πλεῖστος

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, ApG 11,21 ὄχλος, Mark 5,24 θερισμός, Matt 9,37 χόρτος, Joh 6,10 χρόνος, Matt 25,19 γογγυσμός, Joh 7,12 πόνος, Kol 4,13 δόξα, Matt 24,30 σιγή, ApG 21,40 pl., προφῆται, Matt 13,17 ὄχλοι, Matt 4,25 δαιμόνια, Mark 1,34 δυνάμεις, Matt 7,22,

2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Matt 7,22, Mark 2,2, al.; with genitive partit., Matt 3,7, Luk 1,16, al.; before ἐκ, Joh 7,31, ApG 17,12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Matt 24,12, Rom 12,5, 1 Kor 10,17, 33 2 Kor 2,17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Rom 5,15, 19; neut. pl., πολλά: Matt 13,3, Mark 5,26, al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mark 1,45, Rom 16,6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), 1 Kor 16,12, Jak 3,2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Luk 12,48 adverbially, Mark 12,27, al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Matt 26,9 with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2 Kor 8,22 πολλῷ πλείους, Joh 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.: Joh 15,2, ApG 18,2o, Hebr 3,3 before παρά, Hebr 11,4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., ApG 13,31, al.; with genitive compar., Matt 21,36 with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), ApG 4,22; 24,11, al.

2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: ApG 10,32; 27,12, 1 Kor 10,5; 15,6; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more: 2 Kor 2,6; 4,15, Fil 1,14; πλείονα, Luk 11,53 πλειον, πλέον, Matt 20,10, 2 Tim 3,9; with genitive comp., Mark 12,43, Luk 21,3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Matt 12,41 adverbially, ApG 4,17; 20,9; 24,4.

3. As adv., πλεῖον: before ἤ, Luk 9,13 with genitive comp., Matt 5,20 πλείω: with num., Matt 26,53,

Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον

, __(a) prop., most: Matt 11,20; 21,8; adverbially, τὸ π., 1 Kor 14,27

(b) elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mark 4,1,