Strong G4118πλεῖστος
most
- Transliteration
- pleistos
- Pronunciation
- plice'-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Irregular superlative of G4183; the largest number or very large: - very great most.
Detailed definition
πλεῖστος, πλείων, see: πολύς.
πολύς, πολλή, πολύ,
[in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms;]
1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος, Jhn.6:10; χρόνος, Mat.25:19; γογγυσμός, Jhn.7:12; πόνος, Col.4:13; δόξα, Mat.24:30; σιγή, Act.21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mat.13:17; ὄχλοι, Mat.4:25; δαιμόνια, Mrk.1:34; δυνάμεις, Mat.7:22,
2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Mat.7:22, Mrk.2:2, al.; with genitive partit., Mat.3:7, Luk.1:16, al.; before ἐκ, Jhn.7:31, Act.17:12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Mat.24:12, Rom.12:5, 1Co.10:17, 33 2Co.2:17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Rom.5:15, 19; neut. pl., πολλά: Mat.13:3, Mrk.5:26, al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mrk.1:45, Rom.16:6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), 1Co.16:12, Jas.3:2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Luk.12:48; adverbially, Mrk.12:27, al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Mat.26:9; with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2Co.8:22; πολλῷ πλείους, Jhn.4:41.
Compar., πλείων
, neut., πλεῖον and πλέον (see WH, App., 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω (cf. Mayser, 69), more, greater;
1. as adj.: Jhn.15:2, Act.18:2o, Heb.3:3; before παρά, Heb.11:4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., Act.13:31, al.; with genitive compar., Mat.21:36; with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Act.4:22 24:11, al.
2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: Act.10:32 27:12, 1Co.10:5 15:6; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more: 2Co.2:6 4:15, Php.1:14; πλείονα, Luk.11:53; πλειον, πλέον, Mat.20:10, 2Ti.3:9; with genitive comp., Mk 12:43, Luk.21:3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Mat.12:41; adverbially, Act.4:17 20:9 24:4.
3. As adv., πλεῖον: before ἤ, Luk.9:13; with genitive comp., Mat.5:20; πλείω: with num., Mat.26:53.
Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον
, __(a) prop., most: Mat.11:20 21:8; adverbially, τὸ π., 1Co.14:27;
__(b) elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mrk.4:1.
(AS)
πολύς, πολλή, πολύ,
[in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms;]
1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος, Jhn.6:10; χρόνος, Mat.25:19; γογγυσμός, Jhn.7:12; πόνος, Col.4:13; δόξα, Mat.24:30; σιγή, Act.21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mat.13:17; ὄχλοι, Mat.4:25; δαιμόνια, Mrk.1:34; δυνάμεις, Mat.7:22,
2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Mat.7:22, Mrk.2:2, al.; with genitive partit., Mat.3:7, Luk.1:16, al.; before ἐκ, Jhn.7:31, Act.17:12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Mat.24:12, Rom.12:5, 1Co.10:17, 33 2Co.2:17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Rom.5:15, 19; neut. pl., πολλά: Mat.13:3, Mrk.5:26, al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mrk.1:45, Rom.16:6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), 1Co.16:12, Jas.3:2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Luk.12:48; adverbially, Mrk.12:27, al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Mat.26:9; with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2Co.8:22; πολλῷ πλείους, Jhn.4:41.
Compar., πλείων
, neut., πλεῖον and πλέον (see WH, App., 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω (cf. Mayser, 69), more, greater;
1. as adj.: Jhn.15:2, Act.18:2o, Heb.3:3; before παρά, Heb.11:4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., Act.13:31, al.; with genitive compar., Mat.21:36; with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Act.4:22 24:11, al.
2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: Act.10:32 27:12, 1Co.10:5 15:6; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more: 2Co.2:6 4:15, Php.1:14; πλείονα, Luk.11:53; πλειον, πλέον, Mat.20:10, 2Ti.3:9; with genitive comp., Mk 12:43, Luk.21:3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Mat.12:41; adverbially, Act.4:17 20:9 24:4.
