πολύς
polus
πολύς, πολλή, πολύ,
[in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms ;]
1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος, Jhn.6:10; χρόνος, Mat.25:19; γογγυσμός, Jhn.7:12; πόνος, Col.4:13; δόξα, Mat.24:30; σιγή, Act.21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mat.13:17; ὄχλοι, Mat.4:25; δαιμόνια, Mrk.1:34; δυνάμεις, Mat.7:22,
2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Mat.7:22, Mrk.2:2, al.; with genitive partit., Mat.3:7, Luk.1:16, al.; before ἐκ, Jhn.7:31, Act.17:12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Mat.24:12, Rom.12:5, 1Co.10:17, 33 2Co.2:17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Rom.5:15, 19; neut. pl., πολλά: Mat.13:3, Mrk.5:26, al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mrk.1:45, Rom.16:6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), 1Co.16:12, Jas.3:2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Luk.12:48; adverbially, Mrk.12:27, al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Mat.26:9; with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2Co.8:22; πολλῷ πλείους, Jhn.4:41.
Compar., πλείων
, neut., πλεῖον and πλέον (see WH, App., 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω (cf. Mayser, 69), more, greater;
1. as adj.: Jhn.15:2, Act.18:2o, Heb.3:3; before παρά, Heb.11:4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., Act.13:31, al.; with genitive compar., Mat.21:36; with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Act.4:22 24:11, al.
2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: Act.10:32 27:12, 1Co.10:5 15:6; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more: 2Co.2:6 4:15, Php.1:14; πλείονα, Luk.11:53; πλειον, πλέον, Mat.20:10, 2Ti.3:9; with genitive comp., Mk 12:43, Luk.21:3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Mat.12:41; adverbially, Act.4:17 20:9 24:4.
3. As adv., 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: Mat.11:20 21:8; adverbially, τὸ π., 1Co.14:27;
(b) elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mrk.4:1.
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Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 322 verses
- John 6:60 Πολλοὶ
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
- John 6:66 πολλοὶ
From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
- John 7:12 πολὺς
Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
- John 7:31 πολλοὶ
Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
- John 8:26 πολλὰ
“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
- John 8:30 πολλοὶ
As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
- John 10:20 πολλοὶ
Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
- John 10:32 Πολλὰ
But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
- John 10:41 πολλοὶ
Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
- John 10:42 πολλοὶ
And many in that place believed in Jesus.
- John 11:19 πολλοὶ
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
- John 11:45 Πολλοὶ
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
- John 11:47 πολλὰ
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- John 11:55 πολλοὶ
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- John 12:9 πολὺς
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- John 12:11 πολλοὶ
for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
- John 12:12 πολὺς
The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
- John 12:24 πολὺν
Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- John 12:42 πολλοὶ
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
- John 14:2 πολλαί
In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
- John 14:30 πολλὰ
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
- John 15:5 πολύν
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- John 15:8 πολὺν
This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
- John 16:12 πολλὰ
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- John 19:20 πολλοὶ
Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
- John 20:30 Πολλὰ
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
- John 21:25 πολλὰ
There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
- Acts 1:3 πολλοῖς
After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
- Acts 1:5 πολλὰς
For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 2:43 πολλά
A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.
- Acts 4:4 πολλοὶ
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
- Acts 5:12 πολλὰ
The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 6:7 πολύς
So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
- Acts 8:7 πολλοὶπολλοὶ
With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.
- Acts 8:8 πολλὴ
So there was great joy in that city.
- Acts 8:25 πολλάς
And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.
- Acts 9:13 πολλῶν
But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:42 πολλοὶ
This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
- Acts 10:2 πολλὰς
He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
- Acts 10:27 πολλούς
As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.
- Acts 11:21 πολύς
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
- Acts 13:43 πολλοὶ
After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
- Acts 14:1 πολὺ
At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
- Acts 14:22 πολλῶν
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- Acts 15:7 Πολλῆς
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
- Acts 15:32 πολλοῦ
Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
- Acts 15:35 πολλῶν
But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.
- Acts 16:16 πολλὴν
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
- Acts 16:18 πολλὰς
She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
- Acts 16:23 πολλάς
And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.