Strong's Greek · G4119
πλείων
pleíōn
X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but
Definition
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
Derivation
comparative of G4183 (πολύς);
Appears 55 times in Scripture
“Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?”
“When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?””
“The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.”
“Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.”
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?”
“For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
““Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.”
““I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.”
“So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.”
“The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).