◄ 4119. pleión ►
Strong's Lexicon pleión: More, greater, many Original Word: πλείων Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: pleión Pronunciation: play-own' Phonetic Spelling: (pli-own) Definition: more, greater, of higher value. Meaning: The term πλείων is a comparative adjective meaning "more" or "greater." It is used to indicate a larger quantity, number, or degree in comparison to something else. Word Origin: Comparative form of πολύς (polys), meaning "much" or "many." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for the Greek comparative adjective πλείων, the concept of "more" or "greater" can be found in various Hebrew words used in comparative contexts, such as רַב (rab, Strong's Hebrew 7227) meaning "many" or "great," and גָּדוֹל (gadol, Strong's Hebrew 1419) meaning "great" or "large." These Hebrew terms are often used in the Old Testament to convey similar ideas of abundance or superiority. Usage: The word πλείων appears in various contexts within the New Testament, often to describe an increase in number, amount, or degree. It is used to compare quantities or to emphasize the superiority or greater extent of one thing over another. Context: The Greek word πλείων is a comparative adjective derived from πολύς, which means "much" or "many." In the New Testament, πλείων is used to express the idea of "more" or "greater" in terms of quantity, number, or degree. It appears in several passages where comparisons are made, often highlighting the abundance or superiority of one entity over another. For example, in Matthew 12:41, Jesus speaks of the men of Nineveh who will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, "for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here." The term "greater" is translated from πλείων, emphasizing the superiority of Jesus' message and presence compared to that of Jonah. In another instance, Mark 12:43 records Jesus observing a poor widow's offering at the temple. He calls His disciples and says, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others." Here, πλείων is used to highlight the greater value of the widow's small offering in comparison to the larger contributions of the wealthy, underscoring the principle that the measure of giving is not in the amount but in the heart and sacrifice behind it. The use of πλείων in the New Testament often serves to draw attention to spiritual truths, contrasting earthly measures with divine perspectives. It challenges readers to consider the true value and significance of actions, teachings, and individuals in light of God's kingdom. HELPS Word-studies 4119 pleíōn – the comparative ("-er" form) of 4183 /polýs ("great in number") meaning "greater in quantity" (comparatively speaking); more than (numerically); abundant (greater in number). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin cptv. of polus, q.v. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4119: πλείων πλείων, πλείονος, ὁ, ἡ, neuter πλεῖον (eighteen times) and (in Luke 3:13; (John 21:15 L T Tr WH); Acts 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 Matthew 26:53; L T in Luke 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, Matthew 21:36; πλεῖον (or πλείω) πάντων, more than all, Mark 12:43; Luke 21:3; πλείονα ... τούτων, more than these, John 7:31 (here L T Tr WH omit the genitive (see below)); πλείονα τῶν πρώτων, more than the first, Revelation 2:19; πλεῖον τούτων, more than these, John 21:15; (πλείονα τιμήν ἔχειν τοῦ οἴκου, Hebrews 3:3b (cf. Winer's Grammar, 190 (178), 240 (225))); περισσεύειν πλεῖον, more than, followed by a genitive (A. V. exceed), Matthew 5:20. πλείονες (πλείους) ἤ, Matthew 26:53 R G (L πλείω (br. ἤ)); John 4:1 (Tr marginal reading omits; WH brackets ἤ). πλεῖον ἤ, more than, Luke 9:13; πλέον πλήν with a genitive Acts 15:28; πλέον παρά (τί or τινα (see παρά, III. 2 b.)), Luke 3:13; (Hebrews 3:3a); ἤ is omitted before numerals without change of construction: ἐτῶν ἦν πλειόνων τεσσαράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος, Acts 4:22; οὐ πλείους εἰσιν μοι ἡμέραι δεκαδύο, Acts 24:11 (here Rec. inserts ἤ); ἡμέρας οὐ πλείους ὀκτώ ἤ δέκα (Rec. πλείους ἤ δέκα), Acts 25:6; add, Acts 23:13, 21; as in Greek writings after a neuter: πλείω (Lachmann ἤ in brackets) δώδεκα λεγεῶνας, Matthew 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: John 4:41; (John 7:31 (see above)); ; Hebrews 7:23; τό πλεῖον, the more (viz., the greater debt mentioned), Luke 7:43; πλεῖον, adverbially, more, i. e. more earnestly, Luke 7:42; ἐπί πλεῖον, more widely, further, διανέμεσθαι, Acts 4:17; (cf. Acts 20:9 WH marginal reading (see below)); προκόπτειν, 2 Timothy 3:9; ἐπί πλεῖον ἀσεβείας, 2 Timothy 2:16; ἐπί πλεῖον, longer (than proper), Acts 20:9 (not WH marginal reading (see above)); Acts 24:4; plural πλείονα, more, i. e. a larger reward, Matthew 20:10 (but L Tr WH πλεῖον); without comparison, used of an indefinite number, with a substantive: Acts 2:40; Acts 13:31; Acts 18:20; Acts 21:10; Acts 24:17; Acts 25:14; Acts 27:20; Acts 28:23; neuter περί πλειόνων (A. V. of many things), Luke 11:53; with the article οἱ πλείονες (πλείους), the more part, very many: Acts 19:32; Acts 27:12; 1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 Corinthians 10:5; 1 Corinthians 15:6; 2 Corinthians 2:6; 2 Corinthians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 9:2; Philippians 1:14. 