Strong's Lexicon polus: many, much, great Original Word:πολύς
Part of Speech:Adjective
Transliteration:polus
Pronunciation:po-LOOS
Phonetic Spelling:(pol-oos')
Definition:many, much, great
Meaning:much, many; often. Word Origin:A primary word Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - רַב (rab) - Strong's Hebrew 7227, meaning "many" or "great." - מְאֹד (me'od) - Strong's Hebrew 3966, often used to express "much" or "very." Usage:The Greek adjective "polus" is used to describe a large quantity or number. It can refer to many people, much of something, or a great extent or degree. In the New Testament, "polus" is often used to emphasize abundance or multitude, whether in terms of people, things, or abstract concepts like time or effort. Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of abundance was often associated with prosperity and blessing. The use of "polus" in the New Testament reflects a cultural understanding of abundance as a sign of God's provision and favor. The term is frequently used in contexts that highlight the vastness of God's kingdom, the multitude of believers, or the extensive reach of Jesus' ministry. HELPS Word-studies 4183polýs –many (high innumber); multitudinous, plenteous, "much"; "great" inamount (extent). 4183/polýs ("much in number") emphasizes thequantity involved.4183 (polýs) "signifies 'many, numerous'; . . . with the article it is said of a multitude as beingnumerous" (Vine, Unger, White,NT, 113,114) – i.e.great in amount. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionmuch, many NASB Translationall (3), better (1), deep (1), earnestly (3), enough (1), even more (1), few* (1), freely (1), full (1), further (1), further* (3), great (33), greater (4), greater numbers (1), greatly (5), hard (2), harshly (1), heartily (1), high price (1), large (30), large numbers (1), large sums (1), larger (1), late* (2), lengthy (1), long (5), longer (1), loudly (1), majority (3), many (181), many more (1), many people (1), many subjects (1), many things (17), many...things (4), more (25), more numerous (1), most (8), most people's (1), much (50), often (1), plentiful (2), quite (2), several (1), some (1), something greater (2), strict (1), terrible (1), very (1), very large (1), very long (1), very much (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4183: πολύςπολύς, πολλή (from an older form πολλός, found in Homer, Hesiod, Pindar), πολύ; ((cf. Curtius, § 375)); the Sept. chiefly for רַב; much; used a. of multitude, number, etc., many, numerous, great: ἀριθμός, Acts 11:21; λαός, Acts 18:10; ὄχλος, Mark 5:24; Mark 6:34; ( LTTrWH);Luke 7:11;Luke 8:4;John 6:2, 5;Revelation 7:9;Revelation 19:6, etc.;πλῆθος,Mark 3:7;Luke 5:6;Acts 14:1, etc.; equivalent toabundant, plenteous (A. V. oftenmuch),καρπός,John 12:24;John 15:5, 8;θερισμός (the harvest to be gathered),Matthew 9:37;Luke 10:2;γῆ,Matthew 13:5;Mark 4:5;χόρτος,John 6:10;οἶνος,1 Timothy 3:8; pluralπολλοίτελῶναι,Matthew 9:10;Mark 2:15;πολλοίπροφῆται,Matthew 13:17;Luke 