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Lexicon :: Strong's G4119 - pleiōn

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πλείων
Transliteration
pleiōn (Key)
Pronunciation
pli-own
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Comparative of πολύς (G4183)
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Strong’s Definitions

πλείων pleíōn, pli-own; comparative of G4183; more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion:—X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x

The KJV translates Strong's G4119 in the following manner: more (23x), many (12x), greater (5x), further (with G1909) (3x), most (2x), more part (2x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x
The KJV translates Strong's G4119 in the following manner: more (23x), many (12x), greater (5x), further (with G1909) (3x), most (2x), more part (2x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. greater in quantity

    1. the more part, very many

  2. greater in quality, superior, more excellent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλείων pleíōn, pli-own; comparative of G4183; more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion:—X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but.
STRONGS G4119:
πλείων, πλείονος, ὁ, ἡ, neuter πλεῖον (eighteen times) and (in Luke 3:13; (John 21:15 L T Tr WH); Acts 15:28) πλέον (cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 151); Matthiae, i., p. 333; Krüger, § 23, 7, 4; Kühner, § 156, 3; Passow, under the word πολύς, B. 1; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B.)), plural πλείονες and contracted πλείους, accusative πλείονας and contracted πλείους (which forms are used indiscriminately in the N. T.), neuter πλείονα and (L T Tr WH in Matthew 26:53; L T in Luke 21:3) contracted πλείω; (comparitive of πολύς); more, i. e.
1. greater in quantity: the object with which the comparison is made being added in the genitive, as πλείονας τῶν πρώτων, more in number than the first, Matthew 21:36; πλεῖον (or πλείω) πάντων, more than all, Mark 12:43; Luke 21:3; πλείονα... τούτων, more than these, John 7:31 (here L T Tr WH omit the genitive (see below)); πλείονα τῶν πρώτων, more than the first, Revelation 2:19; πλεῖον τούτων, more than these, John 21:15; (πλείονα τιμήν ἔχειν τοῦ οἴκου, Hebrews 3:3b (cf. Winer's Grammar, 190 (178), 240 (225))); περισσεύειν πλεῖον, more than, followed by a genitive (A. V. exceed), Matthew 5:20. πλείονες (πλείους) ἤ, Matthew 26:53 R G (L πλείω (br. ἤ)); John 4:1 (Tr marginal reading omits; WH brackets ἤ). πλεῖον ἤ, more than, Luke 9:13; πλέον πλήν with a genitive Acts 15:28; πλέον παρά (τί or τινα (see παρά, III. 2 b.)), Luke 3:13; (Hebrews 3:3a); ἤ is omitted before numerals without change of construction: ἐτῶν ἦν πλειόνων τεσσαράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος, Acts 4:22; οὐ πλείους εἰσιν μοι ἡμέραι δεκαδύο, Acts 24:11 (here Rec. inserts ἤ); ἡμέρας οὐ πλείους ὀκτώ ἤ δέκα (Rec. πλείους ἤ δέκα), Acts 25:6; add, Acts 23:13, 21; as in Greek writings after a neuter: πλείω (Lachmann ἤ in brackets) δώδεκα λεγεῶνας, Matthew 26:53 (T Tr WH (but T λεγιωνων)) (πλεῖν — Attic for πλεῖον — ἑξακοσίους, Aristophanes av. 1251; ἔτη γεγονώς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα, Plato, Apology Socrates, p. 17 d.; see ἤ, 3 a.; on the omission ofquam in Latin afterplus andamplius, cf. Ramshorn, Latin Gram., p. 491; (Roby, Latin Gram. § 1273)). the objects with which the comparison is made are not added because easily supplied from the context: John 4:41; (John 7:31 (see above)); John 15:2; Hebrews 7:23; τό πλεῖον, the more (viz., the greater debt mentioned), Luke 7:43; πλεῖον, adverbially, more, i. e. more earnestly, Luke 7:42; ἐπί πλεῖον, more widely, further, διανέμεσθαι, Acts 4:17; (cf. Acts 20:9 WH marginal reading (see below)); προκόπτειν, 2 Timothy 3:9; ἐπί πλεῖον ἀσεβείας, 2 Timothy 2:16; ἐπί πλεῖον, longer (than proper), Acts 20:9 (not WH marginal reading (see above)); Acts 24:4; plural πλείονα, more, i. e. a larger reward, Matthew 20:10 (but L Tr WH πλεῖον); without comparison, used of an indefinite number, with a substantive: Acts 2:40; Acts 13:31; Acts 18:20; Acts 21:10; Acts 24:17; Acts 25:14; Acts 27:20; Acts 28:23; neuter περί πλειόνων (A. V. of many things), Luke 11:53; with the article οἱ πλείονες (πλείους), the more part, very many: Acts 19:32; Acts 27:12; 1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 Corinthians 10:5; 1 Corinthians 15:6; 2 Corinthians 2:6; 2 Corinthians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 9:2; Philippians 1:14.
2. greater in quality, superior, more excellent: followed by the genitive of comparison, Matthew 6:25; Matthew 12:41, 42; Mark 12:33 (here T WH Tr text περισσότερον); Luke 11:31, 32; Luke 12:23; (πλείονα θυσίαν... παρά Κάϊν, Hebrews 11:4 (see παρά, as above). From Homer down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:20; 6:25; 12:41; 12:42; 20:10; 21:36; 26:53; 26:53; 26:53
Mark
12:33; 12:43
Luke
3:13; 3:13; 7:42; 7:43; 9:13; 11:31; 11:32; 11:53; 12:23; 21:3; 21:3
John
4:1; 4:41; 7:31; 7:31; 15:2; 21:15; 21:15
Acts
2:40; 4:17; 4:22; 13:31; 15:28; 15:28; 18:20; 19:32; 20:9; 20:9; 21:10; 23:13; 23:21; 24:4; 24:11; 24:17; 25:6; 25:14; 27:12; 27:20; 28:23
1 Corinthians
9:19; 10:5; 15:6
2 Corinthians
2:6; 4:15; 9:2
Philippians
1:14
2 Timothy
2:16; 3:9
Hebrews
3:3; 3:3; 7:23; 11:4
Revelation
2:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4119 matches the Greek πλείων (pleiōn),
which occurs 56 times in 55 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:20–2Ti 2:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:20 - For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25 - For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:10 - And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:36 - Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:53 - Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father, and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:33 - and to love him with all the heart, and with all the intelligence, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - And having called his disciples to him he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:13 - And he said to them, Take no more money than what is appointed to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:42 - but as they had nothing to pay, he forgave both of them their debt: say, which of them therefore will love him most?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:43 - And Simon answering said, I suppose he to whom he forgave the most. And he said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:13 - And he said to them, Give *ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless *we* should go and buy food for all this people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31 - A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:32 - Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:53 - And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:23 - The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:1 - When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus makes and baptises more disciples than John

