πλείων, πλείονος, ὁ, ἡ, neuter πλεῖον (eighteen times) and (in Luk_3:13; (Joh_21:15 L T Tr WH); Act_15:28) πλέον (cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 151); Matthiae, i., p. 333; Krüger, § 23, 7, 4; Kühner, § 156, 3; Passow, under the word πολύς, B. 1; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B.)), plural πλείονες and contracted πλείους, accusative πλείονας and contracted πλείους (which forms are used indiscriminately in the N. T.), neuter πλείονα and (L T Tr WH in Mat_26:53; L T in Luk_21:3) contracted πλείω; (comparitive of πολύς); more, i. e. 1. greater in quantity: the object with which the comparison is made being added in the genitive, as πλείονας τῶν πρώτων, more in number than the first, Mat_21:36; πλεῖον (or πλείω) πάντων, more than all, Mar_12:43; Luk_21:3; πλείονα ... τούτων, more than these, Joh_7:31 (here L T Tr WH omit the genitive (see below)); πλείονα τῶν πρώτων, more than the first, Rev_2:19; πλεῖον τούτων, more than these, Joh_21:15; (πλείονα τιμήν ἔχειν τοῦ οἴκου, Heb_3:3 b (cf. Winer's Grammar, 190 (178), 240 (225))); περισσεύειν πλεῖον, more than, followed by a genitive (A. V. exceed), Mat_5:20. πλείονες (πλείους) ἤ, Mat_26:53 R G (L πλείω (br. ἤ)); Joh_4:1 (Tr marginal reading omits; WH brackets ἤ). πλεῖον ἤ, more than, Luk_9:13; πλέον πλήν with a genitive Act_15:28; πλέον παρά (τί or τινα (see παρά, III. 2 b.)), Luk_3:13; (Heb_3:3 a); ἤ is omitted before numerals without change of construction: ἐτῶν ἦν πλειόνων τεσσαράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος, Act_4:22; οὐ πλείους εἰσιν μοι ἡμέραι δεκαδύο, Act_24:11 (here Rec. inserts ἤ); ἡμέρας οὐ πλείους ὀκτώ ἤ δέκα (Rec. πλείους ἤ δέκα), Act_25:6; add, Act_23:13; Act_23:21; as in Greek writings after a neuter: πλείω (Lachmann ἤ in brackets) δώδεκα λεγεῶνας, Mat_26:53 (T Tr WH (but T λεγιωνων)) (πλεῖν Attic for πλεῖον ἑξακοσίους, Aristophanes av. 1251; ἔτη γεγονώς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα, Plato, Apology Socrates, p. 17 d.; see ἤ, 3 a.; on the omission ofquam in Latin afterplus andamplius, cf. Ramshorn, Latin Gram., p. 491; (Roby, Latin Gram. § 1273)). the objects with which the comparison is made are not added because easily supplied from the context: Joh_4:41; (Joh_7:31 (see above)); ; Heb_7:23; τό πλεῖον, the more (viz., the greater debt mentioned), Luk_7:43; πλεῖον, adverbially, more, i. e. more earnestly, Luk_7:42; ἐπί πλεῖον, more widely, further, διανέμεσθαι, Act_4:17; (cf. Act_20:9 WH marginal reading (see below)); προκόπτειν, 2Ti_3:9; ἐπί πλεῖον ἀσεβείας, 2Ti_2:16; ἐπί πλεῖον, longer (than proper), Act_20:9 (not WH marginal reading (see above)); Act_24:4; plural πλείονα, more, i. e. a larger reward, Mat_20:10 (but L Tr WH πλεῖον); without comparison, used of an indefinite number, with a substantive: Act_2:40; Act_13:31; Act_18:20; Act_21:10; Act_24:17; Act_25:14; Act_27:20; Act_28:23; neuter περί πλειόνων (A. V. of many things), Luk_11:53; with the article οἱ πλείονες (πλείους), the more part, very many: Act_19:32; Act_27:12; 1Co_9:19; 1Co_10:5; 1Co_15:6; 2Co_2:6; 2Co_4:15; 2Co_9:2; Php_1:14. 2. greater in quality, superior, more excellent: followed by the genitive of comparison, Mat_6:25; Mat_12:41-42; Mar_12:33 (here T WH Tr text περισσότερον); Luk_11:31-32; Luk_12:23; (πλείονα θυσίαν ... παρά Κάϊν, Heb_11:4 (see παρά, as above). From Homer down.) STRONGS NT 4119: πλέονπλέον, see πλείων.

G4118, G4119, G4183 πολύς polys 416x great in magnitude or quantity, much, large, Mat_13:5 ; Joh_3:23 ; Joh_15:8 ; pl. many, Mat_3:7 ; in time, long, Mat_25:19 ; Mar_6:35 ; Joh_5:6 ; οἱ πολλοί , the many, the mass, Rom_5:15 ; Rom_12:5 ; 1Co_10:33 ; τὸ πολύ , much, 2Co_8:15 ; πολύ , as an adv., much, greatly, Mar_12:27 ; Luk_7:47 ; of time, ἐπὶ πολύ , a long time, Act_28:6 ; μετ οὐ πολὺ , not long after, Act_27:14 ; followed by a compar., much, 2Co_8:22 ; πολλῷ , much, by much, Mat_6:30 ; Mar_10:48 ; τὰ πολλά , as an adv., most frequently, generally, Rom_15:22 ; πολλά , as an adv., much, greatly, vehemently, Mar_1:45 ; Mar_3:12 ; of time, many times, frequently, often, Mat_9:14 great; l arge; many.