10:24;σοφοί,1 Corinthians 1:26;πατέρες,1 Corinthians 4:15;δυνάμεις,Matthew 7:22;Matthew 13:58, etc.;ὄχλοι,Matthew 4:25;Matthew 8:1;Matthew 12:15 (but hereLTWH omit;Tr bracketsὄχλοι);Luke 5:15, etc.;δαιμόνια,Mark 1:34; and in many other examples; with participles used substantively,Matthew 8:16;1 Corinthians 16:9, etc.; with the article prefixed:αἱἁμαρτίαιαὐτῆςαἱπολλαί, her sins which are many,Luke 7:47;τάπολλάγράμματα, the great learning with which I see that you are furnished,Acts 26:24;ὁπολύςὄχλος, the great multitude of common people present,Mark 12:37 (cf.ὁὄχλοςπολύς,John 12:9TTr marginal readingWH; seeὄχλος, 1). Plural masculineπολλοί, absolutely and without the article,many, a large part of mankind:πολλοί simply,Matthew 7:13, 22;Matthew 20:28;Matthew 26:28;Mark 2:2;Mark 3:10;Mark 10:45;Mark 14:24;Luke 1:1, 14;Hebrews 9:28, and very often; opposed toὀλίγοι,Matthew 20:16 (TWH omit;Tr brackets the clause);ἕτεροιπολλοί,Acts 15:35;ἄλλαιπολλαί,Mark 15:41;ἕτεραιπολλαί,Luke 8:3;πολλοί followed by a partitive genitive, asτῶνΦαρισαίων,Matthew 3:7; add,Luke 1:16;John 12:11;Acts 4:4;Acts 13:43;2 Corinthians 12:21;Revelation 8:11, etc.; followed byἐκ with a genitive of class, asπολλοίἐκτῶνμαθητῶναὐτοῦ,John 6:60; add,;Acts 17:12;πολλοίἐκτῆςπόλεως,John 4:39. with the article prefixed,οἱπολλοί,the many (cf.Winer's Grammar, 110 (105)): those contrasted withὁεἷς (i. e. both with Adam and with Christ), according to the context equivalent to the rest of mankind,Romans 5:15, 19, cf.Romans 5:12, 18; we the (i. e. who are) many,Romans 12:5;1 Corinthians 10:17; the many whom ye know,2 Corinthians 2:17;the many i. e. the most part, the majority,Matthew 24:12;1 Corinthians 10:33.b. with nouns denoting an action, an emotion, a state, which can be said to have as it were measure, weight, force, intensity, size, continuance, or repetition,much equivalent togreat, strong, intense, large:ἀγάπη,Ephesians 2:4;ὀδύνη,1 Timothy 6:10;θρῆνος,κλαυθμός,ὀδυρμός,Matthew 2:18;χαρά (Rec.stχάρις),Philemon 1:7;ἐπιθυμία,1 Thessalonians 2:17;μακροθυμία,Romans 9:22;ἔλεος,1 Peter 1:3;γογγυσμός,John 7:12;τρόμος,1 Corinthians 2:3;πόνος (Rec.ζῆλος),Colossians 4:13;ἀγών,1 Thessalonians 2:2;ἄθλησις,Hebrews 10:32;θλῖψις,2 Corinthians 2:4;1 Thessalonians 1:6;καύχησις,2 Corinthians 7:4;πεποίθησις,2 Corinthians 8:22;πληροφορία,1 Thessalonians 1:5;παρρησία,2 Corinthians 3:12;2 Corinthians 7:4;1 Timothy 3:13;Philemon 1:8;παράκλησις,2 Corinthians 8:4;συζήτησις (TWHTr textζήτησις),Acts 15:7;Acts 28:29 (Rec.);στάσις,Acts 23:10;ἀσιτία,Acts 27:21;βία,Acts 24:7 (Rec.);διακονία,Luke 10:40;σιγή, deep silence,Acts 21:40 (Xenophon, Cyril 7, 1, 25);φαντασία,Acts 25:23;δύναμιςκαίδόξα,Matthew 24:30;Luke 21:27;μισθός,Matthew 5:12;Luke 6:23, 35;εἰρήνη,Acts 24:2 (3);περίοὗπολύςἡμῖνὁλόγος, about which (but seeλόγος, I. 3 a.) we have much (in readiness) to say,Hebrews 5:11 (πολύνλόγονποιεῖσθαιπερίτίνος,Plato, Phaedo, p. 115{d}; cf. Lex.Plato, iii., p. 148). c. of time,much, long:πολύνχρόνον,John 5:6;μετάχρόνονπολύν,Matthew 25:19;ὥραπολλή, much time (i. e. a large part of the day) is spent (seeὥρα, 2),Mark 6:35;ὥραςπολλῆςγενομένης (Tdf.