Strong's Greek · G4183
πολύς
polýs
abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly
Definition
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
Derivation
including the forms from the alternate ;
Appears 357 times in Scripture
“But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.”
““A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.””
“But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.”
“Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.”
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.”
“Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.”
“But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?”
“And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.”
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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).