πολύς

Adjective

polys · much

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 4183

Lexical summary

366

NT occurrences

28

Observed forms

About this Greek word

Great in magnitude or quantity, much, large, Mt. 13:5; Jn. 3:23; 15:8; pl. many, Mt. 3:7; in time, long, Mt. 25:19; Mk. 6:35; Jn. 5:6; οἱ πολλοί, the many, the mass, Rom. 5:15; 12:5; 1 Cor. 10:33; τὸ πολύ, much, 2 Cor. 8:15; πολύ, as an adv., much, greatly, Mk. 12:27; Lk. 7:47; of time, ἐπὶ πολύ, a long time, Acts 28:6; μετ’ οὐ πολὺ, not long after, Acts 27:14; followed by a compar., much, 2 Cor. 8:22; πολλῷ, much, by much, Mt. 6:30; Mk. 10:48; τὰ πολλά, as an adv., most frequently, generally, Rom. 15:22; πολλά, as an adv., much, greatly, vehemently, Mk. 1:45; 3:12; of time, many times, frequently, often, Mt. 9:14

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Adjective declension

Adjective declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseMasculineFeminineNeuterReferences
SingularNominative
πολύς:Matthew 2:18
Genitive
πολλοῦ:Mark 8:1
Dative
πολλῷ:Acts 20:2
Accusative
πολὺν:Matthew 14:14
Vocative————
PluralNominative
πολλοὶ:Matthew 4:25
Genitive
πολλῶν:Matthew 8:30
Dative
πολλοῖς:Matthew 27:53
Accusative
πολλοὺς:Matthew 3:7
Vocative————

NT distribution

NT Book

πολύς

Book distribution counts: Mark: 59 occurrences; Acts: 54 occurrences; Matthew: 52 occurrences; Luke: 51 occurrences; John: 37 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 21 occurrences; Romans: 20 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 18 occurrences; Revelation: 14 occurrences; Hebrews: 7 occurrences; 1 Timothy: 5 occurrences; 1 Thessalonians: 4 occurrences; James: 3 occurrences; Galatians: 3 occurrences; Philippians: 3 occurrences; Titus: 2 occurrences; 1 John: 2 occurrences; 2 John: 2 occurrences; Philemon: 2 occurrences; 2 Timothy: 2 occurrences; 3 John: 1 occurrences; 1 Peter: 1 occurrences; 2 Peter: 1 occurrences; Ephesians: 1 occurrences; Colossians: 1 occurrences

Author

πολύς
  • Luke105
  • Paul82
  • Mark59
  • John56
  • Matthew52
  • Hebrews7
  • James3
  • Peter2

Author distribution counts: Luke: 105 occurrences; Paul: 82 occurrences; Mark: 59 occurrences; John: 56 occurrences; Matthew: 52 occurrences; Hebrews: 7 occurrences; James: 3 occurrences; Peter: 2 occurrences