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πλείων
pleíōn · Greek · Strong's G4119 · 55 occurrences
The KJV renders 23 different Hebrew and Greek words as “great”
What it means
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
comparative of G4183 (πολύς);
How the KJV renders it
x above, more excellent, further, great, long, many, greater part
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“great”
also renders hikanós (G2425), mégas (G3173), lían (G3029), ʼîysh (H376), ʼatstsîyl (H679), baʻal (H1167), bâqâr (H1241), gᵉlâl (H1560), chûwl (H2342), chalchâlâh (H2479), kâbad (H3513), kâbêd (H3515), lâbîyʼ (H3833), mᵉʼôd (H3966), marbeh (H4766), ʻâtsûwm (H6099), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlâʼ (H6381), rab (H7229), rabrab (H7260), racham (H7356), saggîyʼ (H7689)
“long”
“many”
Questions this word decides
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is tithing required for Christians?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
Where it appears
55 occurrences in the Greek text, first 54 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 9:19 A-APM-C1 Corinthians 10:5 A-DPM-C1 Corinthians 15:6 A-NPM-C2 Corinthians 2:6 A-GPM-C2 Corinthians 4:15 A-GPN-C2 Corinthians 9:2 A-APM-C2 Timothy 2:16 A-ASN-C2 Timothy 3:9 A-ASN-CActs 2:40 A-DPM-CActs 4:17 A-ASN-CActs 4:22 A-GPN-CActs 13:31 A-APF-CActs 15:28 A-ASN-CActs 18:20 A-ASM-CActs 19:32 A-NPM-CActs 20:9 A-ASN-CActs 21:10 A-APF-CActs 23:13 A-NPM-CActs 23:21 A-NPM-CActs 24:4 A-ASN-CActs 24:11 A-NPF-CActs 24:17 A-GPN-CActs 25:6 A-APF-CActs 25:14 A-APF-CActs 27:12 A-NPM-CActs 27:20 A-APF-CActs 28:23 A-NPM-CHebrews 3:3 A-ASF-CHebrews 7:23 A-NPM-CHebrews 11:4 A-ASF-CJohn 4:1 A-APM-CJohn 4:41 A-NPM-CJohn 7:31 A-APN-CJohn 15:2 A-ASM-CJohn 21:15 A-ASN-CLuke 3:13 A-ASN-CLuke 7:42 A-ASN-CLuke 7:43 A-ASN-CLuke 9:13 A-NSN-CLuke 11:31 A-NSN-CLuke 11:32 A-NSN-CLuke 11:53 A-GPN-CLuke 12:23 A-NSN-CLuke 21:3 A-APN-CMatthew 5:20 A-ASN-CMatthew 6:25 A-NSN-CMatthew 12:41 A-NSN-CMatthew 12:42 A-NSN-CMatthew 20:10 A-ASN-CMatthew 21:36 A-APM-CMatthew 26:53 A-APN-CMark 12:43 A-ASN-CPhilippians 1:14 A-APM-CRevelation 2:19 A-APN-C
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.