Greek adjective · G4118
πλεῖστος
pleistosplice'-tos
as; As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί; as; As subst., οἱ π.; As
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pleîstos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4118is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 5meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4118
the largest number or very large
The King James renders it: very great, most.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pleistos is rendered "as; As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί; as; As subst., οἱ π.; As". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists five meanings for it, beginning with "as".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
Matthew 11:20πλεῖσται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word five senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: as, and As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, and as, and As subst., οἱ π., and As.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| asadj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος,... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 9:37Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. |
| As subst., pl. masc, πολλοίmany (persons): Mat.7:22 | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism… |
| asadj.: Jhn.15:2 | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 21:36Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them. |
| As subst., οἱ π.the greater number | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 20:10So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more… |
| Asadv., πλεῖον: before ἤ, Luk.9:13; with genitive comp., Mat.5:20; πλείω: with num., Mat.26:53. Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον, __(a) prop., most | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πλεῖστος2
- πλεῖσται1
- πλεῖστον1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2A-NSM-S
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1A-ASN-S
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1A-NPF-S
Matthew
two uses
Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
- πλεῖσταιpleistaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: most
A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
- πλεῖστοςpleistosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: very great
Mark
one use
Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
- πλεῖστοςpleistosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: greatest
1 Corinthians
one use
If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
- πλεῖστονpleistonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: most
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.