πολυς
many
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one.
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms 24 distinct
- Adjective, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 83 times (23%)
- Adjective, Accusative, Plural, Neuter 48 times (14%)
- Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 26 times (7%)
- Adjective, Accusative, Plural, Masculine 23 times (6%)
- Adjective, Genitive, Plural, Masculine 19 times (5%)
- Adjective, Genitive, Plural, Neuter 17 times (5%)
- Adjective, Accusative, Singular, Neuter 15 times (4%)
- Adjective, Dative, Singular, Neuter 14 times (4%)
+16 more forms (109 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 354 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 2 — showing verses 201–319 of 319 distinct verses where G4183 appears, across 25 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Acts 45 verses
- Acts 18:27 πολὺ adj acc sg neut When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
- Acts 19:18 πολλοί adj nom pl masc Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
- Acts 20:2 πολλῷ adj dat sg masc When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
- Acts 21:40 πολλῆς adj gen sg fem When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,
- Acts 22:28 πολλοῦ adj gen sg neut The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."
- Acts 23:10 πολλῆς adj gen sg fem When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
- Acts 24:3 πολλῆς adj gen sg fem we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
- Acts 24:10 πολλῶν adj gen pl neut When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, "Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,
- Acts 25:7 πολλὰ adj acc pl neut When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,
- Acts 25:23 πολλῆς adj gen sg fem So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
- Acts 26:9 πολλὰ adj acc pl neut "I myself most assuredly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- Acts 26:10 πολλούς adj acc pl masc This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
- Acts 26:24 πολλά adj nom pl neut As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!"
- Acts 27:10 πολλῆς adj gen sg fem and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."
- Acts 27:14 πολὺ adj acc sg neut But before long, a tempestuous wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.
- Acts 27:21 πολλῆς adj gen sg fem When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.
- Acts 28:6 πολὺ adj acc sg neut But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
- Acts 28:10 πολλαῖς adj dat pl fem They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.
Romans 18 verses
- Romans 3:2 πολὺ adj nom sg neut Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
- Romans 4:17 πολλῶν adj gen pl neut As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
- Romans 4:18 πολλῶν adj gen pl neut Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."
- Romans 5:9 πολλῷ adj dat sg neut Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him.
- Romans 5:10 πολλῷ adj dat sg neut For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
- Romans 5:15 πολλοὶ πολλῷ πολλοὺς adj nom pl masc adj dat sg neut adj acc pl masc But the free gift isn't like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
- Romans 5:16 πολλῶν adj gen pl neut The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.
- Romans 5:17 πολλῷ adj dat sg neut For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
- Romans 5:19 πολλοί πολλοί adj nom pl masc adj nom pl masc For as through the one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one will many be made righteous.
- Romans 8:29 πολλοῖς adj dat pl masc For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Romans 9:22 πολλῇ adj dat sg fem What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
- Romans 12:4 πολλὰ adj acc pl neut For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,
- Romans 12:5 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
- Romans 15:22 πολλὰ adj acc pl neut Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
- Romans 15:23 πολλῶν adj gen pl neut but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,
- Romans 16:2 πολλῶν adj gen pl masc that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.
- Romans 16:6 πολλὰ adj acc pl neut Greet Mary, who labored much for us.
- Romans 16:12 πολλὰ adj acc pl neut Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 14 verses
- 1 Corinthians 1:26 πολλοὶ πολλοὶ πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc adj nom pl masc adj nom pl masc For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
- 1 Corinthians 2:3 πολλῷ adj dat sg masc I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
- 1 Corinthians 4:15 πολλοὺς adj acc pl masc For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Gospel.
- 1 Corinthians 8:5 πολλοὶ πολλοί adj nom pl masc adj nom pl masc For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;"
- 1 Corinthians 10:17 πολλοί adj nom pl masc Because we, who are many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
- 1 Corinthians 10:33 πολλῶν adj gen pl masc even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12 πολλὰ πολλὰ adj acc pl neut adj nom pl neut For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 12:14 πολλά adj nom pl neut For the body is not one member, but many.
- 1 Corinthians 12:20 πολλὰ adj nom pl neut But now they are many members, but one body.
- 1 Corinthians 12:22 πολλῷ adj dat sg neut No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
- 1 Corinthians 16:9 πολλοί adj nom pl masc for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
- 1 Corinthians 16:12 πολλὰ adj acc pl neut Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.