γινομένης), of a late hour of the day, ibid. (soπολλῆςὥρας,Polybius 5, 8, 3;ἐπίπολλήνὥραν,Josephus, Antiquities 8, 4, 4;Ἐμάχοντο ...ἄχριπολλῆςὥρας,Dionysius Halicarnassus, 2, 54);πολλοῖςχρόνοις, for a long time,Luke 8:29 (οὐπολλῷχρόνῳ,Herodian, 1, 6, 24 (8 edition, Bekker);χρόνοιςπολλοῖςὕστερον,Plutarch, Thes. 6; (seeχρόνος, under the end));εἰςἔτηπολλά,Luke 12:19; (ἐκ or)ἀπόπολλῶνἐτῶν,Acts 24:10;Romans 15:23 (hereWHTr textἀπόἱκανῶνἐτῶν);ἐπίπολύ, (for) a long time,Acts 28:6;μετ'οὐπολύ, not long after (seeμετά, II. 2 b.),Acts 27:14. d. Neuter singularπολύ,much, substantively, equivalent to many things:Luke 12:48;much, adverbially, of the mode and degree of an action:ἠγάπησε,Luke 7:47;πλανᾶσθε,Mark 12:27; namely,ὠφελεῖ,Romans 3:2.πολλοῦ as a genitive of price (fromHomer down; cf.Passow, under the word, IV. b. vol. ii., p. 1013a; (cf.Winer's Grammar, 206 (194))):πραθῆναι, for much,Matthew 26:9.ἐνπολλῷ,in (administering) much (i. e. many things),Luke 16:10; with great labor, great effort,Acts 26:29 (whereLTTrWHἐνμεγάλῳ (seeμέγας, 1 a.γ.)). with a comparitive (cf.Winer's Grammar, § 35, 1):πολύσπουδαιότερον,2 Corinthians 8:22 (in Greek writings fromHomer down);πολλῷπλείους, many more,John 4:41;πολλῷ (orπολύ)μᾶλλον, seeμᾶλλον, 1 a. following with the article,τόπολύ, Germandas Viele (opposed toτόὀλίγον),2 Corinthians 8:15 (cf.Buttmann, 395 (338);Winer's Grammar, 589 (548)). Plural,πολλάα.many things; as,διδάσκειν,λαλεῖν,Matthew 13:3;Mark 4:2;Mark 6:34;John 8:26;John 14:30;παθεῖν,Matthew 16:21;Mark 5:26;Mark 9:12;Luke 9:22, etc., and often in Greek writings fromPindar Ol. 13, 90 down;ποιεῖν,Mark 6:20 (TTr marginal readingWHἀπόρειν);πρᾶξαι,Acts 26:9; add as other examples,Matthew 25:21, 23;Mark 12:41;Mark 15:3;John 16:12;2 Corinthians 8:22;2 John 1:12;3 John 1:13;πολλάκαίἀλλά,John 20:30. (On the Greek (and Latin) usage which treats the notion of multitude not as something external to a thing and consisting merely in a comparison of it with other things, but as an attribute inhering in the thing itself, and hence, capable of being co-ordinated with another attributive word by means ofκαί (which see, I. 3), see Kühner, § 523, 1 (or onXenophon, mem. 1, 2, 24);Bäumlein, Partikeln, p. 146;Krüger, § 69, 32, 3; Lob. Paral., p. 60;Herm. ad Vig., p. 835;Winers Grammar, § 59, 3 at the end;Buttmann, 362f (311). Cf.Passow, under the word, I. 3 a.; Liddell and Scott, under II. 2.)β. adverbially (cf.Winers Grammar, 463 (432);Buttmann, § 128, 2),much: Mark (TTr marginal reading (?)WH (seeἀπορέω));;Romans 16:6, 12 (L brackets the clause);in many ways,James 3:2;with many words (R. V.much), with verbs of saying; as,κηρύσσειν,παρακαλεῖν, etc.,Mark 1:45;Mark 3:12;Mark 5:10, 23, 43;1 Corinthians 16:12;many times, often, repeatedly:Matthew 9:14 (RGTrWH marginal reading) (and often in Greek writings fromHomer down; cf.Passow, under the word, V. 1 a. vol. ii., p. 1013{b}; (Liddell and Scott, III. a.); Stallbaum onPlato, Phaedo, p. 61 c.); with the articleπολλά,for the most part (R. V.these many times) (Vulg.plurimum),Romans 15:22 (LTr marginal readingπολλάκις) (examples from Greek writings are given byPassow, the passage cited (Liddell and Scott, the passage cited), and by Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, iii., p. 281).