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GreekG4118Adjective

πλεῖστος

pleistos

4Occurrences
G4118Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the largest number or very large

irregular superlative 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

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

πλεῖστος appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
2
1 Corinthians
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 14:27BSB

If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.

Matthew 11:20BSB

Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.

Matthew 21:8BSB

A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Mark 4:1BSB

Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

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