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GreekG4119Adjective

πλείων, πλεῖον

pleiōn, pleion

44Occurrences
G4119Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion

comparative of G4183 (πολύς);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
with genitive partit.,; with art., οἱ π., the many,; opposite to ὁ εἶς; neut. pl., πολλά: accusative with adverbial force, neut. sing., πολύ: adverbially, *πολλοῦ *(genitive pret.); with compar., π. σπουδαιότερον; πολλῷ πλείους. Compar., πλείων, neut., *πλεῖον *and *πλέον *(see WH, App., 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω, more, greater
1.as adj.
2.As subst., οἱ π., the greater number
3.As adv., πλεῖον
(a)prop., most
(b)elative, very great
LXX: chiefly for רַב and cognate forms

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A--C

Full Description

G:A--C

Occurrences

πλείων, πλεῖον appears 44 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
11
Luke
9
Matthew
6
John
4
1 Corinthians
3
2 Corinthians
3
Hebrews
3
2 Timothy
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:5BSB

Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

Acts 15:28BSB

It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:

Acts 28:23BSB

So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

John 4:1BSB

When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

Luke 7:42BSB

When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.