Strong G4178πολλάκις
often
- Transliteration
- pollakis
- Pronunciation
- pol-lak'-is
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Multiplicative adverb from G4183; many times that is frequently: - oft (-en -en-times -times).
Detailed definition
πολλάκις
adv. (πολύς),
often: Mat.17:15, al
(AS)
adv. (πολύς),
often: Mat.17:15, al
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4178 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- often6
- oft5
- oftentimes3
- ofttimes3
First verses
- Matthew 17:15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
- Mark 5:4Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
- Mark 9:22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
- John 18:2And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
- Acts 26:11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
- Romans 1:13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
- 2 Corinthians 8:22And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
- 2 Corinthians 11:26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
- 2 Corinthians 11:27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
- Philippians 3:18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
- 2 Timothy 1:16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
- Hebrews 6:7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
- Hebrews 9:25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
- Hebrews 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
- Hebrews 10:11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πολλάκις [ᾰ],
Epic dialect and Lyric poetry πολλάκι, sometimes in Trag. (only Lyric poetry) for the sake of meter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 227, “Supp.” 131, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1456 (_anapaest meter_))]; never in Prose: (πολύς): adverb
I of Time, many times, often, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.396, etc.; π. καὶ οὐκὶ ἅπαξ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46; π. τοῦ μηνός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.9; π. ἀγωνοθέτης “Ephes.” 3p.152No. 70.)]
II of Degree and Number, π. μυρίοι many tens of thousands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 810d, “Tht.” 175a)]; of Quantity, [τὴν] οὐσίαν π. τοσαύτην ἐποίησε [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 330b)]; of Size, μεῖζον π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.944a.)]
II.2 τὸ π. mostly, for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.32)]; very much, altogether, χρὼς ὅμοιος ἐγίνετο πολλάκι θάψῳ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.88; χαίρετε π Μοῖσαι [prev. author] 1.144.)]
III in Attic dialect, after conditional particles, perhaps, σεισμὸς εἰ γένοιτο π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 791)]; ἐάν τι πολλὰ π. πάθω[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1105: with ἄρα, ἐὰν ἄρα π. νυμφόληπτος γένωμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 238d, compare “Phd.” 60e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.3)]; also μὴ π. lest perchance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 14, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361c, +others)]
Epic dialect and Lyric poetry πολλάκι, sometimes in Trag. (only Lyric poetry) for the sake of meter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 227, “Supp.” 131, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1456 (_anapaest meter_))]; never in Prose: (πολύς): adverb
I of Time, many times, often, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.396, etc.; π. καὶ οὐκὶ ἅπαξ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46; π. τοῦ μηνός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.9; π. ἀγωνοθέτης “Ephes.” 3p.152No. 70.)]
II of Degree and Number, π. μυρίοι many tens of thousands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 810d, “Tht.” 175a)]; of Quantity, [τὴν] οὐσίαν π. τοσαύτην ἐποίησε [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 330b)]; of Size, μεῖζον π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.944a.)]
II.2 τὸ π. mostly, for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.32)]; very much, altogether, χρὼς ὅμοιος ἐγίνετο πολλάκι θάψῳ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.88; χαίρετε π Μοῖσαι [prev. author] 1.144.)]
III in Attic dialect, after conditional particles, perhaps, σεισμὸς εἰ γένοιτο π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 791)]; ἐάν τι πολλὰ π. πάθω[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1105: with ἄρα, ἐὰν ἄρα π. νυμφόληπτος γένωμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 238d, compare “Phd.” 60e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.3)]; also μὴ π. lest perchance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 14, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 361c, +others)]