- 1 Corinthians 16:19 πολλὰ adj acc pl neut The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
2 Corinthians 16 verses
- 2 Corinthians 1:11 πολλῶν πολλῶν adj gen pl neut adj gen pl neut you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
- 2 Corinthians 2:4 πολλῆς πολλῶν adj gen sg fem adj gen pl neut For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 3:9 πολλῷ adj dat sg neut For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
- 2 Corinthians 3:11 πολλῷ adj dat sg neut For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
- 2 Corinthians 3:12 πολλῇ adj dat sg fem Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
- 2 Corinthians 6:4 πολλῇ adj dat sg fem but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
- 2 Corinthians 6:10 πολλοὺς adj acc pl masc as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- 2 Corinthians 7:4 πολλή πολλή adj nom sg fem adj nom sg fem Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2 πολλῇ adj dat sg fem how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
- 2 Corinthians 8:4 πολλῆς adj gen sg fem begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
- 2 Corinthians 8:15 πολὺ adj acc sg neut As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."
- 2 Corinthians 8:22 πολλοῖς πολὺ πολλῇ adj dat pl neut adj acc sg neut adj dat sg fem We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.
- 2 Corinthians 9:12 πολλῶν adj gen pl fem For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
- 2 Corinthians 11:18 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
- 2 Corinthians 12:21 πολλοὺς adj acc pl masc that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.
Galatians 3 verses
- Galatians 1:14 πολλοὺς adj acc pl masc I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
- Galatians 3:16 πολλῶν adj gen pl neut Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ.
- Galatians 4:27 πολλὰ adj nom pl neut For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
Ephesians 1 verse
Philippians 3 verses
- Philippians 1:23 πολλῷ adj dat sg neut But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
- Philippians 2:12 πολλῷ adj dat sg neut So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- Philippians 3:18 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
Colossians 1 verse
1 Thessalonians 4 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 πολλῇ adj dat sg fem and that our Gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6 πολλῇ adj dat sg fem You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2 πολλῷ adj dat sg masc but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Gospel of God in much conflict.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17 πολλῇ adj dat sg fem But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
1 Timothy 5 verses
- 1 Timothy 3:8 πολλῷ adj dat sg masc Deacons, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;
- 1 Timothy 3:13 πολλὴν adj acc sg fem For those who have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Timothy 6:9 πολλὰς adj acc pl fem But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
- 1 Timothy 6:10 πολλαῖς adj dat pl fem For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- 1 Timothy 6:12 πολλῶν adj gen pl masc Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
2 Timothy 2 verses
- 2 Timothy 2:2 πολλῶν adj gen pl masc The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
- 2 Timothy 4:14 πολλά adj acc pl neut Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,
Titus 2 verses
Philemon 2 verses
Hebrews 7 verses
- Hebrews 2:10 πολλοὺς adj acc pl masc For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
- Hebrews 5:11 πολὺς adj nom sg masc About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
- Hebrews 9:28 πολλῶν adj gen pl masc so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
- Hebrews 10:32 πολλὴν adj acc sg fem But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
- Hebrews 12:9 πολὺ adj acc sg neut Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
- Hebrews 12:15 πολλοί adj nom pl masc looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;
- Hebrews 12:25 πολὺ adj acc sg neut See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
James 3 verses
- James 3:1 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
- James 3:2 πολλὰ adj acc pl neut For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
- James 5:16 πολὺ adj acc sg neut Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.
1 Peter 1 verse
2 Peter 1 verse
1 John 2 verses
- 1 John 2:18 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the end times.
- 1 John 4:1 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 John 2 verses
- 2 John 1:7 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.
- 2 John 1:12 Πολλὰ adj acc pl neut Having many things to write to you, I don't want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.
3 John 1 verse
Revelation 13 verses
- Revelation 1:15 πολλῶν adj gen pl neut His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
- Revelation 5:4 πολὺ adj acc sg neut And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it.
- Revelation 5:11 πολλῶν adj gen pl masc I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
- Revelation 7:9 πολύς adj nom sg masc After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
- Revelation 8:3 πολλὰ adj nom pl neut Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.
- Revelation 8:11 πολλοὶ adj nom pl masc The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
- Revelation 9:9 πολλῶν adj gen pl masc They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.
- Revelation 10:11 πολλοῖς adj dat pl masc They told me, "You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings."
- Revelation 14:2 πολλῶν adj gen pl neut I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.
- Revelation 17:1 πολλῶν adj gen pl neut One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
- Revelation 19:1 πολλοῦ adj gen sg masc After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
- Revelation 19:6 πολλοῦ πολλῶν adj gen sg masc adj gen pl neut I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
- Revelation 19:12 πολλά adj nom pl neut His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek adjective πολυς centers on the idea of “many.” Debuting at Matthew 2:18, it then recurs through the corpus. Spanning 319 verses in 25 books, it ranks among the common words of the Greek New Testament. Sharing its root, it stands alongside πλειστος, πλειων and πολλακις. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G4183 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 319
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 319 distinct verses.
