2001 Translation

Book   Chapter : Verse

Chapters

Select a book first.

Verses

Select a chapter first.

Display Mode

Typeface

CamelCase names

e.g. DaniEl instead of Daniel. Learn more.

Text Subheadings

Illustrations

God’s Name Circumlocutions

Learn more.

Name of God’s Son

ΠΟΛ, πολ

POL, pol

Sounds Like: POL

Translations: much, many, great, often, very, a lot

From the root: ΠΟΛΥΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb, Prefix

Explanation: This word is a common prefix in Koine Greek, often indicating 'much,' 'many,' or 'great.' It is also the root form of the adjective 'πολύς' (polys), meaning 'much' or 'many,' and can function as an adverb meaning 'often' or 'very.' In the provided context, 'ΠΟΛ' appears to be an abbreviation or a truncated form of a word like 'πόλις' (polis, city) or 'πολύς' (polys, much/many), or it could be part of a compound word. Without further context, its exact meaning as a standalone fragment is uncertain, but its most common use is as a prefix or the root of 'much/many'.

Inflection: Does not inflect (as a prefix); otherwise, it would inflect for gender, number, and case (e.g., Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative; Singular, Plural; Masculine, Feminine, Neuter).

Strong’s number: G4183 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Justin Martyr
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:6

From the same root

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

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.

This concordance database is in beta

That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.

It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.

Please report any errors or important missing information.