2001 Translation

PLEIOUSEPOIĒSATE, pleiousepoiēsate

Sounds Like: PLEY-oos-eh-poy-AY-sah-teh

Translations: you made more, you did more, you caused more

From the root: ΠΟΛΥΣ, ΠΟΙΕΩ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb

Explanation: This is a compound expression formed by two words: ΠΛΕΙΟΥΣ (pleious) and ἘΠΟΙΗΣΑΤΕ (epoiesate). ΠΛΕΙΟΥΣ is the comparative form of the adjective 'πολύς' (polys), meaning 'much' or 'many', and here it means 'more' or 'greater'. ἘΠΟΙΗΣΑΤΕ is the aorist active indicative, second person plural form of the verb 'ποιέω' (poieō), meaning 'to do' or 'to make'. Together, the phrase means 'you made more' or 'you did more', indicating an action that increased something in quantity or degree.

Inflection: ΠΛΕΙΟΥΣ: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine, Comparative. ἘΠΟΙΗΣΑΤΕ: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 2nd Person Plural.

Strong’s numbers: G4119 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4160 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 3:47

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΥΣ, ΠΟΙΕΩ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΟΛΛΑΣΠΟΙΗΣΑΜΕΝΩΝ — having made many, having done many, having performed many

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