Vocabulary Form
πολύς, πολλή, πολύ
Definition

sg: much;
pl: many; adverb: often

Erasmian
Modern
Root
πολλο
Frequency
416
GK
4498
Cognates

Poly is a common combining form meaning "many": polysyllabic, polyandry, polygamy, polyglot, polygon.

Biblical Concordance

2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much (pollēs | πολλῆς | gen sg fem) distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many (pollōn | πολλῶν | gen pl neut) tears, not to cause you sorrow but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
2 Corinthians 2:6 This punishment on such a person by the majority (pleionōn | πλειόνων | gen pl masc comparative) is enough for him,
2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not like so many (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc), peddling the word of God. To the contrary, in Christ we speak in the sight of God as men of sincerity, as men sent from God.
2 Corinthians 3:9 For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, how much (pollō | πολλῷ | dat sg neut) more will the ministry of righteousness exceed it in glory!
2 Corinthians 3:11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much (pollō | πολλῷ | dat sg neut) more will that which is permanent be filled with glory.
2 Corinthians 3:12 Therefore since we have such a hope, we behave with great (pollē | πολλῇ | dat sg fem) boldness,
2 Corinthians 4:15 For all these things are for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more (pleionōn | πλειόνων | gen pl masc comparative) people, it may increase thanksgiving to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 6:4 Rather, as servants of God, we commend ourselves in every way: in great (pollē | πολλῇ | dat sg fem) endurance, in times of affliction, hardship, and distress;
2 Corinthians 6:10 as sorrowing, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many (pollous | πολλούς | acc pl masc) rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
2 Corinthians 7:4 I have great (pollē | πολλή | nom sg fem) confidence in you; I take great (pollē | πολλή | nom sg fem) pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our distress.
2 Corinthians 8:2 how that in a severe (pollē | πολλῇ | dat sg fem) test of affliction, the fullness of their joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the richness of their generosity.
2 Corinthians 8:4 begging us with great (pollēs | πολλῆς | gen sg fem) insistence for the privilege of joining in this ministry to the saints.
2 Corinthians 8:15 As it is written, “The one who gathered much (poly | πολύ | acc sg neut) did not have a surplus, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”
2 Corinthians 8:22 And we are sending along with them our brother whom we have often tested in many (pollois | πολλοῖς | dat pl neut) matters and found to be eager, and now he is all (poly | πολύ | adverb) the more eager because of his great (pollē | πολλῇ | dat sg fem) confidence in you.
2 Corinthians 9:2 for I know your readiness to help, about which I keep boasting to the Macedonians, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them (pleionas | πλείονας | acc pl masc comparative).
2 Corinthians 9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many (pollōn | πολλῶν | gen pl fem) thanksgivings to God.
2 Corinthians 11:18 Since there are many (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc) who are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
2 Corinthians 12:21 I am afraid that when I come, my God may again humble me before you, and that I will mourn for many (pollous | πολλούς | acc pl masc) who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery in which they indulged.
Galatians 1:14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many (pollous | πολλούς | acc pl masc) of my own age in the entire nation, being extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, “and to descendants,” referring to many (pollōn | πολλῶν | gen pl neut), but “and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.
Galatians 4:27 For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren woman, you who bear no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in the pain of childbirth! For the children of the desolate will be more in (polla | πολλά | nom pl neut) number (polla | πολλά | nom pl neut) than those of the woman who has a husband.
Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great (pollēn | πολλήν | acc sg fem) love with which he loved us,
Philippians 1:14 and that most (pleionas | πλείονας | acc pl masc comparative) of the brothers, having gained confidence in the Lord by my imprisonment, dare more than ever to speak the word of God without fear.
Philippians 1:23 I am hard pressed between the two, in that I have the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very better by far (pollō | πολλῷ | dat sg neut),
Philippians 2:12 So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even (pollō | πολλῷ | dat sg neut) more now in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,