πλέον , see πολύς G4183 .

πλείων [page 517] P Rev L l. .12 (B.C. 258) τοῦ πλείονος καὶ τοῦ ἐλάσσονος κατὰ λόγον , for more or less in proportion, P Petr II. 38( b ) .2 (iii/B.C.) πλείονος τιμῆς , at a higher price, PSI VI. 617 .7 (iii/B.C.) ἵνα μὴ εἰς πλείονα ἀνηλώ [ματ ]α ἐμπίπτω , P Lille I. 26 .3 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 49) ἡ κώμη ἔρημος διὰ τὸ πλείω χρόνον μὴ βεβρέχθαι , and P Oxy I. 41 .5 (iii/iv A.D.) ἐπὶ σοῦ τὰ ἀγαθὰ καὶ πλέον γίνεται , under you our blessings increase ever more (Edd.), acclamation to a prytanis at a public meeting. Adverbial phrases are P Giss I. 47 .10 (time of Hadrian) ἀντὶ πλείονος , under its value, P Ryl II. 65 .15 (B.C. 67 ?) ἐπὶ πλεῖον , BGU I. 282 .29 (after A.D. 175) ἐπὶ ̣τ̣ο ̣πλεῖον ἢ ἔλασσον , and PSI V. 514 .5 (B.C. 252 1) σπούδασον μάλιστα μὲν πρὸ πλείονος , εἰ δὲ μή , τό γ᾽ ἐλάχιστον πρὸ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείαι καταστ [ῆναι ? For the meaning several, which is found in the phrase (ἐπὶ ) πλείους ἡμέρας ( quater in Ac), we may compare P Ryl II. 65 .9 (B.C. 67 ?) πλείονα σώματα , several corpses. For πλέον ἔλαττον , plus minus , cf. BGU IV. 872 .1 (Byz.). The indeclinable πλείω in Mat_26:53 ΰ BD (cf. Blass Gr. p. 108) can be paralleled from P Oxy II. 274 .6 (A.D. 89 97) πρὸς ὧι κεκλήρωται . . . πλείω πήχεις ἐννέα τέταρτον ὄγδοον registration of property. As regards spelling Mayser ( Gr. i. p. 69) has shown that πλείων has progressively ousted πλέων in B.C. papyri. The marked preponderance of the ει form in the NT (cf. WH Notes .2 , p. 158) shows that in this particular our uncials faithfully represent their originals. In MGr a double comparative form πλειότερος is used, while πλέον (still used in the written language) takes the forms πλέο , πλιό , πιό .

πλείων πλείων, πλέων, ονος, ὁ, ἡ, [Etym: comp. of πολύς] "more, larger", both of number and size, Hom. , etc.; τὸν πλείω λόγον all "further" speech, Soph. ; πλείω τὸν πλοῦν the "greater part of . ." , Thuc. :—of Time, "longer", πλείων χρόνος Hdt. ; πλέων νύξ "the greater part of" night, Il. with the Art., οἱ πλέονες "the greater number", like οἱ πολλοί, "the mass or crowd", Hom. ; οἱ πλεῦνες Hdt. , etc.; c. gen., τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυκαικῶν id=Hdt. :— "the many, the people", opp. to the chief men, Thuc. , etc.:— τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο "the greater part" of war, Hom. pecul. usages of neut.: as a Noun, "more", πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου Hdt. ; τὸ δὲ πλέον nay, what is "more", Eur. , Thuc. :— πλέον or τὸ πλέον τινός "a higher degree" of a thing, Soph. ; τὸ πλ. τοῦ χρόνου Thuc. :— πλέον ἔχειν to have "the best" of it, win, conquer, id=Thuc. ; also, like πλεονεκτέω, c. gen., Hdt. , etc.; also, πλέον ποιεῖν Plat. ; ἐς πλ. ποιεῖν Soph. ; οὐδὲν πλ. πράσσειν, etc., Eur. :— τί πλέον; what "more", i. e. what "good or use" is it? Ar. ; so, οὐδὲν ἦν πλέον Dem. :— ἐπὶ πλέον or ἐπίπλεον, as adv., "more, further", Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.; c. gen. "beyond", ἐπὶ τὸ πλ. τινὸς ἱκέσθαι Theocr. ; cf. περί A. III. as adv. "more, rather", πλέον ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη his opinion inclined "rather", Hdt. :—also, τὸ πλέον, ionic τὸ πλεῦν, "for the most part", id=Hdt. , etc.; τὸ πλ. ῀ μᾶλλον, Thuc. with Numerals, τοξότας πλ. ἢ εἴκοσι Xen. :—in this sense a contr. form πλεῖν is used by attic writers, πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ᾽ ἡμέρας Ar. ; πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας (sc. δραχμάς) id=Ar. , etc.;—but ἤ is often omitted, as in Lat. quam after "plus", πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας id=Ar. ; so, ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα "annos plus septuaginta natus", Plat. :—Comic phrase, πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι "more than to" madness, Ar. the pl. πλείω is also used like πλέον, Thuc. , Dem.

πλέον, 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)