Gloss
many, great, large; (compar.) more than, greater than; (super.) the most; very large
Forms of the word
Dictionary
πολύς, πολλή, πολύ
Greek transliteration
polys
Simplified transliteration
polys
Numbers
Strong's number
4118
GK Number
4498
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
416
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(2a)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for πολύς
| Luke 14:25 | Great (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc) crowds of people were traveling with him, and he turned and said to them, |
| Luke 15:13 | Not many (pollas | πολλάς | acc pl fem) days later, the younger son gathered up everything and left for a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by living recklessly. |
| Luke 16:10 | “The one who is faithful in the smallest thing is also faithful in something great (pollō | πολλῷ | dat sg neut); and the one who is dishonest in the smallest thing is also dishonest in something great (pollō | πολλῷ | dat sg neut). |
| Luke 17:25 | But first he must suffer many (polla | πολλά | acc pl neut) things and be rejected by this generation. |
| Luke 18:39 | Those who were leading the way began to rebuke him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all (pollō | πολλῷ | dat sg neut) the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” |
| Luke 21:3 | And he said, “I tell you the truth, that this poor widow has put in more (pleion | πλεῖον | acc sg neut comparative) than all the rest. |
| Luke 21:8 | And he said, “See that you are not led astray! For many (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc) will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them. |
| Luke 21:27 | And then they will see the Son of Man coming on a cloud with power and great (pollēs | πολλῆς | gen sg fem) glory. |
| Luke 22:65 | They also said to him many (polla | πολλά | acc pl neut) other blasphemous things. |
| Luke 23:27 | And there followed him a great (poly | πολύ | nom sg neut) crowd of the people, and among them were women who were mourning and wailing for him. |
| John 2:12 | After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, but they stayed there only a few days. |
| John 2:23 | Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem during the festival of Passover, many (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc) people put their trust in his name, for they saw miraculous signs he was performing. |
| John 3:23 | Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many (polla | πολλά | nom pl neut) springs there, and people kept coming to be baptized. |
| John 4:1 | Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more (pleionas | πλείονας | acc pl masc comparative) disciples than John |
| John 4:39 | Many (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc) of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of what the woman had said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.” |
| John 4:41 | and many (pollō | πολλῷ | dat sg neut) more (pleious | πλείους | nom pl masc comparative) believed because of what they heard from him. |
| John 5:6 | When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in that condition for a long (polyn | πολύν | acc sg masc) time already, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” |
| John 6:2 | A large (polys | πολύς | nom sg masc) crowd was following him because they saw the miraculous signs he was performing on those who were sick. |
| John 6:5 | When Jesus lifted up his eyes and saw that a large (polys | πολύς | nom sg masc) crowd was coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?” |
| John 6:10 | Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (There was plenty (polys | πολύς | nom sg masc) of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. |
| John 6:60 | Therefore, when a number (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc) of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can understand it?” |
| John 6:66 | From this time, many (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc) of his disciples turned back and no longer associated with him. |
| John 7:12 | And there was a (polys | πολύς | nom sg masc) lot (polys | πολύς | nom sg masc) of secret discussion about him among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others were saying, “No, to the contrary, he is leading people astray.” |
| John 7:31 | Yet many (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc) of the crowd believed in him, saying, “When the Christ comes, he will not perform more (pleiona | πλείονα | acc pl neut comparative) miraculous signs than this man has, will he?” |
| John 8:26 | I have many (polla | πολλά | acc pl neut) things to say about you by way of judgment; but the one who sent me is truthful, and I say to the world only that which I have heard from him.” |