2. greater in quality, superior, more excellent: followed by the genitive of comparison, Matthew 6:25; Matthew 12:41, 42; Mark 12:33 (here T WH Tr text περισσότερον); Luke 11:31, 32; Luke 12:23; (πλείονα θυσίαν ... παρά Κάϊν, Hebrews 11:4 (see παρά, as above). From Homer down.) STRONGS NT 4119: πλέον πλέον, see πλείων. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance more excellent, very great, many Or neuter pleion (pli'-on), or pleon (pleh'-on) comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion -- X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great(-er), long(-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but. see GREEK polus Forms and Transliterations πλειον πλεῖον πλεῖόν πλειονα πλείονα πλειονας πλείονας πλειονες πλείονες πλείονές πλειονος πλείονος πλειονων πλειόνων πλειοσιν πλείοσιν πλειους πλείους πλειω πλείω πλεον πλέον pleio pleiō pleío pleíō pleion pleîon pleîón pleiona pleíona pleionas pleíonas pleiones pleíones pleíonés pleionon pleionōn pleiónon pleiónōn pleionos pleíonos pleiosin pleíosin pleious pleíous pleon pléon Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 5:20 Adj-ANS-C GRK: ἡ δικαιοσύνη πλεῖον τῶν γραμματέων INT: righteousness above [that] of the scribes Matthew 6:25 Adj-NNS-C GRK: ἡ ψυχὴ πλεῖόν ἐστιν τῆς KJV: not the life more than meat, and INT: the life more is than the Matthew 12:41 Adj-NNS-C GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε KJV: behold, a greater than Jonas INT: and behold greater than Jonah here Matthew 12:42 Adj-NNS-C GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε KJV: behold, a greater than Solomon INT: and behold greater than Solomon here Matthew 20:10 Adj-ANS-C GRK: ἐνόμισαν ὅτι πλεῖον λήμψονται καὶ KJV: they should have received more; and INT: they thought that more they would receive but Matthew 21:36 Adj-AMP-C GRK: ἄλλους δούλους πλείονας τῶν πρώτων KJV: servants more than the first: INT: other servants more than the first Matthew 26:53 Adj-ANP-C GRK: μοι ἄρτι πλείω δώδεκα λεγιῶνας KJV: me more than INT: to me presently more than twelve legions Mark 12:43 Adj-ANS-C GRK: ἡ πτωχὴ πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν KJV: widow hath cast more in, than all INT: poor more than all has cast [in] Luke 3:13 Adj-ANS-C GRK: αὐτούς Μηδὲν πλέον παρὰ τὸ KJV: no more than INT: them Nothing more beyond that which Luke 7:42 Adj-ANS-C GRK: οὖν αὐτῶν πλεῖον ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν KJV: will love him most? INT: therefore of them most will love him Luke 7:43 Adj-ANS-C GRK: ᾧ τὸ πλεῖον ἐχαρίσατο ὁ KJV: he forgave most. And INT: [he] to whom the most he forgave Luke 9:13 Adj-NNS-C GRK: εἰσὶν ἡμῖν πλεῖον ἢ ἄρτοι KJV: We have no more but five INT: There are to us more than loaves Luke 11:31 Adj-NNS-C GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε KJV: behold, a greater than Solomon INT: and behold greater than Solomon here Luke 11:32 Adj-NNS-C GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε KJV: behold, a greater than Jonas INT: and behold more than Jonah [is] here Luke 11:53 Adj-GNP-C GRK: αὐτὸν περὶ πλειόνων KJV: to speak of many things: INT: him about many things Luke 12:23 Adj-NNS-C GRK: γὰρ ψυχὴ πλεῖόν ἐστιν τῆς KJV: The life is more than meat, and INT: indeed life more than is the Luke 21:3 Adj-ANS-C GRK: ἡ πτωχὴ πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν KJV: widow hath cast in more than they all: INT: poor more than all cast in John 4:1 Adj-AMP-C GRK: ὅτι Ἰησοῦς πλείονας μαθητὰς ποιεῖ KJV: and baptized more disciples than INT: that Jesus more disciples makes John 4:41 Adj-NMP-C GRK: καὶ πολλῷ πλείους ἐπίστευσαν διὰ KJV: And many more believed because INT: And many more believed because of John 7:31 Adj-ANP-C GRK: ἔλθῃ μὴ πλείονα σημεῖα ποιήσει KJV: will he do more miracles INT: he comes not more signs will he do John 15:2 Adj-AMS-C GRK: ἵνα καρπὸν πλείονα φέρῃ KJV: that it may bring forth more fruit. INT: that fruit more it might bear John 21:15 Adj-ANS-C GRK: ἀγαπᾷς με πλέον τούτων λέγει KJV: me more than these? INT: love you me more than these He says Acts 2:40 Adj-DMP-C GRK: τε λόγοις πλείοσιν διεμαρτύρατο καὶ KJV: And with many other words INT: moreover words many he earnestly testified and Acts 4:17 Adj-ANS-C GRK: μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς INT: not on further it might spread among Acts 4:22 Adj-GNP-C GRK: γὰρ ἦν πλειόνων τεσσεράκοντα ὁ KJV: the man was above forty years old, INT: indeed was above forty the Strong's Greek 4119 55 Occurrences πλείω — 1 Occ. πλεῖον — 18 Occ. πλείονα — 6 Occ. πλείονας — 6 Occ. πλείονες — 4 Occ. πλειόνων — 5 Occ. πλείονος — 1 Occ. πλείοσιν — 2 Occ. πλείους — 9 Occ. πλέον — 3 Occ.