3. As adv., πλεῖον: before ἤ, Luk.9:13; with genitive comp., Mat.5:20; πλείω: with num., Mat.26:53.
Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον
, __(a) prop., most: Mat.11:20 21:8; adverbially, τὸ π., 1Co.14:27;
__(b) elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mrk.4:1.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4118 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- most2
- great1
First verses
- Matthew 11:20Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
- Matthew 21:8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
- 1 Corinthians 14:27If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πλεῖστος, η, ον,
superlative of πολύς, most, greatest, largest, in number, size, extent, etc., π. ὅμιλος, λαός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.616, 16.377, etc.; π. κακόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.697; πλεῖστοι ἐπιχθονίων ἀνθρώπων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 33.1; π. εὐκλείας γέρας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 478; φιλοσοφία παλαιοτάτη τε καὶ πλείστη)]most in vogue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342a; π. τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν φῦλον τὸ Ἀρκαδικόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.23, etc.)]; τῇ γνώμῃ πλεῖστός εἰμι, ἡ π. γνώμη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.220 (assuming variant), 5.126)]; πλεῖστον σχήσειν, as superlative of πλέον ἔχειν (see. πλείων), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.36.)]
2 with Article, οἱ π. the greatest number, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.90, etc.)]; τὸ π. τοῦ βίου the greatest part of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 718a, etc. (also same gender as the foll. Noun, ὁ π. τοῦ βίου, ἡ π. τῆς στρατιᾶς, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5, 7.3); τῇ ὄψει τοῦ θαρσεῖν τὸ π. εἰληφότες [prev. author] 4.34; τῷ πλούτῳ διδοὺς τὸ π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 408.)]
II Special usages: with relative, ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι subdue the greatest number that they possibly could, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.44; ὡς ἂν δύνωνται πλεῖστα “IG” 12.98.4, compare 109.10, 113.37; ὁπόσσω κα πλείστω ἄξιος ᾖ “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.160 (from Cyrene))]; ὅς κα πλεῖστον διδῷ ἀποδόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Leg.Gort.” 5.48; ὡς π. χρόνον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 481b; ὅτι π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.64, etc.: coupled with εἷς (which see), εἷς ἀνὴρ π. πόνον ἐχθροῖς παρασχών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 327: in comparative sense, πλείστον ἄξια ἢ ὥς τις οἴεται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 57 (but πλεῖστα ἤ is corrupt in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35).)]
III adverb usages: πλεῖστον most, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.287, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 231, etc.; ὡς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.12)]: sometimes added to a superlative, π. ἐχθίστη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 631; π. ἀνθρώπων.. κάκιστος [prev. author] “OC” 743; τὴν π. ἡδίστην θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 790: πλεῖστα)] as adverb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.97, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 720, etc.; πολλάκις μὲν.., π. δὲ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 281b)]; π. χαίρειν, frequently in letters, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“POxy.” 742 (1st c.BC), etc.)]
III.b furthest, π. ἀφεστηκέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 587a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 391a13.)]
III.2 with Article, τὸ π. at most, ἡμερῶν τεσσάρων τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 260, etc.; τὰ π.)]for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118c, etc.)]; opposed to ἐνίοτε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 563a31.—The form πλείστως is cited by 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).855 from 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.1.10 (πλεῖστα codices).)]
IV with Preps.:
IV.1 διὰ πλείστου furthest off, in point of space or time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115, 6.11.)]
IV.2 ἐς πλεῖστον most, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 739.)]
IV.3 ἐπὶ πλεῖστον over the greatest distance, to the greatest extent, in point of space, time, or extent, ἐπὶ π. χλιδῆς ἀπίκετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.127; ἐπὶ π. τοῦ γενησομένου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ π. [prev. author] 1.2; ἐπὶ π. ἀνθρώπων [prev. work] 1)]; ὡς ἐπὶ π. or ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π., for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 720d.)]
