10:40, 10:41, 12:7, 12:19, 12:47, 12:48, 13:24, 14:16, 14:25, 15:13, 16:10, 17:25, 18:39, 21:8, 21:27, 22:65, 23:8, 23:27
John (38): 2:12, 2:23, 3:23, 4:39, 4:41, 5:3, 5:6, 6:2, 6:5, 6:10, 6:60, 6:66, 7:12, 7:31, 7:40, 8:26, 8:30, 10:20, 10:32, 10:41, 10:42, 11:19, 11:45, 11:47, 11:55, 12:9, 12:11, 12:12, 12:24, 12:42, 14:2, 14:30, 15:5, 15:8, 16:12, 19:20, 20:30, 21:25
Acts (56): 1:3, 1:5, 2:43, 4:4, 5:12, 6:7, 8:7, 8:8, 8:25, 9:13, 9:42, 10:2, 10:27, 11:21, 13:31, 13:43, 14:1, 14:22, 15:7, 15:32, 15:35, 16:16, 16:18, 16:23, 17:4, 17:12, 18:8, 18:10, 18:27, 19:18, 19:32, 20:2, 20:19, 21:10, 21:40, 22:28, 23:10, 23:13, 23:21, 24:2, 24:7, 24:10, 24:11, 25:6, 25:7, 25:14, 25:23, 26:9, 26:10, 26:24, 27:10, 27:14, 27:21, 28:6, 28:10, 28:29
Romans (18): 3:2, 4:17, 4:18, 5:9, 5:10, 5:15, 5:16, 5:17, 5:19, 8:29, 9:22, 12:4, 12:5, 15:22, 15:23, 16:2, 16:6, 16:12
1 Corinthians (14): 1:26, 2:3, 4:15, 8:5, 10:17, 10:33, 11:30, 12:12, 12:14, 12:20, 12:22, 16:9, 16:12, 16:19
2 Corinthians (16): 1:11, 2:4, 2:17, 3:9, 3:11, 3:12, 6:4, 6:10, 7:4, 8:2, 8:4, 8:15, 8:22, 9:12, 11:18, 12:21
Galatians (3): 1:14, 3:16, 4:27
Ephesians (1): 2:4
Philippians (3): 1:23, 2:12, 3:18
Colossians (1): 4:13
1 Thessalonians (4): 1:5, 1:6, 2:2, 2:17
1 Timothy (5): 3:8, 3:13, 6:9, 6:10, 6:12
Hebrews (7): 2:10, 5:11, 9:28, 10:32, 12:9, 12:15, 12:25
1 Peter (1): 1:3
2 Peter (1): 2:2
3 John (1): 1:13
Revelation (13): 1:15, 5:4, 5:11, 7:9, 8:3, 8:11, 9:9, 10:11, 14:2, 17:1, 19:1, 19:6, 19:12
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).