ΠΟΛʼΛΑΚΕΙΣ, πολʼλακεις
POLʼLAKEIS, polʼlakeis
Sounds Like: pol-LAK-is
Translations: often, many times, frequently
From the root: ΠΟΛΛΑΚΙΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'often' or 'many times'. The apostrophe (coronis) indicates an elision, suggesting it is a variant spelling or a scribal form of 'ΠΟΛΛΑΚΙΣ' (pollakis). It is used to describe the frequency of an action, indicating that something happens on numerous occasions.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G4178 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Shepherd of Hermas — 9:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΛΑΚΙΣ.
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.
- ΠΟΛΛΑΚ? — often, many times, frequently, again and again
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