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πολύς
polýs · Greek · Strong's G4183 · 354 occurrences
The KJV renders 19 different Hebrew and Greek words as “sore”
What it means
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
including the forms from the alternate ;
How the KJV renders it
abundant, common, spent, deal, while, long, many, much, oft, plenteous, sore, straitly
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“sore”
also renders
hélkos (G1668), hikanós (G2425), kakōs (G2560), sphódra (G4970), lían (G3029), châzâq (H2389), châlâh (H2470), yâçar (H3256), kâbêd (H3515), kâçaph (H3700), mᵉʼôd (H3966), maʻal (H4604), mârats (H4834), tsûwd (H6679), qâsheh (H7186), râbâh (H7235), raʻ (H7451), saggîyʼ (H7690)“long”
also renders
hikanós (G2425), pleíōn (G4119), makrós (G3117), epipothéō (G1971), ʼâvâh (H183), ʼârôk (H752), ʼôrek (H753), gâdôwl (H1419), châshaq (H2836), yâʼab (H2968), kâmahh (H3642), kâçaph (H3700), ʻôwlâm (H5769), shâqaq (H8264), tâʼab (H8373)Questions this word decides
Where it appears
354 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:26 A-NPM1 Corinthians 2:3 A-DSM1 Corinthians 4:15 A-APM1 Corinthians 8:5 A-NPM1 Corinthians 10:17 A-NPM1 Corinthians 10:33 A-GPM1 Corinthians 11:30 A-NPM1 Corinthians 12:12 A-APN1 Corinthians 12:14 A-NPN1 Corinthians 12:20 A-NPN1 Corinthians 12:22 A-DSN1 Corinthians 16:9 A-NPM1 Corinthians 16:12 A-APN1 Corinthians 16:19 A-APN1 John 2:18 A-NPM1 John 4:1 A-NPM1 Peter 1:3 A-ASN1 Thessalonians 1:5 A-DSF1 Thessalonians 1:6 A-DSF1 Thessalonians 2:2 A-DSM1 Thessalonians 2:17 A-DSF1 Timothy 3:8 A-DSM1 Timothy 3:13 A-ASF1 Timothy 6:9 A-APF1 Timothy 6:10 A-DPF1 Timothy 6:12 A-GPM2 Corinthians 1:11 A-GPN2 Corinthians 2:4 A-GPN2 Corinthians 2:17 A-NPM2 Corinthians 3:9 A-DSN2 Corinthians 3:11 A-DSN2 Corinthians 3:12 A-DSF2 Corinthians 6:4 A-DSF2 Corinthians 6:10 A-APM2 Corinthians 7:4 A-NSF2 Corinthians 8:2 A-DSF2 Corinthians 8:4 A-GSF2 Corinthians 8:15 A-ASN2 Corinthians 8:22 A-ASN2 Corinthians 9:12 A-GPF2 Corinthians 11:18 A-NPM2 Corinthians 12:21 A-APM2 John 1:7 A-NPM2 John 1:12 A-APN2 Peter 2:2 A-NPM2 Timothy 2:2 A-GPM2 Timothy 4:14 A-APN3 John 1:13 A-APNActs 1:3 A-DPNActs 1:5 A-APFActs 2:43 A-NPNActs 4:4 A-NPMActs 5:12 A-NPNActs 6:7 A-NSMActs 8:7 A-NPMActs 8:8 A-NSFActs 8:25 A-APFActs 9:13 A-GPMActs 9:42 A-NPMActs 10:2 A-APF
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.