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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 to you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25 - Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:42

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:10 - But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:36 - Again he sent other servants 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 - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he will presently give 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 understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - And he called his disciples, and saith to them, Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more, than all they who have cast into the treasury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:13 - And he said to them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:42 - And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:43 - Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave 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 - But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy provisions for all this people.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:32 - The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:53 - And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to solicit him to 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 is more than raiment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - And he said, Of a truth I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they 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 made and baptized more disciples than John,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:41 - And many more believed, because of his own word;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:31 - And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:2 - Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleaneth it, that it my bring forth more fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:15 - So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord: thou knowest that I love thee. He saith 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 did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:17 - But that it may spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:22 - For the man was above forty years old on whom this miracle of healing was performed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31 - And he was seen many days by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:28 - For it 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 - When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:32 - Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not why they had come together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:9 - And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, having fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:10 - And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:13 - And they were more than forty who had made this conspiracy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - But do not thou yield to them: for there are of them who lie in wait for him more than forty men, who have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now they are ready, looking for a promise from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:4 - Notwithstanding, that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee, that thou wouldst of thy clemency hear us a few words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:11 - That thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:17 - Now after many years, I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 - And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down to Cesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause to the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12 - And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the greater part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is a haven of Crete, and lieth towards the south-west and north-west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:20 - And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:23 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - For though I am free from all men, yet I have made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:5 - But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - After that he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some have fallen asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:6 - Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted by 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 abundant grace may, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:2 - For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath incited very many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:14 - And many of the brethren in the Lord, becoming confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:16 - But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase to more ungodliness.

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