πλέον, see: πολύς.

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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