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πολύς

polys

pol-oos'

Strong's 1890 spelling: polýs

(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely

Rendered in the KJV as

abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly.

  • 367
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 25 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 56
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 367 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 56

  • πολλοὶ63
  • πολλὰ47
  • πολλῶν34
  • πολλῷ20
  • πολλοὺς18
  • πολὺ18
  • πολὺς16
  • πολλῆς11
  • πλείους9
  • πολλὰς8
  • πολὺν8
  • πολλῇ7

and 44 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 54

  • many136
  • much49
  • great36
  • Many20
  • many things13
  • many.12
  • great,7
  • great.7
  • many,7
  • more7
  • a great6
  • of many6

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 28

  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural83
  • adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural51
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular26
  • adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural23
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural20
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural16
  • adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular15
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular15
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural14
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular13
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural11
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular9
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • A-NPM · 83
  • A-APN · 51
  • A-NSM · 26
  • A-APM · 23
  • A-GPM · 20
  • A-GPN · 16
  • A-ASN · 15
  • A-DSN · 15
  • A-NPN · 14
  • A-GSF · 13
  • A-APF · 11
  • A-ASF · 9

All 367, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Mark carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew52 occurrences
Mark59 occurrences
Luke51 occurrences
John37 occurrences
Acts54 occurrences
Romans21 occurrences
1 Corinthians18 occurrences
2 Corinthians21 occurrences
Galatians3 occurrences
Ephesians1 occurrence
Philippians3 occurrences
Colossians1 occurrence
1 Thessalonians4 occurrences
1 Timothy5 occurrences
2 Timothy2 occurrences
Titus2 occurrences
Philemon2 occurrences
Hebrews7 occurrences
James3 occurrences
1 Peter1 occurrence
2 Peter1 occurrence
1 John2 occurrences
2 John2 occurrences
3 John1 occurrence
Revelation14 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).