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance abundant, many, muchIncluding the forms from the alternate pollos; (singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely -- abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly. Comparepleistos,pleion. see GREEKpleistos see GREEKpleion Forms and Transliterations πλειον πλείον πλείόν πλείονα πλείονά πλείονας πλείονες πλείονές πλείονι πλείονος πλειόνων πλείοσι πλείοσιν πλειούς πλείους πλείστα πλείσται πλείστοι πλείστον πλείστος πλέον πολής πολλα πολλά πολλὰ πολλαι πολλαί πολλαὶ πολλαις πολλαίς πολλαῖς πολλας πολλάς πολλὰς πολλη πολλή πολλὴ πολλῇ πολλην πολλήν πολλὴν πολλης πολλής πολλῆς ΠΟΛΛΟΙ πολλοί πολλοὶ πολλοις πολλοίς πολλοῖς πολλου πολλού πολλοῦ πολλους πολλούς πολλοὺς πολλω πολλώ πολλῷ πολλων πολλών πολλῶν πολυ πολύ πολὺ πολυν πολύν πολὺν πολυς πολύς πολὺς polla pollá pollà pollai pollaí pollaì pollais pollaîs pollas pollás pollàs polle pollē pollḗ pollḕ pollêi pollē̂i pollen pollēn pollḗn pollḕn polles pollês pollēs pollē̂s pollo pollō POLLOI polloí polloì pollôi pollō̂i pollois polloîs pollon pollôn pollōn pollō̂n pollou polloû pollous polloús polloùs polu polun polus poly polý polỳ polyn polýn polỳn polys polýs polỳsLinks Interlinear Greek •Interlinear Hebrew •Strong's Numbers •Englishman's Greek Concordance •Englishman's Hebrew Concordance •Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 2:18Adj-NMSGRK:καὶ ὀδυρμὸςπολύς Ῥαχὴλ κλαίουσαNAS: WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING, KJV: weeping, and great mourning, Rachel INT: and mourning great Rachel weeping [for] Matthew 3:7Adj-AMP
GRK:Ἰδὼν δὲπολλοὺς τῶν Φαρισαίων
NAS: But when he sawmany of the Pharisees
KJV: when he sawmany of the Pharisees
INT: having seen moreovermany of the Pharisees Matthew 4:25Adj-NMP
GRK:αὐτῷ ὄχλοιπολλοὶ ἀπὸ τῆς
NAS:Large crowds followed
KJV: himgreat multitudes of people
INT: him crowdsgreat from Matthew 5:12Adj-NMS
GRK:μισθὸς ὑμῶνπολὺς ἐν τοῖς
NAS: in heavenis great; for in the same way
KJV: forgreat [is] your
INT: reward of you[is] great in the Matthew 6:30Adj-DNS
GRK:ἀμφιέννυσιν οὐπολλῷ μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς
NAS: into the furnace,[will He] not much more
KJV: [shall he] notmuch more
INT: clothes [will he] notmuch more you Matthew 7:13Adj-NMP
GRK:ἀπώλειαν καὶπολλοί εἰσιν οἱ
NAS: and thereare many who enter
KJV: destruction, andmany there be which
INT: destruction andmany are they who Matthew 7:22Adj-NMP
GRK:πολλοὶ ἐροῦσίν μοι
NAS:Many will say to Me on that day,
KJV:Many will say to me
INT:Many will say to me Matthew 7:22Adj-AFP
GRK:ὀνόματι δυνάμειςπολλὰς ἐποιήσαμεν
NAS: performmany miracles?'
KJV: name donemany wonderful works?