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:41 - And more a great deal believed on account of his word;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:31 - But many of the crowd believed on him, and said, Will the Christ, when he comes, do more signs than those which this man has done?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:2 - As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:15 - When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:40 - And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:17 - But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:22 - for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31 - who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:28 - For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:20 - And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time with them he did not accede,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:32 - Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:9 - And a certain youth, by name Eutychus, sitting at the window-opening, overpowered by deep sleep, while Paul discoursed very much at length, having been overpowered by the sleep, fell from the third story down to the bottom, and was taken up dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:10 - And as we stayed there many days, a certain man, by name Agabus, a prophet, came down from Judaea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:13 - And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:4 - But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:11 - As thou mayest know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17 - And after a lapse of many years I arrived, bringing alms to my nation, and offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 - And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And when they had spent many days there, Festus laid before the king the matters relating to Paul, saying, There is a certain man left prisoner by Felix,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12 - And the harbour being ill adapted to winter in, the most counselled to set sail thence, if perhaps they might reach Phoenice to winter in, a port of Crete looking north-east and south-east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:20 - And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:23 - And having appointed him a day many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying of the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from early morning to evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most possible.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:5 - yet God was not pleased with the most of them, for they were strewed in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - Then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the most remain until now, but some also have fallen asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:6 - Sufficient to such a one is this rebuke which has been inflicted by the many;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:15 - For all things are for your sakes, that the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:2 - For I know your readiness, which I boast of as respects you to Macedonians, that Achaia is prepared since a year ago, and the zeal reported of you has stimulated the mass of the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:14 - and that the most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord through my bonds, dare more abundantly to speak the word of God fearlessly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:16 - But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,

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