ΠΛΕΙΣΤΟΣ, πλειστος
PLEISTOS, pleistos
Sounds Like: PLAY-stoss
Translations: most, very great, very many, a great many
From the root: ΠΛΕΙΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'πολύς' (polys), meaning 'much' or 'many'. Therefore, 'πλεῖστος' means 'most' or 'the greatest in number or quantity'. It is used to describe something that is the largest or highest in degree among a group. For example, it can refer to 'the most people' or 'the greatest amount'.
Inflection: Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G4119 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΛΕΙΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΟΙΠΛΕΙΣΤΟΙ — the most, very many, the majority
- ΠΛΕΙΣΤΑΣ — most, very many, a great many, the greatest, the largest
- ΠΛΕΙΣΤΗΔ' — most, very much, very great, a very great, very many, a very many, (to) the most, (of) the most
- ΠΛΕΙΣΤΗΝ — most, very great, very much, a very great, a very much
- ΠΛΕΙΣΤΩ — (to) the most, (to) the greatest, (in) the greatest (degree/amount), (in) very much
- ΠΛΙΣΤΑΙ — most, very many, the most, a great many
- ΠΛΙΣΤΗ — most, very great, very many, the greatest, the most
- ΠΛΙΣΤΟΝ — most, very great, very many, a very great, a very many
- ΤΟΙΣΠΛΕΙΣΤΟΙΣ — (to) the most, (for) the most, (to) many, (for) many
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