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Lexicon :: Strong's G4164 - poikilos

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ποικίλος
Transliteration
poikilos (Key)
Pronunciation
poy-kee'-los
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:484,901

Strong’s Definitions

ποικίλος poikílos, poy-kee'-los; of uncertain derivation; motley, i.e. various in character:—divers, manifold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4164 in the following manner: divers (8x), manifold (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4164 in the following manner: divers (8x), manifold (2x).

  1. a various colours, variegated

  2. of various sorts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποικίλος poikílos, poy-kee'-los; of uncertain derivation; motley, i.e. various in character:—divers, manifold.
STRONGS G4164:
ποικίλος, ποικίλη, ποικίλον, from Homer down, various, i. e.
a. of divers colors, variegated: the Sept.
b. equivalent to of divers sorts: Matthew 4:24; Mark 1:34; Luke 4:40; 2 Timothy 3:6; Titus 3:3; Hebrews 2:4; Hebrews 13:9; James 1:2; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 4:10 ((A. V. in the last two examples manifold)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:24
Mark
1:34
Luke
4:40
2 Timothy
3:6
Titus
3:3
Hebrews
2:4; 13:9
James
1:2
1 Peter
1:6; 4:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4164 matches the Greek ποικίλος (poikilos),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 -

Then Jacob [fn]took fresh rods of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white that was [fn]in the rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks delivered striped, speckled, and spotted offspring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - Then Jacob separated the lambs, and [fn]made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - “If he said this: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered speckled; and if he said this: ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered striped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - “And it came about at the time when the flock was breeding that I raised my eyes and saw in a dream—and behold—the male goats that were [fn]mating were striped, speckled, or mottled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - “He said, ‘Now raise your eyes and see that all the male goats that are [fn]mating are striped, speckled, or mottled; for I have seen everything that Laban has been doing to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a [fn]multicolored tunic.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23 - So it came about, when Joseph [fn]reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the [fn]multicolored tunic that was on him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - and they sent the [fn]multicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please [fn]examine it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - when I saw among the spoils a beautiful robe from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I wanted them and took them; and behold, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 -

‘Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoils?

A concubine, two concubines for every warrior;

To Sisera a spoil of dyed cloth,

A spoil of dyed cloth embroidered,

Dyed cloth of double embroidery on the [fn]neck of the plunderer?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - “Now with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, wood for the things of wood, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were curtains of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic floor of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - “I also clothed you with colorfully woven cloth and put sandals of [fn]fine leather on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - “So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was of fine linen, silk, and colorfully woven cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil; so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:18 - “Then you took your colorfully woven cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - “Then all the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will clothe themselves with [fn]trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble again and again, and be appalled at you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:8 - I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, [fn]sorrel, and white horses behind him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:3 - with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot strong spotted horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6 - with one of which the black horses are going out to the north country; and the white ones are to go out after them, while the spotted ones are to go out to the south country.”
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