Strong G4187πολυτρόπως
in many ways
- Transliteration
- polutropōs
- Pronunciation
- pol-oot-rop'-oce
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Detailed definition
πολυτρόπως
adv. (πολύτροπος, 1. much turning. 2. manifold ), [in LXX: 4Ma.3:21 A *;]
in many ways or manners: Heb.1:1 (Philo).†
(AS)
adv. (πολύτροπος, 1. much turning. 2. manifold ), [in LXX: 4Ma.3:21 A *;]
in many ways or manners: Heb.1:1 (Philo).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4187 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- manner1
First verses
- Hebrews 1:1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: πολύ-τροπος, ον,
(τρέπω) much-turned, i.e. much-travelled, much-wandering, epithet of Odysseus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.1, 10.330.)]
II turning many ways: metaphorically, shifty, versatile, wily, of Hermes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 13, 439; τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ π. θηρίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 291b)]; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, [Refs (“Hp.Mi.” 364e (_superlative_), +others)]; τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης their versatility of mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83)]; τὸ π., of Alcibiades, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 24.)]
II.2 fickle, ὅμιλος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 95.)]
II.3 of diseases, changeful, complicated, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 22; also πόλεμος τοῖς πάθεσι ποικίλος καὶ ταῖς τύχαις πολυτροπώτατος [prev. author] “Mar.” 33; στρατεία 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.223D.)]
III various, manifold, ξυμφοραί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44)]; ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 471, “Nat.” 28.1 (p.7V.); κακά 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.567; ἔθνη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 12; τύχαι [prev. author] Alcaeus2; ὄργια “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 36.3; τὸ π. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 26)]. adverb -πως in many manners, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Meno Medicus “Iatrika” 20.31, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.512, NT.Heb.1.1, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 12)]: comparative, -ωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 5 G.)]
(τρέπω) much-turned, i.e. much-travelled, much-wandering, epithet of Odysseus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.1, 10.330.)]
II turning many ways: metaphorically, shifty, versatile, wily, of Hermes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 13, 439; τοῖς ἀσθενέσι καὶ π. θηρίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 291b)]; and in this sense Plato took the word as applied to Odysseus, [Refs (“Hp.Mi.” 364e (_superlative_), +others)]; τὸ π. τῆς γνώμης their versatility of mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83)]; τὸ π., of Alcibiades, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 24.)]
II.2 fickle, ὅμιλος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 95.)]
II.3 of diseases, changeful, complicated, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 22; also πόλεμος τοῖς πάθεσι ποικίλος καὶ ταῖς τύχαις πολυτροπώτατος [prev. author] “Mar.” 33; στρατεία 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.223D.)]
III various, manifold, ξυμφοραί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44)]; ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐθισμοὶ τῶν λέξεων, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 471, “Nat.” 28.1 (p.7V.); κακά 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.567; ἔθνη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 12; τύχαι [prev. author] Alcaeus2; ὄργια “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 36.3; τὸ π. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 26)]. adverb -πως in many manners, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Meno Medicus “Iatrika” 20.31, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.512, NT.Heb.1.1, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 12)]: comparative, -ωτέρως καὶ ποικιλωτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 5 G.)]