- 25 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 25 of 27 New Testament books.
- #50
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 50 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 319 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 319 distinct verses.
- Gospels 173 verses · 54%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 89 verses · 28%
- Pauline corpus 71 verses · 22%
- Johannine 53 verses · 17%
- Revelation 13 verses · 4%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 10 verses · 3%
- Hebrews 7 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Many 172×, Much 72×, Great 56×
- American Standard Version: Many 170×, Much 63×, Great 53×
- Berean Standard Bible: Many 167×, Great 37×, Large 30×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Many 189×, Much 63×, Great 31×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G4183 across 364 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G4183 across 354 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G4183 across 338 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 33 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 14 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G4183 across 343 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- many, much, large
Word origin
Origin: including the forms from the alternate pollos
Including the forms from the alternate pollos; (singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many ; neuter (singular) as adverb largely ; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often mostly largely : - abundant + altogether common + far (passed spent) (+ be of a) great (age deal -ly while) long many much oft (-en [-times]) plenteous sore straitly. Compare G4118 G4119 .
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 30 distinct written forms G4183 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G4183, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- πλειστος pleîstos G4118 most
- πλειων pleíōn G4119 greater
- πολλακις pollákis G4178 often
- πολλαπλασιων pollaplasíōn G4179 manifold
- πολυλογια polylogía G4180 much speaking
- πολυμερως polymerōs G4181 by many times
- πολυποικιλος polypoíkilos G4182 much variegated
- πολυσπλαγχνος polýsplanchnos G4184 compassionate
- πολυτελης polytelḗs G4185 precious
- πολυτιμος polýtimos G4186 very valuable
- πολυτροπως polytrópōs G4187 in many ways
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 12 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word πολυς appears 543 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 509 verses in 35 books.
- 543
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 509
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 6:1 πολύς
- Exodus 1:12 πολύς
- Leviticus 15:25 πολύς
- Numbers 9:19 πολύς
- Deuteronomy 1:28 πολύς
- Joshua 5:6 πολύς
- Judges 7:2 πολύς
- 1 Samuel 2:5 πολύς
- 2 Samuel 1:4 πολύς
- 1 Kings 2:35 πολύς
- 2 Kings 6:16 πολύς
- 1 Chronicles 4:27 πολύς
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G4183) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 509. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 6:1 πολύς It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
- Genesis 13:6 πολύς The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
- Genesis 15:1 πολύς After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
- Genesis 15:14 πολύς I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great substance.
- Genesis 17:5 πολύς Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.
- Genesis 18:18 πολύς seeing that Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
- Genesis 21:34 πολύς Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
- Genesis 24:25 πολύς She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."
- Genesis 26:14 πολύς He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
- Genesis 29:7 πολύς He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the cattle together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."
- Genesis 30:43 πολύς The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 33:9 πολύς Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours."
- Genesis 36:7 πολύς For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their cattle.
- Genesis 37:34 πολύς Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
- Genesis 41:29 πολύς Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:49 πολύς Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
- Genesis 46:29 πολύς Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Genesis 48:16 πολύς the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
- Genesis 50:20 πολύς As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
- Exodus 1:12 πολύς But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 2:11 πολύς It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
- Exodus 2:23 πολύς It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
- Exodus 3:8 πολύς I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
- Exodus 4:19 πολύς Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."
- Exodus 9:18 πολύς Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
- Exodus 9:24 πολύς So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
- Exodus 10:4 πολύς Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
- Exodus 10:14 πολύς The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
- Exodus 12:38 πολύς A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much cattle.
- Exodus 16:17 πολύς The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
- Exodus 16:18 πολύς When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating.
- Exodus 23:2 πολύς You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
- Exodus 23:29 πολύς I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
- Leviticus 15:25 πολύς "'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her period; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period: she is unclean.
- Leviticus 25:16 πολύς According to the length of the years you shall increase the price of it, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish the price of it; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.
- Leviticus 25:51 πολύς If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
- Numbers 9:19 πολύς When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't travel.
- Numbers 13:18 πολύς and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
- Numbers 14:12 πολύς I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
- Numbers 20:11 πολύς Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
- Numbers 20:15 πολύς how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:
- Numbers 21:6 πολύς Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Numbers 22:3 πολύς Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 22:15 πολύς Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
- Numbers 24:7 πολύς Water shall flow from his buckets, His seed shall be in many waters, His king shall be higher than Agag, His kingdom shall be exalted.
- Numbers 26:54 πολύς To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: to everyone according to those who were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
- Numbers 26:56 πολύς According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
- Numbers 33:54 πολύς You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall you inherit.
- Numbers 35:8 πολύς Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites.
- Deuteronomy 1:28 πολύς Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G4183) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
