But in truth I tell you, there were many (pollai | πολλαί | nom pl fem) widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, as a great famine spread throughout the whole land;
Now there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Take note, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many (pollōn | πολλῶν | gen pl masc) in Israel, and for a sign that will be opposed
Inasmuch as many (polloi | πολλοί | nom pl masc) have taken it in hand to compile a narrative concerning the things that have been accomplished among us,
who, when he was in Galilee, used to follow him and care for his needs; and many (pollai | πολλαί | nom pl fem) other women were there who had come up with him to Jerusalem.