INT: name works of powermany perform Matthew 8:1Adj-NMP
GRK:αὐτῷ ὄχλοιπολλοί
NAS: from the mountain,large crowds
KJV: the mountain,great multitudes
INT: him crowdsgreat Matthew 8:11Adj-NMP
GRK:ὑμῖν ὅτιπολλοὶ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν
NAS: I sayto you that many will come
KJV: unto you, Thatmany shall come from
INT: to you thatmany from east Matthew 8:16Adj-AMP
GRK:αὐτῷ δαιμονιζομένουςπολλούς καὶ ἐξέβαλεν
NAS: they broughtto Him many who were demon-possessed;
KJV: unto himmany that were possessed with devils:
INT: to him possessed with demonsmany and he cast out Matthew 8:30Adj-GMP
GRK:ἀγέλη χοίρωνπολλῶν βοσκομένη
NAS: there was a herdof many swine
KJV: them an herdof many swine feeding.
INT: a herd of pigsmany feeding Matthew 9:10Adj-NMP
GRK:καὶ ἰδοὺπολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ
NAS: behold,many tax collectors
KJV: behold,many publicans and
INT: that beholdmany tax collectors and Matthew 9:14Adj-ANP
GRK:Φαρισαῖοι νηστεύομενπολλά οἱ δὲ
INT: Pharisees do fastoften the however Matthew 9:37Adj-NMS
GRK:μὲν θερισμὸςπολύς οἱ δὲ
NAS: The harvestis plentiful, but the workers
KJV: truly[is] plenteous, but
INT: indeed harvest[is] great the however Matthew 10:31Adj-GNP
GRK:οὖν φοβεῖσθεπολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε
NAS: you are more valuablethan many sparrows.
KJV: are of more valuethan many sparrows.
INT: therefore you should fearthan many sparrows are worth more Matthew 12:15Adj-NMP
GRK:αὐτῷ ὄχλοιπολλοί καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν
NAS: from there.Many followed
KJV: andgreat multitudes
INT: him multitudesmany and he healed Matthew 13:2Adj-NMP
GRK:αὐτὸν ὄχλοιπολλοί ὥστε αὐτὸν
NAS:And large crowds gathered
KJV: Andgreat multitudes
INT: him crowdsgreat so that he Matthew 13:3Adj-ANP
GRK:ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖςπολλὰ ἐν παραβολαῖς
NAS: And He spokemany things to them in parables,
KJV: And he spakemany things unto them in
INT: he spoke to themmany things in parables Matthew 13:5Adj-AFS
GRK:εἶχεν γῆνπολλήν καὶ εὐθέως
NAS: they did not havemuch soil;
KJV: they had notmuch earth: and
INT: they had soilmuch and immediately Matthew 13:17Adj-NMP
GRK:ὑμῖν ὅτιπολλοὶ προφῆται καὶ
NAS: I sayto you that many prophets
KJV: unto you, Thatmany prophets and
INT: to you thatmany prophets and Matthew 13:58Adj-AFP
GRK:ἐκεῖ δυνάμειςπολλὰς διὰ τὴν
NAS: And He did not domany miracles there
KJV: he did notmany mighty works there
INT: there works of powermany because the Matthew 14:14Adj-AMS
GRK:ἐξελθὼν εἶδενπολὺν ὄχλον καὶ
NAS: He sawa large crowd,
KJV: and sawa great multitude,
INT: having gone out he sawgreat a crowd and Matthew 14:24Adj-AMP
GRK:ἤδη σταδίουςπολλοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς
NAS: was alreadya long distance
INT: now distancelong from the Matthew 15:30Adj-NMP
GRK:αὐτῷ ὄχλοιπολλοὶ ἔχοντες μεθ'
NAS:And large crowds came
KJV: Andgreat multitudes came
INT: to him crowdsgreat having with Strong's Greek 4183
361 Occurrences
πολλά — 66 Occ.
πολλαὶ — 6 Occ.
πολλαῖς — 4 Occ.
πολλὰς — 11 Occ.
πολλή — 12 Occ.
πολλήν — 10 Occ.
πολλῆς — 14 Occ.
πολλῷ — 20 Occ.
πολλῶν — 39 Occ.
πολλοὶ — 84 Occ.
πολλοῖς — 7 Occ.
πολλοῦ — 7 Occ.
πολλοὺς — 23 Occ.
πολὺ — 23 Occ.
πολὺν — 9 Occ.
πολύς — 26 Occ.
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