Strong's Lexicon
G4118
G4118 — πλεῖστος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4118 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πλεῖστος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | irregular superlative of G4183 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | pleistos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | plice`-tos |
| Meaning: | 1. the largest number or very large |
| KJV Renderings: | very great, most |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλεῖστος, πλείστῃ, πλεῖστον (superlative of πολύς), most: plural Mat 11:20; (ὄχλος πλεῖστος, a very great multitude, Mar 4:1 T Tr WH); ὁ πλεῖστος ὄχλος, the most part of the multitude, Mat 21:8 (Thucydides 7, 78; Plato, rep. 3, p. 397{d}; λαός, Homer, Iliad 16, 377); τό πλεῖστον, adverbially, at the most, 1Co 14:27.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πλεῖστος (very great)
Matthew 11:20
- KJV: Then began he to upbraid the cities where in most of his mighty works were done because they repented not
- GK: τότε ήρξατο ονειδίζειν τας πόλεις εν αις εγένοντο αι πλείσται δυνάμεις αυτού ότι ου μετενόησαν
Matthew 21:8
- KJV: And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way others cut down branches from the trees and strawed in the way
- GK: ο δε πλείστος όχλος έστρωσαν εαυτών τα ιμάτια εν τη οδώ άλλοι δε έκοπτον κλάδους από των δένδρων και εστρώννυον εν τη οδώ
1 Corinthians 14:27
- KJV: If any man speak in an tongue by two or at the most three and by course and let one interpret
- GK: είτε γλώσση τις λαλεί κατά δύο η το πλείστον τρεις και ανά μέρος και εις διερμηνευέτω