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ποικίλος
poikílos · Greek · Strong's G4164 · 10 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “divers”
What it means
motley, i.e. various in character
of uncertain derivation;
How the KJV renders it
divers, manifold
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“manifold”
also renders polypoíkilos (G4182)
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
10 occurrences in the Greek text.
1 Peter 1:6 A-DPM1 Peter 4:10 A-GSF2 Timothy 3:6 A-DPFHebrews 2:4 A-DPFHebrews 13:9 A-DPFJames 1:2 A-DPMLuke 4:40 A-DPFMatthew 4:24 A-DPFMark 1:34 A-DPFTitus 3:3 A-DPF
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.