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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.
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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 10 times in 9 verses in 'Gen' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 - And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 - And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23 - And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
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