IV.4 κατὰ τὸ π. for the most part, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.4.7, etc.)]
IV.5 περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαι, see at {περί} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus IV.)]
IV.6 ἐν τοῖς πλεῖσται, see ὁ, ἡ, τό, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus v111. 6.)]
superlative of πολύς, most, greatest, largest, in number, size, extent, etc., π. ὅμιλος, λαός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.616, 16.377, etc.; π. κακόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.697; πλεῖστοι ἐπιχθονίων ἀνθρώπων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 33.1; π. εὐκλείας γέρας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 478; φιλοσοφία παλαιοτάτη τε καὶ πλείστη)]most in vogue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342a; π. τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν φῦλον τὸ Ἀρκαδικόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.23, etc.)]; τῇ γνώμῃ πλεῖστός εἰμι, ἡ π. γνώμη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.220 (assuming variant), 5.126)]; πλεῖστον σχήσειν, as superlative of πλέον ἔχειν (see. πλείων), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.36.)]
2 with Article, οἱ π. the greatest number, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.90, etc.)]; τὸ π. τοῦ βίου the greatest part of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 718a, etc. (also same gender as the foll. Noun, ὁ π. τοῦ βίου, ἡ π. τῆς στρατιᾶς, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5, 7.3); τῇ ὄψει τοῦ θαρσεῖν τὸ π. εἰληφότες [prev. author] 4.34; τῷ πλούτῳ διδοὺς τὸ π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 408.)]
II Special usages: with relative, ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι subdue the greatest number that they possibly could, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.44; ὡς ἂν δύνωνται πλεῖστα “IG” 12.98.4, compare 109.10, 113.37; ὁπόσσω κα πλείστω ἄξιος ᾖ “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.160 (from Cyrene))]; ὅς κα πλεῖστον διδῷ ἀποδόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Leg.Gort.” 5.48; ὡς π. χρόνον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 481b; ὅτι π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.64, etc.: coupled with εἷς (which see), εἷς ἀνὴρ π. πόνον ἐχθροῖς παρασχών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 327: in comparative sense, πλείστον ἄξια ἢ ὥς τις οἴεται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 57 (but πλεῖστα ἤ is corrupt in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35).)]
III adverb usages: πλεῖστον most, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.287, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 231, etc.; ὡς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.12)]: sometimes added to a superlative, π. ἐχθίστη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 631; π. ἀνθρώπων.. κάκιστος [prev. author] “OC” 743; τὴν π. ἡδίστην θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 790: πλεῖστα)] as adverb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.97, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 720, etc.; πολλάκις μὲν.., π. δὲ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 281b)]; π. χαίρειν, frequently in letters, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“POxy.” 742 (1st c.BC), etc.)]
III.b furthest, π. ἀφεστηκέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 587a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 391a13.)]
III.2 with Article, τὸ π. at most, ἡμερῶν τεσσάρων τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 260, etc.; τὰ π.)]for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118c, etc.)]; opposed to ἐνίοτε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 563a31.—The form πλείστως is cited by 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).855 from 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.1.10 (πλεῖστα codices).)]
IV with Preps.:
IV.1 διὰ πλείστου furthest off, in point of space or time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115, 6.11.)]
IV.2 ἐς πλεῖστον most, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 739.)]
IV.3 ἐπὶ πλεῖστον over the greatest distance, to the greatest extent, in point of space, time, or extent, ἐπὶ π. χλιδῆς ἀπίκετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.127; ἐπὶ π. τοῦ γενησομένου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ π. [prev. author] 1.2; ἐπὶ π. ἀνθρώπων [prev. work] 1)]; ὡς ἐπὶ π. or ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ π., for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 720d.)]
IV.4 κατὰ τὸ π. for the most part, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.4.7, etc.)]
IV.5 περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαι, see at {περί} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus IV.)]
IV.6 ἐν τοῖς πλεῖσται, see ὁ, ἡ, τό, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus v111. 6.)]